BACKGROUND
International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) is the only intergovernmental organisation devoted to promoting the rule of law. IDLO works to enable governments and empower people to reform laws and strengthen institutions to promote peace, justice, sustainable development, and economic opportunity. IDLO is currently providing technical support towards implementing the Constitution of Kenya through strategic policy development, critical legislative review, expert technical advice, institutional strengthening, capacity building, and knowledge generation. The supported institutions include the Judiciary, the National Council on Administration of Justice (NCAJ), Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA), National Legal Aid Service (NLAS), and the National Council for Law Reporting (NCLR), among others.
The Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA) is the judicial training institute with a delegated mandate to meet judicial officers' training, research, and capacity development needs. This is achieved through the design and delivery of training programs, exchange learning programs, seminars, public lectures, research, and other forms of discourses that facilitate the growth of jurisprudence and judicial practice and enhance judicial capacities for better administration of justice.
Consultant To Identify Decisions Most Appealed From The High Court To Court Of Appeal job at IDLO - International Development Law Organization
BACKGROUND
International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) is the only intergovernmental organisation exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law. IDLO works to enable governments and empower people to reform laws and strengthen institutions to promote peace, justice, sustainable development, and economic opportunity. Currently, IDLO is providing technical support towards implementing the Constitution of Kenya by way of strategic policy development, critical legislative review, expert technical advice, institutional strengthening, capacity building, and knowledge generation. The supported institutions include the Judiciary, the National Council on Administration of Justice (NCAJ), Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA), National Legal Aid Service (NLAS), National Council for Law Reporting (NCLR), among others, in implementing the Constitution of Kenya 2010 by way of strategic policy development, critical legislative review, expert technical advice, institutional strengthening, and capacity building.
The Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA) is the judicial training institute with a delegated mandate to meet the training, research, and capacity development needs of judicial officers. This is achieved through the design and delivery of training programs, exchange learning programs, seminars, public lectures, research, and other forms of discourses that facilitate the growth of jurisprudence and judicial practice and enhance judicial capacities for better administration of justice.
The National Council for Law Reporting (NCLR) is a semi-autonomous state corporation established under the National Council for Law Reporting Act, with a mandate for law reporting and revision by providing accessible, accurate, and timely publication of public legal information for an informed society. The NCLR’s mission is to provide universal access to public legal information by monitoring and reporting on the development of jurisprudence for the promotion of the rule of law.
THE ASSIGNMENT
IDLO, in partnership with the Kenya Judiciary Academy and the National Council for Law Reporting, seeks to engage a consultant to carry out a comprehensive study of commercial court decisions most appealed from the High Court to the Court of Appeal and develop a Digest on Commercial Law Decisions.
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