Description
This breakout session will examine how the principles of people-centred justice can be applied by courts and judiciaries and strengthen their distinctive institutional role and fundamental values. It will consider how judicial systems, as providers of justice services, can improve accessibility, service quality and responsiveness by drawing on legal-needs evidence and user feedback, simplifying procedures and communication, stronger collaboration with other actors and services, strengthening digital and physical access, and adapting services to different groups. The discussion will explore how such reforms can be pursued to support judicial independence, neutrality, equality before the law and procedural fairness. Drawing on country experiences, the breakout session will consider how different judicial governance arrangements and institutional contexts shape the practical implementation of people-centred justice and support delivery of the judiciary’s core functions.
