Public Law Studies Quarterly

The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Increasing the Efficiency of the Judiciary with a Comparative Approach

Document Type : Article

Authors

Davar Derakhshan 1
Ali Bahadori Jahromi 2

1 Ph.D. Student in Public Law. Faculty of Law and Political Science University of Allameh Tabatabayii. Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Prof. Department of Law. Faculty of Law. University of Tarbiat Modares.Tehran. Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2020.302487.2427
Abstract
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are among the influential institutions whose participation in reforming the judiciary will increase its efficiency and thus increase public trust in the judicial system. In other countries, the groundwork has been laid for the entry and participation of NGOs in the judiciary, and these organizations have been able to remedy many shortcomings in the judiciary. The NGOs have been involved in such activities as academic interactions with judges, supporting prisoners, fighting corruption, effective participation in the judicial process, monitoring the functioning of the judiciary and crime prevention. For this purpose, the NGOs have been developing programs and implementing them with the help of the government. With respect to Iran, however, despite the recognition of the role of NGOs in various laws and regulations - especially the Guidelines on the Participation and Interaction of NGOs with the Judiciary in which the participation of NGOs in the judicial process, combating corruption, and prevention of crime have been provided - in practice, the influence of these organizations in the judicial system is limited. Indeed, the rights of the NGOs have remained unimplemented, and the two sides have  been unable to interact for the purpose of improving the judiciary.

Keywords

non-governmental organizations
the efficiency of the judiciary
effective participation
supervision
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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 52, Issue 2
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
Pages 901-918

  • Receive Date 09 May 2020
  • Revise Date 09 August 2020
  • Accept Date 09 November 2020

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