Publishing Legal Texts and Judicial Procedures (MO0038)

CHALLENGE Difficulty of accessing and researching legal information including legislative texts and judicial procedures • Difficult access to information produced by the justice system, specifically courts decisions and jurisprudence; • Difficulty of accessing information related to judicial performance ; • Lack of mechanisms for sharing knowledge and visions about legal and judicial topics.

PROPOSED SOLUTION Develop and launch an online platform dedicated to the publication of legislative texts, courts decisions and jurisprudence, composed of the following modules: • Module for the online publication of legal texts and judicial proceedings in an official bulletin format or in the form of edited texts, with a free download option ; • Module for the free and online publication and download of court judgments and decisions, while respecting the principle of personal data protection ; • Module to share data on performance of the justice system, through the publication of statistics in open format (Open Data) ; • ▪Module allowing to researchers, specialists and professionals in the field of justice to publish their articles, research papers and studies.

EXPECTED RESULTS Promotion of transparency and consolidation of the right to access legal and judicial information rapidly and free of charge ; Increase knowledge and awareness about legal and judicial aspects through the publication • of legal texts, court judgments, decisions and jurisprudence; • Encouragement of scientific research in the field of legal and judicial studies by putting in place a “Legal and Judicial Virtual Library” which is continuously enriched • ▪Encouragement of investment through data availability to help understand the Moroccan judicial system ; • Facilitation of the sharing of legal and judicial knowledge and best practices among professionals, researchers and the general public.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ▪Number of modules developed ; • Number of modules being launched online.

IMPACT INDICATORS Number of published legal texts ; • Number of published courts judgments; • Number of published court decisions ; • Number of published jurisprudence ; • Number of articles, studies, and research papers being published ; • Number of statistics released in open format.

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Action Plan Review

Commitment 14. Publication of Legislative Texts, Court Judgments, Decisions and Jurisprudence

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Modest