Policy Brief: From challenges to successes. Four levers to enhance the enabling environment for people-centred justice innovation in Nigeria
This policy brief examines what recommendations can be given for supporting an enabling environment for people-centred justice innovation. It extracts these recommendations from the experiences of actors in the Nigerian justice innovation space, from private to public sector innovators and decision-makers, who have been pioneering people-centred justice innovation in their States.
The policy brief ‘From challenges to successes: Four levers to enhance the enabling environment for people-centred justice innovation in Nigeria’ discusses recommendations that can support enhancing an enabling environment for justice innovation. It brings forward experiences of seven Nigerians from the justice innovation space, from private to public sector innovators and decision-makers, who have pioneered people-centred justice innovation in their respective States. They all agree people-centred justice is essential to improving current justice delivery models in Nigeria, and that an enabling environment for people-centred justice comprises elements from financial, regulatory and legal regimes.
To achieve this favourable enabling environment for innovative people-centred justice, the policy brief proposes the following recommendations:
- Initiate networks and task forces
- Empower all actors in the ecosystem
- Foster capacity-sharing
- Embrace an evidence-based way of working
We call on and encourage leaders in Nigeria and beyond to implement people-centred justice approaches in justice delivery, and take actions based on these recommendations to foster innovation within their own sphere of influence.
