The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has partnered with a legal tech solutions provider, LawPavilion, to develop an application to track rights violations.
The one-stop socio-legal app will provide an avenue for effective citizen engagement, security intelligence, crime and rights violation tracking, as well as a digital evidence bank for the judiciary.
The mobile app, JustEase, will be launched at the NBA-SPIDEL conference scheduled to hold in Abuja between August 4 and 5, 2022.
LawPavilion has caused a dynamic shift in the legal practice through the LawPavilion Electronic Law Report (LPELR), E-Registry, Court Manager and Case Manager.
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LawPavilion Business Solutions Ltd, Mr. Ope Olugasa, believes the product will not only shake the legal space but disrupt the Nigerian criminal justice system.
He said: “The justice system of every society rests on three legs, which are: access to justice, prompt legal service delivery, and effective justice delivery.
“Our technological solutions are not yet encompassing until we open the channel to access justice to the general public; it is a part of our company’s social responsibility.
“Thomas Hobbes rightly posited that without government, life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
“The government, in turn, leans on the instrumentality of the rule of law and access to justice to guarantee the desired safety and protection of citizen’s interests.
“Rule of law and access to justice are the rudder with which government upholds the sanity in the society.
“Governance cannot be optimal when citizens are being denied access to justice either because they do not know their rights or are not empowered for effective reporting and monitoring of crimes and violations.
“For so long, upholding the rule of law and access to justice has been left in the exclusive purview of government and this has undoubtedly been overwhelming.
“More than ever, there is the need for a collaboration between the public and the government through the framework of citizens-driven community policing.
“This collective responsibility for proactive management and monitoring of incidences of crimes and rights violations in the community can be further driven by technology.
“All members of the Bar and the Bench, alongside notable guests, are being invited to grace this history-making event.”