Uganda Understudies Ghana's Judicial System | Social

A delegation of judges and judicial officers from Uganda are on a five-day working go to to the nation to understudy Ghana's judicial system and the way it works.

The 13-member delegation is led by the Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda, Justice Richard Buteera. It has been within the nation since Monday and is predicted to go away right now.

Among the itinerary of the delegation had been a courtesy name on the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah; visiting of courts, together with the Supreme Court, to watch how justice is distributed within the nation, and the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) to acquaint itself with coaching packages for judges and judicial officers.

They additionally discovered about how the Judicial Service harnesses expertise within the administration of justice, such because the automation of courts and e-justice, judicial reforms, the court-connected different dispute decision (ADR) mechanism system and infrastructure growth.

The crew additionally visited Kumasi, the place they referred to as on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and inspected the brand new Court of Appeal residential advanced within the metropolis.

Rational

In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Justice Buteera mentioned the go to was to be taught at first-hand Ghana's developed justice supply system and the progress made in bettering entry to justice.

“Ghana has developed strategies, systems, infrastructure and practices that have seen tremendous growth and effectiveness in its administration and delivery of justice,” he mentioned.

According to him, Ghana and Uganda had comparable judicial programs primarily based on the frequent legislation authorized custom and, due to this fact, it was vital for the 2 nations to share concepts.

“As a continent, we should be learning from one another and not always run to America, Europe and others. There is a lot we can offer one another as Africans,” Justice Buteera mentioned.

He mentioned the delegation was impressed by the technological and infrastructure drive Ghana was enterprise to broaden entry to justice and additional scale back delays within the justice supply system.

“We had been impressed that in Ghana case backlog is when a case is one yr outdated. This is an enormous achievement as a result of for us, a case is backlog when it's two years within the system.

“We find the strategies adopted by Ghana useful and we will probably adopt some,” the Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda mentioned.

Commendation

Justice Buteera additionally recommended Ghana for having a complete ADR mechanism and the environment friendly method through which it had been inculcated into the judicial arrange.

“We were also impressed about how Ghana assesses the performance of judges and judicial officers. We will borrow some of the performance assessment tools and methods into our system,” he added.

According to Justice Buteera, Uganda would take the collaboration additional by inviting judges from Ghana to Uganda, and vice versa, for peer-learning and capability constructing.