AMMAN —The
Ministry of Justice and the Judicial
Council launched the Justice Sector Strategy 2022–2026, which will improve the
litigation process, ensure a wider respect for human rights and public
freedoms, and consolidate the rule of law.
Tuesday’s event at
the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Amman, was chaired by Minister of Justice Ahmad
Al-Ziyadat, Chief Justice of the Judicial Council and President of the
Cassation Court Mohammad Al-Ghazou, and the Judicial Council’s
Secretary-General Ali Al-Musaimi.
The strategy, which
is an extension to previous ones in the sector, is a reflection of the Royal
Committee’s recommendations, and other national and international proposals and
policies, which confirm the importance of the judicial sector, Ziyadat said.
“The main strength
in the strategy is His Majesty King Abdullah’s support to the judicial sector,”
the minister told the gathering.
He said that a
joint approach, in collaboration with the Royal Committee and all those
concerned in the sector, was followed to come up with the strategy, which is an
update to previous efforts and achievements in the sector.
Ghazou told the
attendees that a national specialized committee comprising members from the
Jordan Judicial Council, the Judicial Institute, and the Ministry of Justice
who worked jointly to determine the strategy’s framework.
“The strategy’s
goals aim at making Jordan a model of justice, guaranteeing rights and
freedoms, and applying the principle of the rule of law,” Ghazou said.
He shed light on
the importance of supporting digital transformation in the justice sector,
pointing out that the judicial council will continue to improve procedures in
social and economic cases, such as money laundering, among others.
Musaimi said the
2022–2026 strategy envisions “consolidating the rule of law, enhancing the
independence of the judiciary, improving the justice system in general, and
upgrading the performance of the judicial administration”.
Other goals include
improving the litigation processes, achieving justice, and enhancing the
“construction and technology” infrastructure of all justice sector
institutions, he added.
The judicial
council message includes achieving justice through an independent, transparent,
and efficient judiciary system that contributes to drawing up the sector’s
policies, Musaimi explained.
The five pillars of
the strategy include developing the litigation processes, enhancing the
judicial and justice teams and their human resources, developing the
infrastructure, and improving legislations, Ziyadat said.
That would be followed
by a set of indicators and goals that can translate the strategy on the ground,
Ziyadat added.
The strategy’s
policies and principles focus on achieving an efficient justice system through
speeding up the process of litigation and issuing verdicts, while ensuring the
quality of the ruling, Musaimi said, outlining the goals of the strategy.
He said the plan is
gender sensitive, and took into account the application of human rights on
women and underdogs among children and persons with disabilities.
Efficient
coordination and guaranteeing people’s rights and freedoms, in addition to
sound governance, figure high in the principles of the program, Musaimi
explained.
He noted that the
strengths and weaknesses of the justice sector were also addressed in the
strategy to help improve the sector within the plan’s designated timeframe.
The development
stages of the justice sector strategy were in partnership with the
EU-funded
program “Support to the Rule of Law in Jordan”.
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