SESSION 2B : National

Situationer

Local Area
Formation
Regional
Area
Region 6
(Panay)

Center

Coordinat
or
Iloilo
PROCESS
PANAY
Lorena
Navallasca
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LOCAL
SITUATIONER

Context
Issues and concerns
Security/ peace and order
situation

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NATIONAL
SITUATIONER

1.Local Situationer
2.National Situation of the Justice
System
3.Duterte administration
4.Vision for the justice system
5.The Hustisya Natin Project and
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its RoleSubon
Reform

I. KEY PRIORITY
ISSUES
1. Weak Institutional Integrity
Delays in judicial proceedings
Erroneous decisions rendered by lower court
2. Insufficient fiscal autonomy and accountability
Secretive court; lack of transparency (ie SALN)
3. Low functional efficiency
Congested dockets (minimum 10years for RTC
case?)
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4. Limited access
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Case delay is the worst

barrier to justice
The delay in resolving criminal cases
and the duration of civil cases were
tagged by experts as the most significant or
serious barriers in terms of reaching civil and
criminal justice in key Philippine cities such
as Manila, Cebu, and Davao.

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2015
RuleHERE
of Law Index of the
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2015 Rule of Law Index of

the World Justice Project
(WJP)

Philippines
ranks 51st out of 102 countries in terms of how the rule o
f law is
experienced
bottom half of the 15 surveyed states in East Asia and
Pacific. The Philippines ranked 9th in the region.
Other aspects of the rule of law measured in the Index:
constraints on government powers, absence of
corruption, openness of government, fundamental
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rights, order and
security,
and
regulatory enforcement.
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Not all factors were measured. The absence of

Judicial
Initiatives

Reform

1. Action Program for Judicial Reform (APJR)

(20002006)
a. making case resolution more efficient
-establishment of case management information
systems in the Supreme Court and appellate courts
and revision of the rules of procedure
b. improving court integrity
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2.

Judicial
Initiatives

Reform

Justice Reform Initiatives Support (JURIS)

Project
Supports APJR
ALG, OCA and Philja (2003-2008)
1. mediation support: introduces CAM and JDR
2. Judicial education : through Philippine
Judicial Academy (Philja)
3. Reform advocacy:
3. Hustisyeah
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of case congestion through

4. ABA

Judicial Reform
Initiatives

Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)

currently
implements
the
Judicial
Strengthening to Build Court Effectiveness
(JUSTICE) program in the Philippines.
Improving judicial efficiency through court
automation

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UNDER CJ SERENO

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UNDER CJ SERENO

Sereno has 16 more years as CJ until the

mandatory retirement of 70 a rare opportunity
to institute long-term judicial reforms
The first female chief justice in Philippine history,
Sereno has allowed the live audio stream of oral
arguments before the SC, jumpstarted the
automation of case workflows for faster disposal,
and partnered with other government agencies in
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E-courts
Justice Zones
Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW)

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E-COURTS SYSTEM
transforming and integrating all lower courts
in the country into an electronic court
system
Court system is part of the High Court's effort
to institute judicial and legal reforms to
reduce backlogs ofWecases
want to afford all actors in the judicial system
the comfort
and convenience ofand
technology while
aims to improve court
processes
we also address negative perception attached to
litigation, especially in economic terms, because
reduce litigation cost
these improve processes and definitely reduce

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litigation cost,
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CJ Sereno

E-COURTS SYSTEM
help improve capturing, storing, and
accessing documents filed with the lower
courts to prevent duplication of date and
repetition in the administrative processes.
pilot trial was launched at the QC RTC in July
2013
SC wants to make it a model once the new
system is implemented in all courts in the
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E-COURTS SYSTEM
built-in automated case manual
system (same day order)
Judges with computers (alarm for
deadlines)
Electronic kiosks
Notification of lawyers thru SMS
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E-COURTS SYSTEM

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E-COURTS SYSTEM

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E-COURTS SYSTEM

Jose Abad Santos Hall of Justice

Angeles City, Pampanga

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E-COURTS SYSTEM
Jose Abad Santos Hall of Justice
Angeles City, Pampanga
one of the three pilot model courts in the Philippines where the
access and dispensation of justice will be strengthened through the
installation of systems and technology, the rehabilitation of the
courthouse, and the empowerment of human resources.
3,480-sq m land from its original area of 1,280 sq m and now
boasts of a canteen, meeting rooms, multi-function rooms,
maintenance room, information and technology (IT) room, library,
centralized holding area for detention prisoners, medical and
dental clinic, and judges lounge and lawyers center, among
others.
World Bank financed the renovation and construction of the said
HOJ, the procurement of equipment, and the installation of systems

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JUSTICE ZONES
involves inter-agency coordinative reforms in one
locality:
Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Barangay mediation,
the Mediation and Conciliation Office with the
Public Attorneys Office, Department of Justice,
paralegals,
inmate monitoring system, among others;
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it makes use
of
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cross-agency
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JUSTICE ZONES
an area or locality which concentrates key
government functions required for the delivery of
justice.
It reflects an approach to justice that integrates through communication, cooperation and cooperation
- the work of the police, local government,
prosecution, defense lawyers, judges, and penal
system officials, so as to reduce impunity and in the
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process, protect
the
rights
of citizens and empower.
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Enhanced Justice on
Wheels

