October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Information policy to Improve the Dutch Courts
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Dory Reiling mag. Iur. The Hague Court of Appeal Council for the Judiciary IT Management
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Introducing Netherlands courts Technology: What does it do for us? What can it do for us? What should it do for us? Themes
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice before Periods
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice The Netherlands Statistics European Union Member 16 mln Inhabitants Approx Judges (1:9.000) Approx. 450 Prosecutors (1:35.000) Total ( ) Employees
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Court System.nl Jurisdictions: Civil - well developed Criminal - ECHR-oriented Administrative - part of ordinary courts
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Alkmaar Groningen Leeuwarden Assen Amsterdam Haarlem Utrecht ‘s-Gravenhage Rotterdam Dordrecht Midelburg Maastricht Roermond ‘s-Hertogenbosch Breda Zwolle Almelo Arnhem Zutphen 19 Districts 5 Appeal Courts 1 Supreme Court Justice.NL Organization.nl
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Courts Governance before 2002 Judges Minister of JusticePresidents’ Assembly Dualist Structure Court Staff Court DirectorCourt President
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What does it do? Court Technology 1986 administrative systems Word processing on stand-alone Jurisprudence by private publishers Steering and management information Windows, GUI and !
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October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What can it do? Information Policy Scenario Targets for Improvement IT to support targets
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What can it do? Court Improvement Program
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What can it do? Characteristics co-operation support from bureaucracy to knowledge-based organization
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What can it do? Improving case handling court management governance external orientation
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October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Web applications Intranet search portal access to registers and case administration
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice IT-Testing Lab Demonstrating Cockpit management info Work flow management Decision Support System Session Planning Testing Expertise
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Courts Governance before 2002 Judges Minister of JusticePresidents’ Assembly Dualist Structure Court Staff Court DirectorCourt President
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Judges and Court Staff Court Board President, Sector Presidents, Court Director Minister of Justice( Presidents’ Assembly ) Council for the Judiciary Integral Management Judiciary Governance since 2002
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Council for the Judiciary Tasks Budgeting Allocating funds to courts Supporting Court Management Promoting Quality Consultation
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Strategic Agenda Improving case handling Quality assurance Improving external orientation ….. using the possibilities of information technology
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice programs: R+D Implementation Maintenance (discontinuing) Justice.NL Improving information management
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice JustWord Intranet ICT-Proeflokaal Bistro ICTRO Standard texts Information exchange Testing new ICT Web applications/KM 1 centralized IT support organization What can it do?
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Interactivity with the citizens Electronic files Good management information Exchange of experiences Wishes for the Future
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Top level commitment User participation Roles Learning from others Information Policy Making: Lessons Learned But What Should IT Do?
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice What should IT do? Supporting fair hearing within a reasonable time by an independent tribunal! European Convention on Human Rights, article 6 Wishes for the Future
October 22, 2002 Technology for Justice Council for the Judiciary in the Netherlands Juliana van Stolberglaan 4-10 PO Box NL 2509 LP Den Haag T F