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E-Justice in Bulgaria Bogdan Petrov , Esq. CLICT Co-Founder & Expert

Legal Informatics & E-Governance as tools for the Knowledge Society LEFIS Seminar, Reykjavik, July 12-13, 2007. E-Justice in Bulgaria Bogdan Petrov , Esq. CLICT Co-Founder & Expert. Definition. E-Justice –

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E-Justice in Bulgaria Bogdan Petrov , Esq. CLICT Co-Founder & Expert

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  1. Legal Informatics & E-Governance as tools for the Knowledge SocietyLEFIS Seminar, Reykjavik, July 12-13, 2007 E-Justice in Bulgaria Bogdan Petrov, Esq. CLICT Co-Founder & Expert

  2. Definition • E-Justice – • any service providing information in electronic format related to a process in the Judiciary; • electronic exchange of judiciary information via telecommunications networks.

  3. Examples • Internet-based services providing information to the public or supporting data exchange between citizens and judiciary organizations); • Internet-based services for information exchange between organizations; • Intranet-based services supporting procedures within an organization (e.g. workflow systems); • Services supporting “legal communications” (e.g. secure e-mail services implementing digital signatures); • Services for digital audio and video communications (e.g. systems recording or/and broadcasting court hearings, remote surveillance and remote interrogation systems).

  4. The Strategy • Legal framework (i.e. rules forming legal basis for each service provided); • Technical arrangements (architecture, infrastructure, applied technologies, etc.); • Operation plans (manpower, training, maintenance, procedures, etc.).

  5. Principles • Transparency: enhancing visibility in justice and public administration, strengthening trust between the Judiciary and the public; • Accessibility: allowing people to access fast and reliably the information they need; • Usability: providing tools that are useful and easy-to-use; • Quality of service: fighting bureaucracy and long queues; • Usefulness: addressing real everyday needs of the public and businesses; • Completeness: all the services provided from one place (one-stop shop).

  6. Legal Grounds • Aqui communitaire as of 2002; • E-Signatures and E-Documents Act; • E-Commerce Act; • E-Communications Act; • Implementing rules and regulations.

  7. Court Case Management System (CCMS); Conviction Status Certificate System (CSCS); Bankruptcy Proceedings System (BPS); Unified Register System (URS); Legal Aid System; Enforcement of Judgments System; Mediators Register; Unified Information System to Counter Crime (UISCC); Bulgarian Citizenship Register; Commercial Register; BULSTAT Register; Property Register; Particular Pledge Register; Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Register; Political Parties Register; Judicial Statistics System. What Already Exists

  8. Problems • Legal: lack of special material law, no procedural value of electronic documents; • Technical: interoperability of systems created by different operators for different purposes; • Operational: poor financing, bureaucracy, computer illiteracy.

  9. The Future • The front end: The E-Justice Web Portal; • Automated case management; • Secure video communications/interrogations; • E-documents universal acceptance; • B2B applications for legal professionals (prosecutors, notaries, bailiffs, etc.); • Ideally – a paperless national justice system!

  10. Thank you! Any questions? bogdan.petrov@clict.net

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