National Action Plan on Open Government Commitment

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C04.4.4 - Justice

Commitment:
Justice
Milestone:
Foster partnerships and collaborate to advance access to justice
Indicator:
C04.4.4 - Fostering international partnerships including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Pathfinders
Lead Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Deadline:
Ongoing
Summit for Democracy:
No

Updates

2024-03
Status:
Complete
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada continues to foster international partnerships to advance open justice and access to justice. Of note for this quarter, Justice Canada confirmed that it will be co-hosting, in collaboration with Canada’s International Development Research Centre, the 2024 OECD Global Roundtable on Access to Justice. This event, taking place in Ottawa on October 9-10, 2024, will bring together over 100 government officials and non-governmental partners from OECD Member and partner countries, academics and civil society to exchange on research findings, lessons learned and promising practices to advance people-centred justice and Sustainable Development Goal 16.

2023-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada participated in the OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice: Making People-centred Justice Happen, which was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from December 6-8, 2023. On December 19, 2023, Justice Canada welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution on Equal Access to Justice for All

Evidence:
2023-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada and the International Development Research Centre worked in close collaboration with Pathfinders on the design and delivery of a high-level session on people-centred justice at the Open Government Partnership Summit held in Estonia on September 6-7.

Evidence:
2023-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Canada successfully put forward a resolution on Equal Access to Justice for All at the 32nd session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May

Evidence:
2023-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Canada participated in the Joint Declaration and Call to Action of the Rule of Law and People-centred Justice Cohort at the Summit for Democracy (March 2023)

Evidence:
2022-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Canada supported people-centred justice discussions at the Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers in November.

Evidence:
2022-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada participated in the OECD 2022 Global Roundtable on Access to Justice in Riga, Latvia from September 21 to 23, 2022

Evidence:
2022-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Participated in Justice Action Coalition meetings and development of Outcome Document and 2023 Justice Appeal

2022-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Participated in Elders State of Hope Gathering on March 1, 2022

Evidence:

https://stateofhope.live/state-of-hope-gatherings/elders-access-to-justice-for-women-and-girls/