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Republic of Turkey M i nistry of Justice. U Y A P . NAT I ONAL JUD I C I A RY NETWORK PROJECT. and TURKISH JUDICIAL SYSTEM. Cengiz TANRIKULU Reporter Judge in Ministry of Justice, Turkey 16 November 2005 Tunisia. CONTENT OF THE CONFERENCE. Republic of Turkey
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Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice U Y A P NATIONAL JUDICIARY NETWORK PROJECT and TURKISH JUDICIAL SYSTEM Cengiz TANRIKULU Reporter Judge in Ministry of Justice, Turkey 16 November 2005 Tunisia
CONTENT OF THE CONFERENCE Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Firstly this event will present an overview of the Turkish Judiciary System • Secondly and mainly willshare the experiences of Turkish Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ)National Judiciary Network Project (UYAP) • and givesomequickfactsabout UYAP and effects of theProject’s on Turkishjudicialsystem • Overall assessments of outputs UYAP
What is UYAP ? Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Its expantion is National Judiciary Network Project • UYAP is a central network project which contains all of the courts, publicprosecutors services, prisons and other wholejudicial units in Turkey • It’s context is creation of an integration between Turkish judicial system and with concerned institutions
TURKISH JUDICIAL SYSTEM Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice A-Some facts and figuresfrom Turkish Justice System According to article2 oftheTurkish Constitution: “Turkey is ademocraticsecularsocial and lawstate”
HIGH LEVEL COURTHOUSES Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice 1. Court System • Councilof • State Constitutional Court Court of Cassation Constitutional Jurisdiction Civil Jurisdiction • Administrative • Jurisdiction
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
COUNCIL Of STATE Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Council of the state consist of twelve department • 1. Department’s task is consultancy • 2. Department’s task is assize of the officers • Other ten departments task is appeal on administrative and task cases
COUNCIL Of STATE Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
TURKISH JUDICIAL SYSTEM Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice A-SOME FACTS AND FIGURES 2. Figures
Number of the Judges and Prosecutors Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Turkey has 133 High Criminal Courts Centre • And in 575 districts totally 708 courthouses, • 443 Penitentiary and Detention Houses , • 23 Forensic Medicine Units, • 7751 Courts, Public Prosecutor Services and Enforcement Offices • In civil judiciary 4529 judges and 3023 public prosecutors, • In administrative courts 491 administrative judges
CURRENT SITUATION OF CASE FILES IN TURKEY at THE END OF 2004 Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
Population of Turkey in 2004 About 70 million Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
DELIVERED HARDWARE Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
CABLE LAYING Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • In 807 Units was laid cable for 38.200 connection points across Turkey ANKARA
Average duration of assize Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice General Courts : Penal : 266 days Civil : 241 days C.o. Cassation Penal : 283 days Civil : 86 days Council of State : 460 days
Some other figures Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Auxiliary Court Personal: (Aprox.)30 000 • TrainerJudges 1159 • Members of the C.o.Cas 250 • Members of Council of State:78 • Lawyers (Aprox.) 40.000 • In 444 Prisons • Current Numberof Inmates: 58 000 • Total Prison Officials: 31 000
TRAINING Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
GIVEN EDUCATIONS Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
The Basic Requirements Of Turkish Judicial System and whathas been doing? Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • The Republic of Turkey and it’s government nowadaysare fallowing a national programme for reinforcement and to accelerate the judicial system • They are also implementing various measures on judicial modernisation and penal reform and want to improve the functioning and efficiency of the judiciary • UYAP was prepared and established by MoJ to create an effective and less bureaucratic judicial systemfor each concerned institutionand citizens as one and very importantmeasure
Project plan with milestones Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice Analysing of the process In 2002 Designing of the system and producing of Programmes and screens In 2003 Revise of the TJS In 2000 Composing of the project schedule In 2001 Conjectural Project’s finish time End of the 2006 Project start toroll out in whole Turkey at the beginning of the 2005 implementing of the project in pilot units at the beginning of the 2004 Testing system and new products at the end of the 2003
PRISONS JUDGEHOUSES • Ankara Kapalı Cezaevi • Ankara Açık Cezaevi • Keçiören Çocuk Islahevi • Elmadağ Çocuk Cezaevi • Sincan F Tipi Cezaevi • İzmir Çocuk Islahevi • Kocaeli F Tipi Cezaevi • Ankara Hâkimevi • İstanbul Hâkimevi FORENSIC MEDICINE UNITS RESORT UNITS • Adlî Tıp Kurumu Başkanlığı • Adlî Tıp Ankara Grup Başkanlığı • Adlî Tıp İzmir Grup Başkanlığı • Adlî Tıp Antalya Şb.Md.lüğü • Adlî Tıp Konya Şb.Md.lüğü • Antalya Dinlenme Tesisi • Gökçeada Dinlenme Tesisi OCCUPUTIONAL UNITS • Ankara Adalet Meslek Lisesi • Bolvadin Adalet Meslek Lisesi PILOT UNITS IN SCOPE OF UYAP Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
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.
