As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the most inspiring commitments made by participants to date. Read more about these exciting reforms on justice below.

For a full list of Challenge commitments submitted by members, visit our Open Gov Challenge Commitment Tracker.

COLOMBIA

Open, Accessible, and Inclusive Court Rulings

This commitment aims to ensure the public can understand what the Constitutional Court does and how its rulings can help protect their rights. Thus, the Judiciary aims to increase the public’s understanding of the court’s work, especially for youth and Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.

COSTA RICA

Co-Create a Participatory Framework for Restorative Justice

In Costa Rica, there is low citizen participation in decision-making due to mistrust of public institutions and a lack of clear information. To address this, the government is working with civil society to co-create a participatory framework for restorative justice. The initiative will establish permanent spaces for dialogue, active listening, and shared decision-making in the design and evaluation of justice policies, all of which can help increase accountability.

SIERRA LEONE

Amend the Ombudsman Law to Increase Access to Justice

In Sierra Leone, the government has identified public administration issues and complaints and wants to address them in a faster, more efficient way. To do this, Sierra Leone will amend the existing Ombudsman Act and enact its regulations. To ensure the public’s needs are reflected, the government will conduct focus group discussions and public consultations to shape these legal updates and provide training to build staff capacity in the Ombudsman Office.

Explore all access to justice commitments from OGP members.

The following list reflects commitments submitted through national or local action plans. For more details, visit OGP’s Data Dashboard.

Filter the commitments according to three categories evaluated by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM): ambition, completion, and early results.

• Ambition: Beginning with 2020 action plans, the IRM assesses ambition using an indicator called “Potential for Results.” This indicator is an early marker of a commitment’s potential to yield meaningful results, based on how the commitment is articulated in the action plan and the state of play in the respective policy area.
• Completion: For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlined in the commitment were implemented.
• Early Results: Beginning with 2021 action plans, the IRM assesses commitment results using an indicator called “Early Results”. This indicator compares the state of transparency, citizen participation, and/or public accountability before the action plan with the state at the end of the action plan.