After two and a half years, many judiciaries are still facing challenges such as a lack of budget, mediocre planning, weak support from key actors, in addition to a poor level of knowledge of how to use the new technology properly. México Evalúa, a think tank for public policies in Mexico, in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Mexico, has published the first ‘Guidelines for Technological Transformation in the Administration of Justice’ to provide magistrates with best practices for improving the use of digital tools in the judicial system.

The ‘Guidelines for Technological Transformation in the Administration of Justice’ establish that digital tools must offer solutions beyond the automation or replication of existing processes; these new procedures should reframe the structure and execution of said procedures. This requires open, innovative, and strategic leadership as well as the support of different key stakeholders – such as consolidated innovation and technology departments, jurisdictional and administrative officials, legislators, community leaders and legal professionals – who can offer different perspectives.