The Security and Justice Project has worked across policing, corrections and the wider justice system to deliver practical reforms and capacity building. Established in response to the Maldivian Government’s commitment to modernise and strengthen its security and justice institutions, the programme has delivered meaningful impact over the past three years, enhancing institutional capability, independence, accountability and service to the Maldivian people.
The project milestones presented at the event included 60 targeted training programmes reaching more than 1,600 participants, the development and approval of a national Policing Professional Framework, progress on non‑custodial sentencing, strengthened training systems in the Maldives Correctional Service and Maldives Policing Service, and expanded multi‑agency collaboration and governance through Unlocking Justice workshops and roundtables. These efforts have strengthened skills, advanced institutional coordination across the criminal justice system.
Although the programme has come to its close, the reforms and initiatives we supported with our Maldivian partners are designed to endure, creating lasting change that will continue to assist institutions and benefit communities across the Maldives.
In his remarks, the British High Commissioner in Malé Nick Low noted “I’m hugely optimistic about the future of Maldives given the quality of the people that we have worked with and their commitment.”
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We have seen so much positive change over the three years we’ve been doing this. A lot of it incremental, but put together, very significant: in the Corrections Service, in the Police Service, Prosecutor General’s Office, Attorney General’s Office and in the court system – delivering faster, more efficient, fairer, more transparent justice for the people of Maldives.