People-centred justice programming
What, why and how?
Dialogue April 2022
Introduction Maurits Barendrecht
Working from data about common justice problems and impact on people’s lives
Evidence based practice, so more likely to prevent or resolve a given justice problem
Sustainable and scalable ways to deliver, so many more people are getting prevention or solutions
Strengthened dialogue and enabling environment, so more likely for improvements to be accepted in regulation and getting financed
Stronger international, regional, and national movement of people-centred justice
Why a national people-centred justice program, based on systematic R&D, innovation and implementation?
3. Too much discord and polarisation.
We need better ways to deal with conflict.
More social cohesion and trust.
Prevent conflict violence, loss of work, loss of money, debts, loss of freedom and enduring stress.
Policy-making stalemate.
High ranking officials also suffer from attacks on integrity.
1. Because justice practitioners* want to
be valued and more effective?**
*Judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers,
informal justice providers, civil servants,
therapists, mediators working for individuals/SMEs.
**Struggling compared to colleagues in city law firms and highest courts.
Love to work with communities.
Pilot, grow, improve, rather than wait for new laws
3. Too much discord and polarisation.
We need better ways to deal with conflict.
2. Because individuals and SMEs need governments to deliver justice effectively?
Promise of equal access to justice for all.
Fair resolution rates in range of 30% need to be doubled or tripled
Millions of improved relationships.
More healthy lives.
Economic benefits
Simplifying will relieve administrative burdens.
3. Too much discord and polarisation.
We need better ways to deal with conflict?
More social cohesion and trust.
Prevent conflict violence, loss of work, loss of money, debts, loss of freedom and enduring stress.
Policy-making stalemate.
High ranking officials also suffer from attacks on integrity.
4. Doing nothing is a high risk gamble.
Living in fair, inclusive societies is at stake?
Rule of law in decline.
Countries need credible pathways to peaceful,
inclusive just societies.
Rules of liberal democracy taken to extremes
Enablers and impediments for leaders?
Time and resources to develop a program?
Learning more about contents of programming?
Incentives
for your organisations?
Trust and cooperation between independent justice sector organisations?
Why invest in systematically improving justice systems in people-centred way?
What are enablers and impediments for changemaking justice practitioners to participate in this?
How to ensure broad uptake of innovations?