KAY 465 E-GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS IN THE JUDICIARY PROF. DR. METE YILDIZ

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1 KAY 465 E-GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS IN THE JUDICIARY PROF. DR. METE YILDIZ

2 UYAP (National Judiciary Informatics System) Definition Integrate all the courts and other organizations in the judicial system in Turkey and ease the transfer of judicial information among them & abroad when necessary. Importance Streamlined, more efficient and transparent judicial system Working better, faster and cheaper 2

3 Related Concepts E-Justice The use of technology, especially Internet technology in handling various administrative procedures before, during and after the administration of justice M-Justice Use of mobile technologies in e-justice E-Signature Any mark on an electronic document can be used to capture the signer s intent to approve or accept the contents of that document. Time stamp Term used to describe a time that is printed to a file or other location to help keep track of when data is added, removed, sent, received, etc. 3

4 PROBLEM: Millions of Legal Disputes Population of Turkey was about 70 million (2004) Source: Tanrıkulu, 2005 public of Turkey nistry of Justice Disputes number in 2004 Disputes in Presecutor S %18 Civil Disputes %10 Penal Disputes %16 Enforcement Disputes % 53 Administrative D %1,5 Total Disputes %100 4

5 Faster? Source: Kaya,

6 PROBLEM: Legal Process Was Taking Too Long ublic of Turkey istry of Justice Average duration of assize Source: Tanrıkulu, 2005 General Courts Council of State Civil (Days) Penal (Days) General Courts : Penal : 266 days Civil : 241 days C.o. Cassation Penal : 283 days Civil : 86 days Council of State : 460 days 6

7 Management of UYAP public of Turkey nistry of Justice Senior Responsible Owner: Minister of Justice Board of UYAP Head of board is undersecretary vice president of the board is deputy undersecretary Other members of the board are some general directors of the MoJ Project team Consist of about 100 staff 7

8 UYAP: Organizational Chart FIGURE 3.10: JUSTICE-NET ORGANIZATIONAL CHART-1: The Environment Courthouses Military Police General Command Supreme Court Population Dept. Justice Ministry Land Survey and Ownership Court of Disaccord General Directorate of Security High Court of Appeals 8

9 UYAP S Operational Stakeholders 9

10 UYAP Stages Stage 1: Connection of Central Units in Ankara ( ) Stage 2: Connection of Provincial Units ( ) 10

11 TRAINING (2005) Source: Tanrıkulu, 2005 Basic Computer Training UYAP Training

12 With the Decision Support System, procedural mistakes will be reduced minimum, imaginary argument atmosphere within judicial organization about jurisprudence will be formed, information sharing will be provided. 12

13 The Document Management System (DMS) have been integrated and exchange of the electronic documents between the areas coming into enterprise and Ministry (centre) has been started. In this sense, exchange of documents have been carried out from the Units of the Provinces to the Centre, exchange of documents have been carried out from the Centre to the Units of Provinces in a short time in which the integration has been initiated. 13

14 Databank Legislation Directions Sentences Case law Judicial essays Template texts Circulars etc. 14

15 Citizens can reach their case information via Internet 15

16 Lawyers can : Pay process and tax fee from his offices by use of VPN Technology and or on Network in Bars rooms through internet banking and UYAP, Litigate a claim or dispute to court into electronic means, Review his cases into electronics means Submit his petition online via UYAP 16

17 Means of Access to UYAP Citizens can Access the portal via E-government Portal ( password Electronic signature Mobile signature E-ID Card 17

18 UYAP (Sub)Portals List Personalization at Group Level 18

19 UYAP Citizens Portal 19

20 UYAP Institutional Portal 20

21 UYAP Lawyer Portal 21

22 UYAP (Examining) Expert Portal 22

23 UYAP E-Sales Portal 23

24 UYAP SMS System (4060) SMS/Text messages containing information about the case files can be sent by GSM Operators to the parties of cases, who need to be warned when to attend court. Send your ID Number and «abone» to 4060 More than 1 million users 24

25 An UYAP Recording Screen Example 25

26 Video & Audio Recording + Video Conferencing Ses ve Görüntü Kayıt Bilişim Sistemi (SEGBİS) Courts and other judicial units are equipped with video and audio recording, video conferencing systems Used in 225 heavy criminal courts. 26

27 International Cooperation In a study conducted by the EU Commission, it has been determined that about 10 million people are dealing with cross-border legal disputes between EU member states. Integration with the other national and international institutions and organizations databases in the course of progress towards accession to the European Union. 27

28 Numbers of Use Users users (judges, prosecutors and other staff) in the judicial system itself e-signatures lawyers Documents More than 10 billion documents & 57 million files have been entered via UYAP. More than 1 million new documents are being entered into the system every day. 28

29 UYAP- English Content 29

30 Mobile UYAP + Content for the Visually Disabled

31 Justice Services through turkiye.gov.tr 31

32 Related Systems: National Bar Network Project 32

33 National & International Awards 33

34 Exporting UYAP? 34

35 Future of UYAP Data mining and data-based decision-making necessary precautions to be taken to reduce crimes by using statistics and data mining, Crime maps can be created Legal workload calculations and performance measurements for the justice system employees can be made. 35

36 NYC Crime Maps 36

37 Future of the Justice System Establishing special courts for technologyreletad crimes Educating expert judges on technology Preparing a cyber crime strategy and action plan 37

38 Kaynak: Jost, 2011: 28. Use of Cameras in Courtrooms

39 E-Justice System in Brasil In the case of Brazil: Court proceedings have gotten accelerated and cheaper Access to justice services is easier than in the past Access problems were experienced in groups with low socio-economic level Source: André Andrade, Luiz Antonio Joia and Daniel Kamlot (2012) E- Government in the Judiciary System: Assessing the Correlation between IT Investment and the Efficiency of Courts of Justice in Brazil

40 Sending Tweets from the Courtroom