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Applications

One methodology. Five conversations.

The same method addresses different decisions: developing an evidence-base for justice reform nationally, identifying priorities to get an eroded justice system functioning, an incoming government’s reform priorities, evidence of implementation for the European Commission and EU Delegations, and commercial justice risks for investors and development finance institutions. Each application uses a combination of Justice Audit products suited to the question.

Find your question

Underneath all fiveSeeing how justice actually works. Measuring what needs to change.

  1. A/01 National Justice Reform Develop evidence baseline driving reform across the justice system. ProducesInstitutional baseline, Action Matrix and Roadmap Read about National Justice Reform
  2. A/02 Fragile States Prioritise and sequence actions to get the justice system functioning. ProducesA national Justice Snapshot with Action Matrix and Roadmap (short-term) Read about Fragile States
  3. A/03 EU Accession Edition Measure implementation, not simply alignment. ProducesEU Accession Evidence Matrix and an institutional baseline Read about the EU Accession Edition
  4. A/04 Investment Edition Justice performance is part of the investment environment. ProducesA commercial justice baseline and a subnational risk picture Read about the Investment Edition
  5. A/05 Justice in 100 Days Find what can change now. ProducesA national Justice Snapshot and a 100-day action programme Read about Justice in 100 Days
01The conversations

Start with the question.

Each application begins with the question its audience brings to the table – and answers it with evidence of what is actually happening.

Etched plate of a national justice system: institutions linked along one chain across a mapped country, one pressure point marked in amber.
The whole system, as it worksA/01
A/01Developing an evidence base for national justice reform

“Where are the gaps and pressure points in the justice chain?”

Justice Audit – National Justice Reform Edition. Develop evidence baseline driving reform across the justice system.

  • Justice Audit
  • Justice Snapshot
  • Court Audit
  • Prison Audit
Read about National Justice Reform
Etched plate of a contested landscape: scattered settlements and sparse, partly disconnected justice institutions, one underserved settlement marked in amber.
Where the state is absentA/02
A/02Getting an eroded justice system functioning

“Where are failures in justice delivery undermining legitimacy and creating vulnerabilities to conflict?”

Justice Audit – Fragile States Edition. Prioritise and sequence actions to get the justice system functioning.

  • Justice Snapshot
Read about Fragile States
A curved council table with microphones in an empty chamber.
Commitment, then implementationA/03
A/03Facilitating EU accession

“How do you know that reforms associated with the acquis are changing institutional performance in practice?”

Justice Audit – EU Accession Edition. Measure implementation, not simply alignment.

  • Justice Snapshot
  • Justice Audit
  • Court Audit
Read about the EU Accession Edition
A container port: cranes over stacked containers, a city across the water.
The transactions justice protectsA/04
A/04Promoting investment and FDI

“What lies beneath the country’s headline rule-of-law score, and where does the justice system create – or reduce – investment risk?”

Justice Audit – Investment Edition. Justice performance is part of the investment environment.

  • Justice Snapshot
  • Justice Audit
  • Court Audit
Read about the Investment Edition
A capital city at first light, public buildings among the rooftops.
The first days of a mandateA/05
A/05Setting the reform agenda in the first 100 days

“What justice system have you inherited, what should you change first, and how will you demonstrate progress?”

Justice in 100 Days. Find what can change now.

  • Justice Snapshot
  • Prison Audit
  • Court Audit
Read about Justice in 100 Days

Justice Snapshot can repeat core indicators across all five applications. See how the measurement cycle works

→Your question

Start with the question you are facing.

Choose the question closest to yours and tell us a little about your context.

  1. 01Could a Justice Audit work in your country?
  2. 02Planning justice reform in the first 100 days?
  3. 03Preparing for EU accession?
  4. 04Examining justice and the investment environment?
  5. 05Need to understand court backlog or prison overcrowding?