Constitution and Justice Monitoring Division Functions

To oversee Constitution implementation, justice monitoring and human rights.

Functions:

(i)To advise on constitutional development, justice delivery and human rights policies;

(ii)To monitor and advise on the responsiveness, resilience and relevance of the constitutional and justice delivery issues;

(iii)To oversee the development of human rights regime and prepare reports to national and treaty bodies on human and peoples’ rights;

(iv)To monitor the implementation of the justice delivery system.

This Division will be led by a Director and will comprise two sections as follows:

(i)Constitution Implementation Section

(ii) Justice Monitoring Section

Constitution Implementation Section

The Section will perform the following activities:

(i) Prepare policy guidelines for the effective implementation of the Constitution;

(ii)Issue guidelines to Government Institutions to make their laws compliant to the Constitution;

(iii) Coordinate Constitutional review process;

(iv) Conduct public awareness on the Constitutional matters;

(v) Liaise with the Office of the Attorney General on matters related to the Constitution; and

(vi) To liaise with the office of the Vice President on matters relating to the Constitution.

This Section will be led by an Assistant Director.

Justice Monitoring Section

This Section will perform the following activities:-

(i) Prepare legal policy guidelines and standards and coordinate review of laws for effective implementation of justice;

(ii)Monitor implementation of justice delivery system.

(iii)Coordinate performance of justice delivery organs.

(iv)Coordinate and convene stakeholders meetings to collect opinions on various issues pertaining to international instruments:

(v) Prepare human rights reports for presentation to international treaty bodies;

(vi)Raise public awareness on human rights;

(vii)Liaise with the office of the Attorney General on the interpretation and advice regarding human rights matters.

(viii)To coordinate and collect opinion on human right issues;

(ix)To prepare human rights reports for international treaty bodies;

(x) To raise public awareness on human rights;

(xi)To liaise with the office of the Attorney General on human rights issues; and

(xii)To liase with Zanzibar on human rights issues.

This Section will be led by an Assistant Director.