How to Harness Data for People-Centered Justice
Session Time and Date
12 November, 10:45 – 12:15
Conference Room 2
Concept Summary
Data and evidence are crucial for advancing people-centered justice policies and programs. On a fundamental level, data on people's justice needs allow decision makers to identify the legal problems and barriers to justice people face, which policies and programs should address. Moreover, justice data and evidence can be organized in coherent indicator frameworks that connect outcomes, such as the solution to people's legal problems, with the policy inputs, activities, and outputs that decision makers may advance to address those problems. As such, data and evidence allow for evaluating which justice programs and solutions work and learning from the efforts that do not work. Finally, data and evidence may be the starting point of co-creative processes whereby civil society actors and communities contribute ideas to improving decision-making.
Led by the World Justice Project, this session seeks to promote the conversation between actors from international organizations, civil society, academia, and the public sector by highlighting examples of research and data collection efforts that have successfully informed justice programming. The initiatives discussed range from the efforts to monitor justice sector strategies to targeting justice reform based on data analysis identifying pain points in people's paths to justice.
Objectives
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Strike up a constructive conversation between decision makers implementing justice policies and actors advancing data and research on justice at international and civil society organizations.
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Highlight best practices and lessons learned on the kinds of data and research that support justice programming.
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Laying out common research goals and steps ahead for improving the collaboration between justice actors in different sectors.
Format/Methodology
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We propose a panel session divided into two parts. During the first part, a multisectoral group of participants, including actors from the region, will present best practices or examples of data and research informing justice programming. Presenters will be requested to answer a set of guiding questions throughout their interventions. During the second part, a moderator will take questions and guide the discussion.
Speakers and Moderator
Srirak Plipat (Moderator)
Regional Director for Asia Pacific
Srirak Plipat is the World Justice Project’s Asia Pacific Regional Director where he develops and leads WJP’s activities to advance the rule of law in the region through building strategic partnerships, disseminating knowledge, and facilitating platforms for action. Dr. Plipat has more than 20 years’ experience in international law and policy on governance, justice, and human rights. Recently, Dr. Plipat was Executive Director of Freemuse where he led research and advocacy in over 20 countries for reform of policy and laws used to restrict fundamental rights in ways that are inconsistent with international human rights standards.
Dr. Plipat previously served as Transparency International’s Director for Asia Pacific where he managed TI’s strategy, research, and advocacy focusing on strengthening anti-corruption legal frameworks, rule of law, and accountable governance. He led the development of a research tool to measure the performances and independence of anti-corruption agencies and found TI programs in Afghanistan, Bhutan, East Timor, and Myanmar. At Amnesty International, Dr. Plipat was Director of AI’s movement building, mobilization strategy, people engagement, and human rights education. He managed AI operations and regional projects in over 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. As Director of AI Thailand, he co-led the national campaign for the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.