{"id":20780,"date":"2024-09-25T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiil.org\/?p=20780"},"modified":"2024-09-25T13:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:06:27","slug":"well-being-justice-and-poverty-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiil.org\/fr\/news\/well-being-justice-and-poverty-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-being, justice and poverty reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Martin Gramatikov<\/a>, Zainab Malik<\/a>, and Rodrigo Nunez<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most justice systems prioritise caseloads and efficiency over well-being, missing the bigger picture. Our experts argue that justice systems should aim for meaningful outcomes that improve lives, making justice a tool for poverty reduction and social inclusion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a recent report, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty contends that prioritising GDP growth as a strategy for poverty eradication is flawed and advocates for transitioning to a human rights-centred economy. Prof. De Schutter points out the shortcomings of GDP as an indicator of well-being, noting its inability to address social exclusion and environmental stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report calls for recognising the value of unpaid care work, democratising workplaces, sharing employment, countering consumerism, and ensuring universal access to basic services. The Special Rapporteur concludes by urging a post-growth development model focused on human rights and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does the predicament that the philosophy of \u2018growthism\u2019 is counterproductive<\/em> mean for justice and the role of justice systems? And while growth can occur without prioritising human rights, equality, and social inclusion, is this truly desirable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People-centred justice refers \u201cto a human-centred approach that adopts the perspective of people as a starting point and places people at the core when designing, delivering, implementing and evaluating public policies, services and legal procedures within and beyond the justice system. It considers the perspectives and needs of specific communities, including marginalised, underserved and groups in vulnerable situations\u201d<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this debate, PCJ is both an end goal and a method for increasing justice, poverty reduction, and well-being. To illustrate the point, imagine you are the Minister of Justice, the Chief Justice, or the Supreme Judicial Council chairperson in a proverbial country. How do you contribute to the fight against poverty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Justice services are truly people-centred when they look beyond \u201ccase resolved\u201d or \u201ccase pending\u201d.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The orthodoxy is that establishing and strengthening institutions that maintain the rule of law (courts, police, central and local public authorities)  is the way forward. This view led to an extreme focus on rules and institutions and an acute disregard for the justice users. The consequences are that justice systems fail to guarantee accessibility, equality, prevention and fair resolution of disputes, social order, and stability. The justice gap is more significant than ever. An estimated 5.1 billion people worldwide are deprived of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People-centred justice shifts the gravity of the justice system back to individuals and businesses who need just resolutions in their lives. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gives five concrete directions<\/a> on how to move towards a people-centred justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n