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- Title
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM: THE CASE OF 2016 JUDICIAL REFORM IN ALBANIA.
- Authors
Hajdini, Bojana; Skara, Gentjan
- Abstract
Corruption in the judiciary system has been considered by Albanian citizens and international organizations as deeply corrupt. In 2016 Albanian Parliament, supported by the EU and USA, adopted a judiciary reform to increase transparency, accountability, impartiality and citizens' access to information. One way of preventing corruption and increasing citizens' access to justice is by using information technology. This paper analyses the role of information and communication technology in preventing corruption in the Albanian judiciary system. The main research question is how and to what extent digitizing the judiciary contributes to preventing corruption in the judiciary system. The paper argues that the use of ICT in the judiciary system has been limited due to several factors, such as lack of legislation on the use of ICT in the judiciary system, absence of a unified automated case management system, lack of appropriate education or training of judiciary staff to use ICT and lack of reinvestments on ICT equipment in courts. The 2016 judicial reform, for the first time, emphasized the importance of digitizing the judiciary system in Albania. The paper concludes that digitizing the judiciary will increase integrity and prevent corruption in the judicial system.
- Subjects
ALBANIA; JUDICIAL reform; INFORMATION technology; JUDICIAL corruption; JUSTICE administration; CORRUPTION; SOCIAL justice; INTEGRITY
- Publication
Journal of Liberty & International Affairs, 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, p115
- ISSN
1857-9760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47305/JLIA2283115h