The Justice Snapshot of Ethiopia was produced by the Governance and Justice Group (GJG) and Justice Mapping working with and through the University Law Schools of Ethiopia in association with the Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago (USA).
The regional data were collected under the auspices of a Justice Snapshot Steering Committee (JSSC) established in each region. These committees contained representatives of the justice institutions, nominated by their principals. The Regional JSSCs approved the workplan presented by the research team for each region. They facilitated the data collection. They validated the cleaned data for publication and they commented on and approved the final Justice Snapshot.
At the Regional level, the Justice Snapshot Steering Committee members are:
AFAR
They guided the work of SEMERA Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by:
GAMBELA
They guided the work of GAMBELA Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
SIDAAMA
(Please note the spelling of SIDAAMA follows the spelling provided in the maps and hereafter is spelled as SIDAMA)
They guided the work of HAWASSA Law School under its Head, Ato Behailu Eshetu, and under the direct supervision of:
Assisted by
SNNPR
They guided the work of HAWASSA Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ
They guided the work of ASSOSA Law School under the supervision of:
With the support of
Assisted by
HARARI
They guided the work of HARAMAYA Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
OROMIA
Coordinator, Prisons
Justice Bureau
They guided the work of ARSI Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
SOMALI
They guided the work of JIJIGA Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
AMHARA
They guided the work of BAHIR DAR Law School under the supervision of:
Assisted by
ADDIS ABABA (FEDERAL AND CHARTERED CITY)
Addis Ababa University Law School under
Assisted by:
DIRE DAWA (FEDERAL AND CHARTERED CITY)
Dire Dawa University Law School under:
Assisted by:
IN ADDITION, teams from university law schools surveyed Practitioners and Court Users and observed court proceedings in Zonal and Woreda Courts in Oromia and Amhara.
The teams for Oromia are:
Haramaya University
The survey team was supervised by:
With Team leader
Assisted by:
Jimma University
The survey team was supervised by:
With Team Leader:
Assisted by:
The teams for Amhara are:
Bahir Dar University
The survey team was supervised by:
With Team Leader:
Assisted by:
Debre Birhan University
The survey team was supervised by:
With Team Leader:
Assisted by:
The GJG and Justice Mapping would like to thank all the above.
FURTHER, the GJG would like to thank the various members of the UN family who provided valuable input into the design and content of this Rapid Justice Sector Assessment and members of the UN Technical Working Group.
They include:
The joint Chairpersons of the TWG:
UNDP
UNODC
UN Women
UNICEF
UNHCR
UNOHCHR
UNOCHA
THE JUSTICE SNAPSHOT TEAM
The Justice Snapshot team is headed up by Justice (retired) Johann Kriegler (founding Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa) and is managed by Radha Nair, Co-director, The Governance and Justice Group (GJG).
The GJG works in partnership with Justice Mapping (USA), directed by Eric Cadora.
The GJG Team
Given the COVID pandemic and other considerations, the GJG team was dislocated by geography and worked from bases in Addis Ababa, Chicago, London, Monchique (Portugal), Nairobi and Thimphu (Bhutan).
ADDIS ABABA: The team was led by Dr Alemu M. Negash and managed by Lidya Girma. They were supported in Addis by Rihana Jemal and Amanuel Girma.
CHICAGO: Prof Tom Geraghty, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University; and Dr Mizanie Abate, Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Law in residence as a Fulbright Scholar at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law – advised on content and approach. In addition, Prof Geraghty supervised a team of students who conducted the literature review and library research. They are: Lauren Stapleton, Regan Seckel and Riley O’Farrell. They were assisted by Louis Stapleton English who curated the library.
LONDON: Radha Nair managed the project. Fergal Stapleton English developed the framework and models for analysing the institutional data in Justice Services and survey data in Justice in Practice. Finneas Stapleton English researched Justice in Law and drafted the manuals guiding the work of the university law students in the field as they collected institutional and survey data and supported the data collection and analysis.
MONCHIQUE: Adam Stapleton coordinated the research and worked closely with the teams in their various bases. He was supported by Kathryn English.
NAIROBI: Meskerem Geset also advised on content and approach, especially as concerns gender and child justice.
THIMPHU: Marcus Baltzer joined the team to support data cleaning and analysis.
The Justice Mapping team
The information technology and data design team is directed by Eric Cadora, founder and director, Justice Mapping (USA). He is supported by: Charles Swartz, IT Manager, Andrii Ielbaiev, Computer Programming Engineer and Alexandra Dubow, Data Visualization Designer.