Friends,
In many areas of contemporary development practice–from the formulation of local budgets to the delivery of education services–social accountability mechanisms are being employed to assist citizens in holding the state accountable and thus, hopefully, to improve development outcomes.
An independent and well-functioning judiciary is one of the fundamental accountability mechanisms available: allowing citizens to bring claims against the executive when rights are not respected or services not delivered; holding the legislature to account when it steps outside constitutional bounds.
But who holds justice sector institutions to account? Is there a role for citizens to be directly involved in improving the operation of courts, the police, prisons and the like?
Please visit http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/more-room-for-social-accountability-in-the-justice-sector, for further details.
Dhirendra Krishna
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