Observatory of the Criminal Justice System
The Observatory of the Criminal Justice System was a mechanism for citizen participation that was carried out with the objective of strengthening and making more transparent the Judicial Branch, guaranteeing civil rights and criminal prosecution through direct scrutiny by society. This intersectoral initiative was implemented through periodic reports and the analysis of judgments issued by the courts in the areas of: violence against women and femicide, organized crime, violation of the Arms and Ammunition Act, corruption and money laundering, and crimes against freedom of expression. This innovation for citizen oversight involved the participation of 40 students from the Faculties of Law of the San Carlos University and the Landivar University. In addition, it had the technical support of a board of directors, in which the presidents of the Judiciary, the Supreme Court of Justice, the German Cooperation (GIZ), and the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) also participated.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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