Reform the offices of Taqnin (Legislative Drafting), Huquq (Legal Affairs), and Qaza-e Dawlat (Government Cases in the Ministry of Justice

Start Date 15 Oct 2017 End Date 12 Jun 2018

Activities carried out in this field in the 1st and 2nd quarters include reviewing the Law on the Procedure of Publication and Enforcement of Legislative Documents in order to facilitate public participation in the legislative process and to maintain transparency and accountability, through Afghanistan Open Government Partnership Forum, which has been submitted to the Cabinet for approval. In addition, according to a report from the Ministry of Justice, in order to provide public access to civil cases, enhancing transparency in the handling process and to expedite the implementation of the court’s sentences, and to identify professional and expert staff in the Legal Directorate, the executive procedure for the Legal Directorate employees has been amended and over the past six months, 1,397 civil cases, including property, family, commercial, has been registered in the Civil Cases Management System.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Justice, 94 employees of the Legislation Institute have participated in the Legislative {Setazh-e-Taqnini} training program, organized by the Department for the Study, Description and Training of Laws, and 23 employees of the Department of Government Cases have been trained on the resolution of legal disputes, rule of law, access to justice, legal and Sharia defense of the public interests and rights. Finally, in order to distinguish the professional staff from non-professional personnel and reforming these departments, the professional capacity of 522 staff of the Legal, Government Cases and Legal Aid Departments of the MoJ has been evaluated in cooperation with the Civil Service Commission.

According to the findings of the Anti-Corruption Specialist Secretariat, the implementation of this goal has not yet been completed and its condition is partially completed.