The Chief Justice Of the Republic of Ghana, Her-Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, in her latest comments has said, that Ghana's Judicial Service can build a justice system that is truly citizen-centered and efficient by fostering collaboration in expanded Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services and leveraging technology.
Speaking at the 2024 Annual "Chief Justice’s Forum", held in Takoradi in the Western Region, Justice Torkornoo said if all community leaders helped the courts by keeping a keen eye out for ways to enhance the systems, they would keep strengthening the pillars of justice and making the edifice of justice delivery more comfortable for all.
Speaking on the theme; “Building the Pillars of Justice through Leadership, Innovation and Technology”, Her lady-ship stated that; “Justice delivery is like building a house. It must have strong foundations, identifiable walls, a strong roof from which nothing leaks into the house, doors that one can enter the house through, windows from which you can look out, and well-furnished rooms from which the house owners can live comfortably”.
According to her, the delivery system is like building a house. It must have strong foundations, identifiable walls, a strong roof from which nothing leaks into the house, doors that one can enter the house through, windows from which you can look out, and well-furnished rooms from which the house owners can live comfortably.
She added that, within the system, there were structures that allowed citizens to participate in justice delivery through being mediators, tribunal panel members, and jurors. She urged the courts to give citizens the most effective and efficient judicial services as possible, so that all citizens could have their disputes resolved efficiently, quickly, effectively and with finality.
The Chief Just noted that, she is confident that, it is the good and strong interweaving of these structures that has helped to build this robust national system of justice that has brought us together today,” the Chief Justice noted.
Justice Torkornoo however emphasized, that, her vision was to break the trauma of constant adjournments, waste of money and time through interminable journeys to courts, and to provide less confrontational means to resolving disputes with finality; and that, mainstreaming technology for all courts had been slow mainly because of the vast infrastructure needed to make an integrated virtual system work well.
She revealed that, to enhance the efficiency of court processes, the Judicial Service had since 2019 piloted an integrated E-Justice platform in the 52 courts in the Law Court Complex in Accra as part of the Service’s digitization agenda.
This year's forum was attended by some members of the Ghana Bar Association, Justices, traditional and religious leaders, heads of departments, and media, among others. It provided a platform for the Judiciary and Judicial Service to account to the people regarding how justice was being administered while soliciting feedback on improving justice administration.
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