JEDDAH: The Ministry of Justice recently launched six initiatives to help in facilitating the services offered to clients and citizens, as part of the ‘Achieve justice with good quality and proficiency’ strategy.

The move stems from the ministry’s efforts to shorten the litigation period between the parties involved and speedy delivery of the lawful rights to their owners.

The initiative includes a number of projects in the field of administrative management and development, including reviewing regulations, improving the performance of human resources in the judiciary, facilitating services offered to clients and citizens, and spreading awareness of human rights.

In the area of administrative management and development, the initiative involves launching a project to organize the judicial and administrative departments, separating the administrative works from the judicial ones in the courts, examining the performance of the judicial departments, monitoring the tasks entrusted to judges and their assistants, and training the judicial staff on the improved procedures.

In the area of reviewing the regulations, the initiative involves limiting the number of delayed judicial codes and regulations, periodic revision of the laws and regulations that need development, speeding up the process of issuing a number of delayed laws and executive regulations, and conducting a comprehensive integrated revision of the reconciliation regulations and procedures, in addition to other issues such as shortening the time period of litigation and decreasing the number of lawsuits.

Developing the performance of the judicial staffs will involve launching the system of electronic fingerprint to control work attendance and leave, launching an initiative named ‘Participate’ to make use of the distinguished competences existing among the ministry’s employees as well as launching a number of initiatives and projects to improve performance in general.

Within the framework of the initiatives, the ministry will also form a committee to study the mechanisms to extend judicial help for those who need it most.

Another initiative will be launched which will involve helping women, persons with special needs and elders get their lawful rights. The ministry will in this regard launch a number of programs to raise awareness of human rights.

The initiative will work on developing the technical side of the judiciary by redesigning the website of the Ministry of Justice, activating a number of electronic services offered to beneficiaries online, developing the content of the Ministry online, and linking mazouns (religious men who officiate marriages) with the Ministry’s network in addition to other developments.