Rule of Law Programme in Pakistan

The series of five roundtables on ‘Reforming the Tribal Jirga System’ under the Rule of Law Programming in Pakistan Project (Jirga Component)culminated on October 27th, 2011 with a roundtable organized with Youth and Women from Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) at Laraib Inn Hotel,Islamabad. The objective of this round table session was to discuss the role of youth and womenin reforming the Tribal Jirga-system in FATA.The discussion was attended by 30 individuals from FATA. Ms Feryal Ali Gauhar, eminent human rights expert, also graced the occasion and shared her valuable thoughts on women rights and tribal system of conflict resolution.

As part of its Advocacy and Awareness Campaign for the project ‘Rule of Law Programming in Pakistan-II’ (Jirga Component), Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) arranged two roundtable discussions on ‘Reforming the tribal Jirga-system in FATA’ at Laraib-Inn, Islamabad on 27th and 29th of September respectively. The objective of the round table discussions was to develop a consensus among the stakeholders about reforming the Tribal Jirga-system in FATA.

With financial support from the German Foreign Office, and technical assistance from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP), initiated a seven month research project titled ‘Rule of Law Programming in Pakistan’. In addition two detailed research assessments were also conducted under this project.

Four Stakeholder consultations were held respectively on 21st, 23rd, 25th and 26th February , 2011 at Laraib Inn Islamabad. Jirga Stakeholders from all the four FATA regions and FRs were invited to share with them prelimnary research findings of Jirga Perception survey and to ascertain their opinions on various aspects of Jirga.