Since 2004, ABA ROLI’s Jordan programs have supported justice sector institutions in training judges, prosecutors, police, and lawyers; enhancing law school programs; promoting legal rights awareness; and supporting civil society to address human rights concerns. Strategies on justice sector reform were based on a series of initial justice sector assessments and led to new court processes, practical legal education opportunities, strengthened training programs for judges, MENA’s first code of judicial conduct, and professional development opportunities for women judges and lawyers that led to the founding of the Arab Women’s Legal Network.
ABA ROLI is currently continuing its partnership with the Government of Jordan’s Anti-Human Trafficking National Committee and civil society to support prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership efforts in counter-trafficking. This includes supporting legal services to survivors of trafficking; raising awareness of the Government of Jordan’s recently revised National Referral Mechanism, improving the quality of services provided to survivors of trafficking; bolstering the Government of Jordan’s anti-trafficking strategy and action plan, as well as laws, policies, and practice related to anti-trafficking efforts; etc.
