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1. Open Data in the
Judiciary Branches of
Argentina Chile and Uruguay
Introduction
This study focuses on the openness of judiciary branch data and its
impact in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. It is also oriented to address
how the information is used by key stakeholders.
Even though judiciaries provide information related to rulings, statistics
and budget, they still do not use open formats. Openness has created
more transparent judicial environments but has not led to judicial
accountability yet.
Research Question: What are the most important changes that have resulted from the publication of judicial data?
Do judiciaries publish their information in open formats?
Method
The methodology was divided into 4 stages:
Conclusions
• Judicial information does not yet comply with all requirements for being considered as open data.
• Proactive data publication took place because of a belief in the obligation to make the justice service more
transparent, rather than for reasons of efficiency.
• Despite the efforts made, there is still a lack of balance between the supply and demand of judicial data.
• The will of judicial branches to implement open data is crucial, notwithstanding the openness at other levels of
government. While Uruguay shows a more enabling country context, it ranks at the bottom in judicial open data.
On the contrary, Argentina´s judicial branch has a wider information policy compared to its country context.
Citation information:
Elena,
S.
y
Pichón
Rivière,
A.
(mayo
de
2014).
Recomendaciones
para
implementar
una
políCca
de
datos
abiertos
en
el
Poder
Judicial.
Documento
de
PolíCcas
Públicas
/
Recomendación
N°133.
Buenos
Aires:
CIPPEC.
www.opendataresearch.org
CIPPEC (selena@cippec.org)
Credits
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of
Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International
Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca). Find out more at www.opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts
This
work
is
licensed
under
a
CreaCve
Commons
ASribuCon
4.0
InternaConal
License.
Evidence and findings
• Judicial officers in Uruguay and Argentina did not know about the concept of
open data. In Chile some of them did. Users had more information about open
data.
• All three countries got the highest scores in the non-discrimination standard.
One flaw was the need of licenses for the use of software.
• The three countries have high results on accessibility. The information was
available as a whole, without cost, and ready for downloading.
• Argentina ranked on top for reusability, followed by Uruguay and then Chile.
The three countries use data formats that do not allow it to be easily exported.
• The three countries provide updated information, indicating a trend towards
the sustainability of this policy.
• Users and officials interviewed agreed that the quantity of information should
increase. They also agreed that the information is not systematically used to
design public policy and to promote accountability. They said that the public
at-large does not know how to use the information.
DescripCve
à
Collection of transparency related data available on
the judiciaries’ web pages.
DiagnosCc
à
Checklist to analyze weather research results
comply with open data standards
Analytical
à
Integral analysis of findings regarding its internal
and external use
Prospective
à
Recommendations for adopting open data policies