A briefing on WJP's progress in advancing the rule of law for the second quarter of 2021
Photographs excerpted from the forthcoming WJP Rule of Law Index® 2021.
World Justice Project
Impact Update: Q3 2021
Building the Justice Data Ecosystem: WJP Launches New Global Atlas of Legal Needs Surveys
COVID-19 has heightened awareness of the access to justice crisis--the difficulty people have resolving everyday legal problems relating to housing, employment, debt, social services, family issues, and the like. To meet these needs, policy makers need justice data that reveal how these problems materialize, whom they impact, and how they can be resolved equitably and efficiently. Legal needs surveys are uniquely suited to provide such data, and a diversity of governments, civil society, foundations, and other research institutions have undertaken such surveys over the years. To support research and policy making in this area, WJP has published a new interactive map and directory of all publicly available legal needs surveys conducted since 1993. The new Atlas of Legal Needs Surveys ([link removed]) covers 108 countries and jurisdictions, including 21 subnational surveys, and it serves as the largest global repository of
people-centered data.
Stimulating and Tracking Reforms: Kosovo Ministry of Justice Embraces WJP Data in New Five-Year Strategy
A new Strategy for the Rule of Law 2021-2026 ([link removed]) adopted by the government of Kosovo in August incorporates WJP Rule of Law Index data. On topics such as impartiality of the courts, timely dispute resolution, and corruption in the justice sector, the plan sets ambitious goals for improving performance as measured in WJP Index scores over the next five years. With support from USAID, WJP included Kosovo in the Index in 2020 for the first time, and earlier this year provided a detailed briefing on the findings ([link removed]) to Kosovo Ministry of Justice officials, including Justice Minister Selim Selimi. The head of the EU Rule of Law Mission, the State Department’s Representative for the Western Balkans, and policy-makers also participated in the briefing. The government’s planned reforms are an important dimension of its Stabilization and
Association Agreement with the European Union.
Advancing Open Justice in Mexico
WJP and its governmental and civil society partners have recently taken important steps to make Mexico’s justice system more open, accessible, and accountable to the people it serves. At the federal level, WJP is working with the Mexican National Access to Information Institute (INAI) toco-create an Open Justice Module ([link removed]) for the National Open Government Metric. The WJP-INAI collaboration ([link removed]) will establish and measure national standards for transparency, accessibility, open data, citizen participation, collaboration, and accountability applicable to all institutions in the justice system at both the national and local levels. To implement the standards, on September 23, WJP and Quintana Roo’s justice institutions entered into an Open Justice Declaration, a first-of-its-kind agreement among state justice institutions and civil society groups to
develop and implement an open justice policy. Through capacity building andseminars ([link removed]) , the Quintana Roo initiative will promote compliance with the new national standards for openness in key justice institutions such as the State Supreme Court, the prosecution office (fiscalia), and the state´s anti-corruption system. WJP plans to apply lessons and achievements from Quintana Roo to other Mexican states.
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INAI commissioner introducing a collaboration with the WJP to measure Open Justice in Mexico.
Register! WJP Rule of Law Index 2021 Launch, October 14, 2021
Join WJP to explore the rule of law dimensions of the pandemic at the launch of the 2021 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index®, the world’s leading source for original rule of law data. The 2021 Index is the first in this annual series to capture rule of law changes during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This edition of the Index will also include 11 new countries: Republic of the Congo, Cyprus, Haiti, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Paraguay, Slovak Republic, and Sudan. Register here! ([link removed])
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Framing the Rule of Law Conversation
In a September 28 opinion piece in the Spanish language-version of the Washington Post ([link removed]) , WJP Senior Researcher Lilian Chapa made the case for reforming the local police as the key to improving the security situation in Mexico.
On September 15, WJP Chief Research Officer Alejandro Ponce joined other experts in the access to justice field to discuss a new IAALS - HiiL study capturing everyday legal needs in the United States from a nationwide survey of 10,000 households. WJP staff served on an advisory committee for the study. Access the report here ([link removed]) and the webinar recording here ([link removed]) .
WJP Officers Jim Silkenat and Jerry Libby have published Building the Rule of Law: Firsthand Accounts of a Thirty-year Global Campaign ([link removed]) . The edited volume chronicling the history of ABA rule of law development efforts includes chapters by WJP Founder and CEO Bill Neukom and WJP Executive Director Betsy Andersen.
WJP Launches Annual Fund Campaign: Beyond Recovery! ([link removed])
The forthcoming WJP Rule of Law Index 2021 highlights the ways in which the rule of law has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building back better will require strengthening the rule of law foundation that underlies just communities. WJP is contributing valuable data insights, cutting-edge research about rule of law problems and solutions, and support for a global network of change makers. Our Annual Fund campaign, Beyond Recovery, invites you to be a part of these efforts. Make your contribution today ([link removed]) !
WJP in the News
Recent WJP media mentions from around the world:
The Senate is betting on civil cases ([link removed])
La Repubblica I September 15, 2021
INAI and WJP will measure transparency of judicial powers in Mexico ([link removed])
Milenio I Julio 29, 2021
China hits back as it faces growing criticism of its human rights record, treatment of Uyghurs ([link removed])
ABC News | July 19, 2021
Erdogan's authoritarian restructuring of Turkey ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle (DW) I September 16, 2021
Is the rule of law guaranteed in Europe? ([link removed])
Publico | August 2, 2021
Cambodia union leader faces court verdict as crackdown continues ([link removed])
Al Jazeera I August 17, 2021
A timely vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s judiciary ([link removed])
South China Morning Post | August 28, 2021
Two surprise justice reform proposals that have been overlooked ([link removed])
El Espectador | September 19, 2021
Epa Colombia, chronicle of justice foretold ([link removed])
Semana | August 18, 2021
Venezuela is last in the Rule of Law Index ([link removed])
RunRun | August 27, 2021
Save the Date: World Justice Forum 2022, May 30 - June 2, 2022, The Hague & Online!
The World Justice Project is gearing up to host its World Justice Forum 2022: Building More Just Communities ([link removed]) as a hybrid event online and in The Hague, May 30-June 2, 2022. The Forum will gather hundreds of rule of law stakeholders for a multi-disciplinary examination of the long-term challenges and opportunities posed by the global pandemic, profile leading examples of innovative solutions from around the world through its excitingWorld Justice Challenge ([link removed]) , and help catalyze action to build a just recovery. It will focus on the root causes of the prolonged backsliding in rule of law performance across three dimensions - access to justice, anti-corruption and open government, and equal rights and non-discrimination. Stay tuned for more details on both the Forum and the Challenge in the coming weeks.
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