The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a new policy paper aimed at helping countries adopt the OECD’s Recommendation on Access to Justice and People-Centred Justice Systems. “Measuring and Improving Access to Justice in Courts: Learning from the United Kingdom’s Experience” outlines a replicable model for developing an evidence-based approach for defining, measuring, improving, and monitoring access to justice in court services.

The report presents details on the following seven pillars for advancing these access-to-justice objectives:

• Review the organisational foundations of access to justice before engaging in work to measure and improve access to justice
• Adopt a clear definition of access to justice, in consultation with justice stakeholders
• Measure access to justice in ways that align with the organizational definition and data strategy.
• Understand existing barriers and challenges and their underlying causes
• Identify and adopt targeted improvements for court services
• Monitor the changes and data; ensure there is a plan for tracking progress
• Identify and address evidence gaps

The OECD report on “Measuring and Improving Access to Justice in Courts: Learning from the United Kingdom’s Experience” is available online here: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/measuring-and-improving-access-to-justice-in-court-services_a8226ccc-en.

Information in this post was gleaned from the OECD Measuring and Improving Access to Justice in Courts report.