October 2020 Justice Events

OGP and our partners hosted a range of events on justice throughout the month of October. Find recordings from the past events below, and learn more about justice in OGP here.

Asia-Pacific Justice for All Webinar Series

In an effort to close the justice gap, these virtual gatherings brought together legal professionals from both the formal and informal sector across the Asia-Pacific region to share experiences, solutions and challenges, and broaden the conversation to explore justice for all from a regional perspective.

• Session 1: Opening Remarks & Adaptation and Collaboration: Grassroots Justice Work in the Pandemic
  • Watch a recording here.
• Session 2: People-Centered Justice & Best Practices
  • Watch a recording here.
• Session 3: Partnerships and Resources & Closing Remarks
  • Watch a recording here.

Open Justice Reforms During a Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges from Latin America and the Caribbean

As justice systems in Latin America face severe and complex problems worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, OGP and Red Internacional Justicia Abierta (RIJA) hosted a webinar to identify how justice systems and civil society have used open justice tools and approaches during the pandemic, evaluate actions to prevent setbacks and ensure the sustainability of open justice reforms in the region, and identify opportunities to include open justice commitments in national action plans.

• Watch a recording here.

Global Week for Justice

Global Dialogue of Justice Leaders: Justice for All for a Fair, Resilient, and Inclusive Response

Justice Leaders from around the world came together to discuss strategies and plans to increase justice as part of COVID-19 response and recovery.

• Learn more here.

Inaugural Meeting: OGP Coalition on Justice

The OGP Coalition on Justice is a forum for OGP members to share how they advance justice through commitments co-created by government and civil society in their action plans and to discuss future action.

• Learn more about the Coalition here.

Inaugural West Africa Legal Empowerment Summit

In an effort to bridge the justice gap, a group of local, national, and international CSOs brought together paralegals and organizations that support paralegals from across West Africa for a regional conversation on legal empowerment, and how together, we can better face common challenges and realize our collective aspirations in making access to justice a reality for all.

• Find recordings of the sessions here.