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Enhanced Justice on
mobile courtWheels
program was introduced in 2004 by then

chief justice Hilario Davide Jr.

aims to grant relief to inmates who are
enter a guilty plea during arraignment
have served time in jail longer than their
sentence
Uses custom-built bus (air-conditioned)
sections:
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as
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courtroom
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willing to
and who
supposed
has two

Enhanced Justice on
from Wheels
the Jail and docket decongestion, the

Aside
Program also consists in the court-annexed
mediation, medical and dental mission, free
legal
aid
to
inmates,
information
and
dissemination campaign for barangay officials,
and a team building seminar for court employees

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INTEGRITY
Pulse Asias Ulat ng Bayan survey for March
2016
APPROVAL:
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno
(46%)
Aquino- 52%; Binay & Drilon-both at 46%; SB-48%

TRUSTWORTHINESS
Sereno: ambivalence (43%)
Supreme Court is the only key government institution to
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rating
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DELAYS & CONGESTION OF

103 MILLIONCOURTS
FILIPINOS = 2200 TRIAL COURT JUDGES
1 JUDGE FOR EVERY 50,000 CITIZENS

2005-2010: annual average caseload of 1,059,484 or

equivalent to an average of around 4,221 cases per
working day.
2006-2009: total # of judges in the lower courts
averaged 1,637 during the period
average annual caseload of 1,055,068 , each judge
will handle 644
cases
every
year
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DELAYS & CONGESTION OF

COURTS
2006-2009: annual
average vacancy rate of 24.3%.

another venue for resolving disputes is through

alternative community courts known as the barangay
justice system to help decongest the cases handled by
regular courts
In 2011, of the 461,834 disputes (criminal, civil,
others) referred to the barangay justice system
operating all over the country, 355,345 cases or
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76.9% were settled.
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Alternative courts generate an estimated government

DELAYS & CONGESTION OF

COURTS
2012: the annual cost of maintaining each prisoner in
the country (GAA), is P19,345. This cost per
inmate includes food and medicine allowance
- much higher than the maximum assistance
provided to a poor family at P15,000 per year
under the CCT
- rate of jails which in 2011, is already four times
their capacity
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- Cases filed in
courts
have been increasing

JAIL
averageDECONGESTION
length of time spent in jail

The
by a
detained accused before a court disposes his case is
5 years.
95% of local jail populations have not yet been
proven guilty
CAUSE OF DELAY:

manual inmate record systems;

absence of Fiscal, PAO or judge during hearings
delays by police in turning over evidence to courts;
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nonappearance
of witnesses;
and
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LIMITED FISCAL
RESOURCES

2007 ADB assessment of Philippine justice

sector reform

one of the immediate causes for

underperformance in the justice
sectordespite ongoing reforms
was inadequate resources and
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support facilities.

LIMITED FISCAL
RESOURCES

judiciary's budget increased from :

0.85% of the national budget in
2008
0.96 % in 2009 (or a 21.5%
increase)
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1.03% (or a 15.3% increase) in

Inter-agency
Justice Sectorcoordination
Coordination Council (JSCC)

Forum for dialogue on issues of common interest and

mechanism for effective sharing of information
independent and have their own mandates but share
a large degree of interdependence in their functions
and common interests crucial to the administration of
justice
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sector-wide dialogues.

DUTERTE
ADMINISTRATION
Delayed justice can drive people to take the law
into their own hands;
it breeds impunity;
it impairs social justice;
it disempowers;
it wears down public confidence in the judicial
system.
Bureaucracy, inefficiency and delays in court
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corruption, affect

DUTERTE
ADMINISTRATION

IMPUNITY: EJK, War on Drugs

Mistrust/Lack of confidence on the
rule of law and in judicial proceedings
Extralegal/illegal processes:
Warrantless arrests, search and
seizure
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Death
squad
(PDS)
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DUTERTE
ADMINISTRATION

Independence of SC from Executive

Judges on the list of drug protectors
Threats from Pres Duterte
Sandiganbayan
justices
and
CA
justices courtesy call on Pres Duterte
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DUTERTE
ADMINISTRATION

Pres. Duterte will appoint at least

10 justices
Then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was
able to make 21 appointments to the SC during
her terms (2001-2004 and 2004-2010)
Compromise independence of SC
GMA acquitted

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CJ

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Sereno

hopes

Pres.

Duterte

will

be

Vision for the Justice

System
OBJECTIVE: Enhance
Integrity of the Justice
System

BRING BACK TRUST & CONFIDENCE In the

RULE OF LAW AND IN THE Justice System
JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT is FAIR, JUST and TIMELY
ENHANCED accountability and transparency of
judicial and quasi-judicial bodies.
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Hustisya Natin Project and on its

Role on Judicial Reform
OBJECTIVE:
System

Enhance

Integrity

of

the

Justice

HOW:
1. Civil society monitoring of courts and quasi judicial
bodies
2. Capacity Building Activities for CSOs
3. Training of Journalists
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4. Judicial Appointments
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5. Judicial Philosophy Monitoring

Thank You!

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