SUPREME project
Program: Security, Protection and Economic Empowerment in Uganda (SUPREME)
Project: Increased access to justice, improved security, and protection of refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda
Implementation Period: 2022 – 2025
About the project: The project will focus on addressing the justice needs and protection of refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda by increasing the presence of frontline JLOS actors, enhancing their capacities to ensure the delivery of justice and safety, and supporting activities aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding of human rights.
Budget: EUR 4,707,262
Location: Northern Uganda (refugee-hosting districts)
Key Components:
- Increased presence and reach of JLOS frontline actors in refugee settlements and host communities.
- Enhanced the capacity of frontline actors to respond to the justice needs of refugees and host communities.
- Increased knowledge of rights and obligations by refugees and host communities
- Strengthened coordination of JLOS actors and duty bearers for improved access to justice and protection of refugees and host communities
Beneficiaries
- Refugees
- Host communities (Local councils, Refugee Welfare Councils, Community Legal Volunteers)
Impact:
- Enhanced sustained delivery of access to / administration of justice through physical infrastructure, improved service delivery, capacity building of duty bearers, information dissemination, coordination, and monitoring.
- Improved capacity of local and national structures required to maintain strong and resilient communities in support of harmonious interaction between refugees, host communities, and JLOS actors.
Alignment with the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF):
At the heart of the CRRF is the inclusion and integration of refugees in host communities, with access to critical social and economic services. This project shall provide refugees and host communities with access to justice services aligned to their unique needs and socio-economic contexts.
Implementing partners:
- Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
- Judiciary.
- Uganda Police Force.
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- Uganda Human Rights Commission.
- Uganda Prisons Service.
- Ministry of Local Government.
- Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development.
- Justice Centres Uganda.
- Uganda Law Society.
- Law Development Centre.
- And the Governance and Security (JLOS) Secretariat