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REINSTATING RULE OF LAW: THE FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SECURITY International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding: Tackling State Fragility London, 2 February 2010 Yasmine Sherif Senior Adviser & Team Leader, Rule of Law, Justice & Security Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery (BCPR) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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R ULE O F L AW A S F OUNDATION FOR S OCIO -E CONOMIC D EVELOPMENT Providing a framework and basis for socio-economic development Enabling progress on the Millennium Development Goals Ensuring the peaceful regulations of conflict

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REINSTATING RULE OF LAW: THE FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SECURITYInternational Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding: Tackling State FragilityLondon, 2 February 2010

Yasmine Sherif Senior Adviser & Team Leader, Rule of Law, Justice & Security Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery (BCPR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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RULE OF LAW - AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO JUSTICE AND SECURITY

(a) Physical Protection

(b) Legal Protection

(c) Psychological Protection

(d) Material Protection

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RULE OF LAW AS FOUNDATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Providing a framework and basis for socio-economic development

• Enabling progress on the Millennium Development Goals

• Ensuring the peaceful regulations of conflict

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RULE OF LAW AS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY SECURITY

• Strengthening capacities of national and local actors

• Working for communities and with them

• Achieving sustainability through inclusion and empowerment

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PRIORITIES FOR RULE OF LAW ASSISTANCE

• Strengthening the Rule of Law within an Early Recovery Framework and during Transitions

• Addressing Women’s Security and Access to Justice

• Supporting Capacity Development of Rule of Law Institutions.

• Facilitating Transitional Justice

• Promoting Confidence Building

and Reconciliation

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PARLIAMENTARIANS’ ROLE IN PROMOTING THE

RULE OF LAW

• Ensuring democratic control and civilian oversight

• Initiating legislation

• Supporting communities

• Shaping political culture

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For more information on UNDP’s Global Programme on Strengthening the Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-Conflict

Situations, please visit us at:

www.undp.org/cpr

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