+ All Categories
Home > News & Politics > Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Date post: 18-Nov-2014
Category:
Upload: hiil
View: 402 times
Download: 0 times
Share this document with a friend
Description:
HiiL | Innovating Justice Forum16 April 2012, 7AM, The Hague, The NetherlandsPresentationTowards Basic Justice Care for Everyone
38
Towards Basic Justice Care for Everyone 16 April 2012 Innovating Justice Forum
Transcript
Page 1: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Towards Basic Justice Care for Everyone16 April 2012

Innovating Justice Forum

Page 2: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Do people get justice?

• Trends in legal problem surveys and NGO reports allow very rough estimates

• 1.000 adult people have 300 serious problems/year– Just as health problems: some life threatening, some very

serious, some with less impact

– Ten most frequent and urgent problems come with our most vital and close relationships: family, at work, using land, with local government ….

Page 3: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Our World ....

Page 4: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

At least1 billion new problems each year!

Page 5: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

50% notsolvedor notsolvedfairly

Page 6: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

20% more can be solvedwith currentbest practices

Page 7: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

200 million unnecessary problems each year! 20% more

can be solvedwith currentbest practices

Page 8: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

That is a lot of injustice …

and the price is high:– Stress for people involved

– Health problems

– Disturbed relationships

– Lack of trust

– High economic costs

Sustained feelings of injustice can lead to violence!

Page 9: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Courts and legal aid cannot close this gap !• Only 5% of problems ever reaches a court

– Even in high income countries– Too formal, not always solving problems

• Traditional legal aid programs not sustainable– Trained lawyer for each problem too expensive

• Governments have trouble to develop good strategies

Page 10: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

30%: moreinnovationsneeded

Innovationis neededto closethe gap!

Page 11: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

How do people solve problems?

Page 12: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Talking, settling, negotiating …..– Assisted by friends, family, local helpers, NGOs, paralegals,

lawyers, mediators, community justice centres, websites, police … and many more

Asking third parties to decide …..– Tribunals, informal courts, juries, arbiters, judges, local

leaders, media, government officials, committees … and many more

Page 13: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

So promising strategies tend to ….

Strengthen capabilities of people– to communicate, settle, negotiate …..

Improve options to ask third party to decide …..– More choice, less reliance on cooperation

opponent, lower cost, faster, more transparent

and

Page 14: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

for closing the Access to Justice Gap

7 strategies

Page 15: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 1Specialisation, terms of reference and monitoring

• Specialised courts and legal services are more effective

Land conflicts, neighbour conflicts, divorce, consumer complaints ….

• Benchmarking and monitoring keeps everybody on track, clients know better what to expect

Page 16: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 2Legal information targeted on needs of disputants

• Understandable, tailored to problem, arriving just in time, sufficient, limited options, easy to put into practice, giving assurance

• Criteria for fair solutions help: schedules for compensation, child support guidelines, usual remedies

Page 17: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 3IT Platforms supporting negotiation and litigation

• IT platforms supply tools for assembling legal documents

• Online mediation, negotiation, information, adjudication (ODR)

• Websites can support conflict resolution tasksAsk questions, organise negotiation, supply legal information, bring order in facts, involve a judge, mobilise community members ….

Page 18: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 4Facilitators and Paralegals Working Towards Fair Solutions

• Combine elements of the traditional roles of lawyers, mediators and judges. Local people … using global knowledge and skills

• Work for one party …. reaching out to the other party

Page 19: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 5Improve choice of third party adjudication processes

• Create alternative adjudication mechanisms• Plaintiff has realistic option of accessible adjudication• Simple court procedures: fast, affordable, good

quality Informal tribunal, ombudsman, religious court, specialised tribunal, radio show, local leader, government agency …

Monitoring third parties always needed!

Page 20: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 6Using Reputation to Induce Compliance

• Old, new and social media use reputation as a ‘big stick’ can work even against powerful defendants

Page 21: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 7 Sharing Practices and Evidence Based Protocols

• Guidelines and good practices for domestic violence, land conflicts, employment termination ….. are emerging

• Integrating negotiation and adjudication

• Practice and research provide knowledge on what works

Page 22: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Our input

• Trend Report summarising research and good practices

• Seven promising approaches• Issues for discussion and draft

Recommendations

Page 23: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Stategies in practice Interview with experts

Page 24: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Anton ShelupanovCenter for Court InnovationSupporting innnovative, specialised courts in the US

Strategy 1Specialisation, terms of reference and monitoring

Page 25: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Martin JonesLaw for Life UKThe newest in public legal education

Strategy 2Legal information targeted on needs of disputants

Page 26: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Chittu NagarajanModria Online dispute resolution serving millions of clients eBay Resolution Centre and Community Court

Strategy 3 & 5IT Platforms & Improve choice of third party adjudication processes

Page 27: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Simeon KoromaTimap for JusticeA state of the art paralegal program in Sierra Leone

Strategy 4Facilitators and Paralegals Working Towards Fair Solutions

Page 28: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Strategy 6Using Reputation to Induce Compliance

• Old, new and social media use reputation as a ‘big stick’ can work even against powerful defendants

Page 29: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation
Page 30: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation
Page 31: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation
Page 32: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation
Page 33: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

To think about and discuss

• How can the legal system work with reputation?

• How to keep the balancebetween transparency andprivacy?

Page 34: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Naw MugayInternational Rescue CommitteeInformal and formal adjudication in refugeecamps in Thailand

Strategy 7 Sharing Practices and Evidence Based Protocols

Page 35: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

You are the experts

• We look forward to learn about your experiences about what works

• We are eager to hear in which strategies you believe.

• Please tell us what you recommend stakeholders to do.

Page 36: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

What can be doneto close the gap!

In a world where everyone has access to Justice, we accomplish Empowerment, Growth, Peace.

Page 37: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Working groups

• Each of you has been assigned to participate in specific working groups.

• The left sticker on your name tag is about the 1st round

Page 38: Innovating Justice Forum | Maurits Barendrecht | Presentation

Sharing best practices, Towards basic justice for everyone

?


Recommended