Research & Publications

Research

1. A nation-wide study on the right of access to justice in Ethiopia
OSJE is currently carrying out four nation-wide researches on the Right of Access to Justice in Ethiopia. Towards this end, two of the researches have been finalized and submitted for comments to an external expert on the field. Two of the researches are yet to be finalized. The ultimate outcome of the research is to be launched at a national workshop where all relevant actors in the justice sector, civil society and community are invited for discussion. The final research, which will incorporate the inputs of the workshop, is to serve as a lobbying document as well as an instrument to guide the intervention of OSJE as well as other interested CSOs and government actors towards the improvement of the judicial services in the country.

2. A comprehensive study on local CSO engagement potential in Ethiopia
OSJE signed a one year project agreement with the European Union in relation to a research project on “Maximizing local CSO’s engagement potential in Ethiopia”. The research project is basically a study on the space given to Ethiopian civil society organizations and their impact on policy dialogue as well as the degree of their performance. The overall objective of the project is to enable local CSOs to contribute to the improvement of the environment for civic engagement in Ethiopia by identifying constraints and limitations on the institutional and organizational dynamics within the Ethiopian civil society and by developing and or strengthening good practices relating to those dynamics. The project is being implemented during the course of 2007.
 

Publications

Focus on Justice
A bi-annual magazine of OSJE

OSJE Update
A quarterly newsletter of OSJE

OSJE Brochure