Legal Resources Foundation 2016-2020: Access tó Justice Programme Legal Resources Foundation 2016-2020: Access to Justice Programme The Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) provides legal advice and assistance to disadvantaged and marginalized communities in both urban and rural areas throughout Zimbabwe. The embassy will provide LRF with core support from 2016 to 2019 in order to improve access to the legal system in Zimbabwe. This should be done on the basis of the following sub-goals:

• Strengthen Zimbabweans' capacity to assert their human and legal rights with confidence and trust in the justice system.
• Improve access to the legal system for the vulnerable, contribute to compliance with the law and the expanded constitutional and human rights.
• An efficient and responsible legal system in Zimbabwe.
• That enabling a climate where democratic rights are required by a conscious population that demands that constitutional and human rights be upheld and protected.
• Increased understanding and awareness of legal issues.
• An organization that is financially sustainable, has motivated staff and that works efficiently and effectively.

The total budget for the effort is 2,390,000 USD, Sweden contributes a total of 15,000,000 SEK (1,760,000 USD) during the period 2016-2019, in accordance with the above distribution. Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) bistår med juridisk rådgivning och assistans för missgynnade och marginaliserade samhällsgrupper i såväl urbana som rurala områden i hela Zimbabwe. Ambassaden ska tillhandahålla LRF med kärnstöd under år 2016 till 2019 i syfte att förbättra tillgången till rättssystemet i Zimbabwe. Detta ska ske utifrån följande delmål: 

• Stärka zimbabwiers kapacitet att hävda sina mänskliga och lagenliga rättigheter med självförtroende och tillförlit till rättsystemet. 
• Förbättra tillgången till rättssystemet för utsatta, bidra till att lagen samt de utökade konstitutionella och mänskliga rättigheterna efterföljs.
• Ett effektivt och ansvarstagande rättssystem i Zimbabwe. 
• Att möjliggörande ett klimat där demokratiska rättigheter krävs av en medveten befolkning som kräver att konstitutionella och mänskliga rättigheter ska upprätthållas och skyddas. 
• Ökad förståelse samt medvetenhet kring juridiska frågor. 
• En organisation som är ekonomiskt varaktig, har motiverad personal och som arbetar effektivt och ändamålsenligt. 

Den totala budgeten för insatsen är 2,390,000 USD, Sverige bidrar med totalt 15 000 000 SEK (1 760 000 USD) under perioden 2016-2019, i enlighet med ovan fördelning. The intervention will strengthen the capacity of Zimbabweans to assert their legal and human rights with confidence and trust in the justice delivery system. The rationale underpinning the work of the LRF is that providing legal knowledge and free legal services for the marginalised vulnerable and strengthening the capacity of service providers in the justice delivery system will create a society more ready to advocate for their democratic rights.

To achieve the LRF seeks to achieve the following results:
- Strengthened capacity of Zimbabweans to assert their human and legal rights with confidence and trust in the justice delivery service.
- Enhanced access to justice for the vulnerable, observance of the rule of law and expanded constitutional and human rights jurisprudence in Zimbabwe.
- An efficient and accountable justice delivery system in Zimbabwe
- An enabling environment where democratic rights are claimed by an informed public that demands the protection and enforcement of constitutional and human rights.
- Increased understanding and greater awareness of legal issues.
- An organisation that is financially sustainable has motivated staff and is able to effectively and efficiently deliver on its mandate