The Document Management System (DMS) in our Ministry 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.
Objectives of UYAP Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • To transfer key business processes of the judicial system into central electronic means • To reduce the clerical, administrative and communications costs which would otherwise be incurred in manuel and paper- based system. • Reductions in staffing and use the personal most effective • To create a Databank of information on relevant legislation, regulations, circulars, template texts and policies Information etc. • To take Management Reports for performance, Work Reports for planning or recordingetc. • To research information which is needed during processes • To create fast, secure and efficient information system enabling the appropriate sharing of information with across the wider Turkish judicial services • Composing alerts for to prevent from basic judicial errors
Objectives of UYAP Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Interface judicial institutions with each other and with concerned institutions • Supplying transparency • Fulfil inspections in to electronic means • Give process information's and basic legal aidsto citizens via internet • Set up centraldocument management system between TJS Units • Procure data for doingdata mining in judicialfield • Obtain very strong and efficient judicial centralinfrastructure
Objectives of UYAP Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • To provide the capability to measure performance and report on the effectiveness of Turkish judicial services in terms of such performance indicators as are defined by Government and stakeholders.The data required for this would be captured and make available through the operational UYAP system • To provide a research capability to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of offender-crime assessment tools (yet to be implemented) and programmes and interventions designed to reduce crimes
Scopes and interfaces Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • The scope includes the all functions required to support and enable to transaction into electronic means between judicial institutions • The scope includes also enable fulfilment of finance functions, commissioning functions, human resources management, payroll, training management, property management , asset administration and other supporting services
UYAP consists of these sub-systems Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Penal Law System • Civil Law System • Administrative Law System • PublicProsecutors Services System • Court of Cessation System • Probation System (have been producing) • Verdict SupportSystem • LawyerInformation System • Enforcement-Bankruptcy System • Convict-Arrest Management System
NJNP consists of these sub-systems Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Citizen Information System • Personal Management System • Financial Management System • Supply Management System • Procurement Management System • Training Management System • Document Management System • ForensicMedicineSystem • General SupportSystem
UYAP SYSTEM CENTRE Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
( DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ) Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
Databank Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice Legislation Directions Sentences Case law Judicial essays Template texts Circularsetc.
Constrains Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Technological constraints • Managing the IS/IT function – which models to use? • Effective use processes • Training, behaviours etc. Integrate information capture & use into operational business processes • Flexible & re-usable IT infrastructure – what are the available IT infrastructures?
UYAP’s Initial BusinessBenefits Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Speed and efficiencyof operations • Integration with other justice agencies to enable informationexchange withkey stakeholders (police, gendarme, prisons, customs, etc.) • Integration/interfaces with other state’s systems • Transparency in terms of accountability and data accuracy • Data standards and data standardization to improve data quality and enable reliable operational andmanagementreporting • Saving in personal i.e. Those who would otherwise be engaged in data processing, clerical and administrative work • Cheaper judicial services • Data mining means that collection and dissemination of aggregated data for research for consisting of future plan • System of alerts to identify users with some described alerts and notices
UYAP’s Initial BusinessBenefits Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Decrease administrative and judicial so toenableworkloadpractitionersto focusontheir otherpriorities • Obtain central financial control • Save space with using electronic means instead of paper files • Access to information and make transaction online, instant and secure • Flexibility of working hours so if staff wants to work independent from locality and offices • Performance management through integrated management information
UYAP’s Initial BusinessBenefits Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Data repository and migration will be only in one system for that reason will not be data confusionandduplications • Simplify process • Self assessment by staff, they can monitor their works in toelectronicmeans • Provision of Clear Evidence on performence and quality for inspectors, every processes are logging by system • Generate data for policy makers • Prevention of corruption • Inters action between users (free lectern)
Management of UYAP Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice Group 1: UYAP’S Project Stakeholders
Group 2: UYAP’S StrategicStakeholders Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
Group 3:UYAP’S Operational Stakeholders Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice
ProjectControl Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice • Overcoming resistance • Change control process • Compliance with project schedules/product delivery monitoring arrangements • Reports for project board (exeption, highlight, End-Stage report etc) • Establish project support office (PSO) to handle common management and to help our users