In addition to the day-to-day operations of its agencies, Samoa Law and Justice Sector undertakes projects for the development of law and justice in Samoa.
How are projects established and managed?
Project |
Sector agencies or organisations involved |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
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Tafaigata Women’s Correctional Facility Housing Project |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Development of an Implementation Plan for the Separation of Prisons from Police |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Drafting Regulations for Prisons and Corrections Service Act 2013 |
Samoa Law Reform Commission and the Office of the Attorney General (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Vehicles for Prison Services |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Samoa Returnees Charitable Trust Integration Assistance Programme |
Office of the Attorney General and Samoa Returnees Charitable Trust |
Digitisation of Land and Titles Court Records Project |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Establishment of a Criminal Law Review Working Group to update criminal-related laws |
Office of the Attorney General |
Review of the Village Fono Act 1990 |
All Sector agencies |
SamLII (Samoa Legal Information Institute) |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Neighbourhood Watch Project |
Ministry of Police and Prisons |
Development of Samoa Law and Justice Sector Statistics Database – Project AUAFA – MAU Database |
All Sector agencies (facilitated and overseen by the Sector ICT Committee and Secretariat) |
Drafting Legislation to protect the Traditional Knowledge of Samoa |
Samoa Law Reform Commission and the Office of the Attorney general |
Drafting Legislation for Media Regulation |
Samoa Law Reform Commission and the Office of the Attorney General |
Personalised Support for Victims at Court |
Samoa Victims Support Group (SVSG), a non-government organisation – through SUNGO |
Mentoring of Government Lawyers 2012–2013 |
Office of the Attorney General |
Court Recording and Transcription |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Mediation Centre |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Establishment of the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) at the Office of the Ombudsman |
Office of the Ombudsman |
Establishment of a Community Law Centre |
Office of the Attorney General; Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
National Crime Prevention Policy |
Crime Prevention Taskforce |
Soalaupule – Samoan Customary Mediation Course |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Skills Workshops for Olomanu Rehabilitation Centre Youth |
Leadership Samoa Alumni Trust – through Ministry of Police and Prisons |
Memorandum of Understanding between the Sector and the New Zealand Department of Corrections for Training of existing Prisons and Corrections Staff |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) in association with New Zealand Department of Corrections |
Project |
Sector agencies or organisations involved |
Narcotics Testing Laboratory |
Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Police and Prisons in association with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) |
Drafting of Prisons and Corrections Service Act 2013 |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Development and Launch of Sector Website |
Samoa Law and Justice Sector Secretariat |
Development of Sector Communications Strategy and Policy |
Samoa Law and Justice Sector Secretariat |
Review of 2008–2012 Sector Plan and Development and Launch of 2012–2016 Sector Plan |
Sector Steering Committee and Secretariat |
Development of an Implementation Plan for the Separation of the Prisons Function from Samoa Police |
Ministry of Police and Prisons (Prisons Review Taskforce) |
Participation in 22nd Annual Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) for Human Rights Defenders from Asia Pacific |
Office of the Ombudsman |
Institutional Strengthening Project (ISP) – Placement of an Advisor with the Office of the Ombudsman |
Office of the Ombudsman |
Crimes Act 2013 Training |
Office of the Attorney General; Ministry of Police and Prisons; Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Samoa Law Reform Commission capacity-building secondment programme |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Mentoring Program for Government Lawyers 2011–2012 |
Office of the Attorney General |
Judges Retreat 2011 |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Judges Retreat 2012 |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Public Awareness Outreach Programme |
Office of the Ombudsman |
Drafting of Law Practitioners Bill |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Lauga and Aganuu Course for Samoa Law Reform Commission Staff |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Consultations on a National Heritage Board |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Consultations on District Court Bill, Supreme and District Court Rules |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Neighbourhood Watch Pilot Project Phase II |
Ministry of Police and Prisons |
Neighbourhood Watch Pilot Project Phase I |
Ministry of Police and Prisons |
Legislative Drafting qualification for Senior Legal Analyst |
Samoa Law Reform Commission |
Participation by a District Court Judge in the South Pacific Council for Youth and Children’s Courts Conference in Port Vila, Vanuatu (25 to 28 July 2011) |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Judicial Workshop on Forensic Science Medicine and Investigation (2012) |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Judicial Training on Judicial Settlement Conference Case Management (2012) |
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration |
Samoa Law Society Seminar (2011) |
Samoa Law Society |
Project updates are current as at July 2013. Projects are reviewed monthly. The Samoa Law and Justice Sector continues to consider, approve and plan projects to be implemented in the future.
Project proposals
A portion of the Sector’s funding is available to support initiatives of non-government organisations that are relevant to the goals in the current Sector Plan. Community groups can apply for project funding through SUNGO, the Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organisation Inc., which is represented on the Sector Steering Committee.