Conference - Measuring Justice: Justice Sector Evaluation & Human Rights

Purpose Measuring justice is a priority for a wide range of individuals and institutions. It is central to enhancing good governance including rule of law, combating corruption, addressing impunity and building effective, accountable justice sector reform. The purpose of this IHRN conference is to facilitate the pooling of evaluation experience, to identify best practice and lessons for the future, with particular reference to measuring human rights impact. Format The day will combine plenary panel discussions with sub-group sessions on selected themes. Discussion will be facilitated by an IHRN concept paper circulated in advance. Topics Plenary discussions and sub-group sessions will explore a range of topics in light of the interface between best practice evaluation and human rights based approaches. Abstracts are invited for sub-group discussions (to a maximum of 500 words) in areas such as the following: * Case studies (potentially transferable lessons from from economically developed/developing country contexts; as well as conflict/transitional justice contexts) * Institution-specific evaluation (such as police, prosecution, judiciary, corrections) & sectoral approaches * Methodologies & tools (qualitiative/ quantitative benchmarks & indicators, Log Frame Analysis, relationship between sector evaluation & monitoring/oversight functions) * Cross-cutting issues (access to justice, gender, corruption, juvenile justice, evaluation ethics) Abstracts should be sent to mdavila@ihrnetwork.org by Monday 2 March 2009 with a completed registration form (available for download below). Invited participants * Evaluation practitioners (such as evaluation units within institutions) * Inter-governmental bodies (such as World Bank, European Commission, UN agencies from UNDP to UNODC and OHCHR, international field missions, Council of Europe, Organisation of American States, African Union, OSCE) * Justice officials (such as police, prosecutors, judiciary, civil/criminal legal aid providers) * Oversight/accountability bodies (from prison visitors to National Human Rights Institutions) * Reform programme managers * Bi-lateral & multi-lateral development officials * Foundations, NGOs and civil society * Academics & research institutes Conference Registration The conference registration form may be downloaded http://www.ihrnetwork.org/uploads/files/14.doc. For conference up-dates kindly register for our email list by sending an email to info@ihrnetwork.org with 'Justice conference up-date' as the subject. The conference registration fee is set out in the table below. The fee includes conference pack and CD-Rom compilation of justice evaluation materials; lunch and refreshments. Accommodation is not included, and details of a range of options are available, including on campus from the university events office (events@nuim.ie). A limited number of on campus bedrooms have been reserved by the events office for conference participants who are registered before 3 April 2009. The conference takes place at the conclusion of IHRN’s annual Justice Sector Reform Training Programme Sunday 21st to Friday 26th June.