Open Justice for Anti-Corruption (AF0029)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Afghanistan Action Plan 2019-2021
Action Plan Cycle: 2019
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Supreme Court / Attorney General
Support Institution(s): Relevant civil society organizations
Policy Areas
Access to Justice, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption Institutions, E-Government, Judiciary, Justice, Open Justice, Public ParticipationIRM Review
IRM Report: Afghanistan Design Report 2019-2021
Starred: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address?
Diminutive access to information in some justice and judicial sector caused lesser civic participation, transparency; accountability and public trust and sometimes pave the ground for administrative corruption. Public are not aware of how administrative corruption cases of government higher officials are addressed or dealt they have concerns. Lack of on time attention to major administrative corruption cases challenged justice and judicial services and enabled wide spread of administrative corruption.
What is the commitment?
Supreme Court and Attorney General in participation with CSOs and relevant department are preparing public access to information procedures considering anticipated circumstances in Criminal Procedure Code. Legal demands of public will be addressed in accordance with access to information law and procedures prepared to address major administrative corruption cases and be shared with public through mass media.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem?
Preparing this procedure defines public accessibility to judicial and justice information in the meanwhile it eliminates hurdles in access to information. It obliges judicial and justice authorities to share information with public through mass media. Consequently, public access to information enables authorities to be accountable to public, reduces administrative corruptions and promotes public trust in justice and judicial system. Implementation of this commitment will facilitate participation of public in open trials and promote transparency, accountability and civic participation in judicial and justice system.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?
Sharing information promotes transparency and civic participation among judicial and justice sector.
Additional information
Commitment is related to the followings:
National Plan on Judicial and Justice Reform
Law on Access to Information
Criminal Procedure Code
National Strategy on Combat against Administrative Corruption
Commitments
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Revise Law on Recruitment and Authority of Attorneys General
AF0014, 2019, Access to Justice
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Revise Law on Local Government
AF0015, 2019, Legislation & Regulation
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Establish Anti-Corruption Commission
AF0016, 2019, Anti-Corruption
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Draft Beneficial Ownership Legislation
AF0017, 2019, Anti-Corruption
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Portal for Processing Legislative Documents
AF0018, 2019, Capacity Building
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CSO Monitoring of Education
AF0019, 2019, E-Government
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Develop Electronic Complaint System for Local Government
AF0020, 2019, Capacity Building
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Reform and Strengthen Education Data
AF0021, 2019, Access to Information
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Participation in Local Budgeting
AF0022, 2019, Fiscal Openness
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Electronic Revenue Collection System
AF0023, 2019, Capacity Building
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Co-Create University Curriculum
AF0024, 2019, Education
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Reform Promotion System for Police Officers
AF0025, 2019, E-Government
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Monitoring Framework for Medicine Wholesalers
AF0026, 2019, E-Government
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Monitoring of Private and Public Health Centers
AF0027, 2019, E-Government
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Participation in National Budget
AF0028, 2019, Fiscal Openness
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Open Justice for Anti-Corruption
AF0029, 2019, Access to Justice
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Women's Empowerment Plan
AF0030, 2019, Gender
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Establishment of Women Grand Council
AF0031, 2019, Gender
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Law on Processing, Publishing and Enforcing Legislative Documents
AF0002, 2017, Legislation & Regulation
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Courts to Address Violence Against Women
AF0003, 2017, Access to Justice
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Public-Police Partnership Councils
AF0004, 2017, Capacity Building
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Registering Assets of Government Officials
AF0005, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Scheme for Establishing Health Service Accreditation Entity
AF0006, 2017, Capacity Building
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Urban Improvement National Policy
AF0007, 2017, Infrastructure & Transport
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Protection Policy for Women Under Conflict and Emergency Situations
AF0008, 2017, Fiscal Openness
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Civil Society Monitoring Plan for Education and Higher Education
AF0009, 2017, Education
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Plan for the Establishment of a Joint Committee Overseeing the Implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy
AF0010, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Strengthen the Information Mechanism in 60 Governmental Agencies
AF0011, 2017, Access to Information
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Implementing Open Contracting
AF0012, 2017, Access to Information
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Public Participation in Road Network Projects
AF0013, 2017, Infrastructure & Transport
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Mechanism of Public Partnership in Inspection Process
AF0001, 2017, Anti-Corruption