Monday, August 8, 2022 – 11:25 am
ABU DHABI, 8th August / WAM / The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has developed a smart program to follow up cases in the criminal courts using machine learning, which is a form of artificial intelligence, with the aim of increasing the completion rate and speed of adjudication of criminal cases, while working on updating the program to include issuing judgments electronically. In crimes that expire by conciliation or concession, and crimes that have expired by prescription.
His Excellency Counselor Youssef Saeed Al Abri, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, stressed that employing artificial intelligence techniques to follow up all the work of the criminal courts is a qualitative leap in the judicial system in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of The Presidential Court, Chairman of the Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi, to develop smart and innovative future courts that provide world-class services.
The Hebrew Counsellor indicated that this step comes within the framework of digital transformation efforts for judicial and justice services in light of the application of the remote litigation system, in implementation of the strategic plan of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department 2021-2023, which focuses in its programs, plans and projects on providing services comparable to the best globally. To provide a distinct experience for customers by taking advantage of technical development and smart and fast services enhanced by artificial intelligence.
For his part, Counselor Mansour Al Marzouqi, President of the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, explained that the uses of machine learning currently applied in the criminal courts are the immediate follow-up of all the work of the judicial departments, by providing accurate statistics of the completed cases, the cases in progress, the follow-up of detainees pending cases, Completion rate, and postponed cases, which provide clear indications to ensure that urgent steps are taken to expedite dealing with cases and deciding them in accordance with the procedures established by law.
He pointed out that the smart program, enhanced with artificial intelligence techniques, also allows the possibility of describing the judgment, whether in presence or in absentia electronically, while allowing the transfer of essential data to the draft judgment, such as the names of the accused and the materials under charges, and describing the charges once morest the accused in the cases before the criminal court. .
He noted that work is underway to update the system to accommodate many procedures in criminal cases, to include the issuance of judgments electronically in crimes that expire by conciliation or renunciation, as soon as the waiver or conciliation is proven in a number of cases, including assault, insult, and destruction, as well as crimes that have expired.
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Wam / Khatun Al Nowais / Ahmed Al-Boutli
