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    Assessment and Tools

    Our overseas work is supported by legal research and assessments.

    Our Technical Assessments

    Our overseas work is supported by legal research and assessments through in-depth assessments of draft legislation at the request of host country partners, legal research, resource guides on rule of law issues, and a wide range of assessment tools. We conducted more than 50 assessments in over 20 countries using these tools, all of which are publicly available and are regularly relied upon by local reformers, technical assistance providers, international donors and scholars alike.

    Access to Justice Assessment Tool (AJAT)

    AJAT is designed to engage local civil society organizations CSOs in addressing obstacles to access to justice; where the AJAT and its findings inform justice sector reforms, helping citizens seek and obtain justice.

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    CEDAW Assessment Tool

    The CEDAW Assessment Tool is a mechanism for assessing countries’ de jure and de facto compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

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    Detention Procedure Assessment Tool (DPAT)

    The DPAT evaluates the use of detention in criminal cases at both the pretrial and sentencing stages by assessing the procedures, legal framework and practices relating to deprivation of liberty at all stages of criminal proceedings.

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    Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (HTAT)

    The HTAT measures a country's de jure and de facto compliance with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (UN Trafficking Protocol) that supplements the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime.

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    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Legal Implementation Index

    The ICCPR Legal Implementation Index is a framework for examining the extent to which a state’s laws and policies conform to the ICCPR, as well as the manner in which a state has implemented its ICCPR obligations in practice.

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    Judicial Reform Index (JRI)

    The JRI is an innovative tool to assess judicial reform and judicial independence in emerging democracies and transitioning states.

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    Legal Education Reform Index (LERI)

    The LERI is an innovative tool that assesses the status of legal education in emerging democracies vis-à-vis internationally established principles.

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    Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI)

    The LPRI assess the role of lawyers and the legal environment in which they operate by employing a rigorous analysis of all relevant laws that regulate the legal profession and a key informant interview process.

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    Prosecutorial Reform Index (PRI)

    PRI provides empirical basis for examining the status and role of prosecutors and the environment in which they work in transitioning states throughout the globe.

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    Trafficking in Persons in Africa's Supply Chains Assessment

    ABA ROLI partnered with Verité, the African Labour Research Network, and the Solidarity Center to conduct a two-year investigation of global supply chains and trafficking in person risks in sub-Saharan Africa as part of ABA ROLI's regional program.

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