| 1. |
Management review of the Ministry of Justice
(funded by the GoM/EU Rule of Law Programme) Ongoing
Consultants: Delloitte and Touche, Lilongwe |
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Objective of the review
To design an appropriate and
effective organizational, institutional and operational structure
of the Ministry with respect to its mandate and capacity to
deliver legal services in order to promote and strengthen the rule
of law, good governance and justice.
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| 2. |
Workshop on Administrative Law and Procedure
for Principal Secretaries (funded by the GoM/EU Rule of Law
Programme): Held in December, 2000. |
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Objective of workshop
To increase and strengthen
the awareness of Principal Secretaries of principles of
administrative law which are critical to the decision-making
process in Government. Professor Christopher Forsyth,
Assistant Director of the Centre for Public Law at the University
of Cambridge assisted the Solicitor General to facilitate the
workshop. The workshop was opened by the Minister of Justice and
Attorney General, Honourable Peter H. Fachi, S.C., and was
chaired by the Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Mr Alfred
A. Upindi. Due to its success and the need to continuously
keep senior Government officials abreast with administrative law
and procedures, the Secretary to the President and Cabinet
directed that the workshop on administrative law and procedure
should be held on an annual basis immediately before or after the
annual workshop for Principal Secretaries organized by the Office
of the President and Cabinet. The next workshop will,
therefore, be held in December, 2001. In the meantime, the
Comptroller of Statutory Corporations is considering asking the
Ministry of Justice to hold a similar workshop for Chief
Executives of Statutory Corporations.
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| 3. |
Workshop on Gender and the Law (funded by the
GoM/EU Rule of Law Programme) Tentatively to held in
December, 2001. |
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Objective of Workshop
To increase and strengthen
the awareness of senior Government officials of gender and the
law.
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| 4. |
Workshop on the media and the law for news
editors (funded by the GoM/EU Rule of Law Progrmme) :
Tentatively to held in December,
2001. |
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Objective of workshop
To expose media
practitioners to general principles of media law
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| 5. |
Refresher course for paralegal officers
(funded by the GoM/EU Rule of Law Programme) : Held in
January to February, 2001 |
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Objective of workshop
To review subjects taught in
the first paralegal officers’ course held in 1999-2000 under the
auspices of the GoM/EU Funded Rule of Law Programme.
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| 6. |
Law Clerks course (funded by the GoM/EU Rule
of Law Programme: Dates not yet fixed but in 2001 or 2002 |
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Objective of workshop
To orient law clerks in the
Government to developments in the law. A few places on the
course will be offered to the law clerks working in private firms.
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| 7. |
Computerization of the Laws of Malawi on
CD-ROM: funded by the GoM/EU Rule of Law Programme :
Ongoing |
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Objective:
To facilitate the production,
revision and accessibility of the Laws of Malawi and reduce
incidental costs.
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