Justice group uses data to explain rule of law in countries

The World Justice Project (WJP) has explained its use of people-centred data to inform smart policy as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert pressure on health systems and governments in the world.

In their document, ‘Grasping the Justice Gap’, WJP and partners Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, and the Open Society Justice Initiative, identified strategies for data-driven transformation.

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WJP Chief Research Officer Alejandro Ponce discussed the state of the rule of law in Mexico as revealed by WJP data-and what it would take to improve it in the coming years.

In the study of the justice system in Mexico, the report presented the states in which criminal investigations were rare. Out of an estimated 33 million crimes in 2018, public prosecutors opened just 2.2 million investigations.