PJDP 2014 Court Trend Report These changes can be summarised as follows: Table A Percentage of the 14 PJDP countries that report on the indicator in the 2011 Baseline year and 2014 fourth year of trend data. Indicator Percentage of the 14 PJDP countries that report on the indicator in the 2011 Baseline Report Percentage of the 14 PJDP countries that report on the indicator in the 2014 Trend Report 1 Clearance rate 64% (9 of 14) 86% (12 of 14)
Table C: PJSI Annual Reports – Public Accountability (as of April 2018) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Cook Islands No Annual Report. Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Federated States of Micronesia No Annual Report for the FSM judiciary. Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report produced but it is not published on the FSM Judiciary or PacLII websites. Annual Report can be accessed at: and No Annual Report for the FSM judiciary. No Annual Report for the FSM judiciary. Kiribati No Annual Report. Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Kiribati advised that the 2015/ 2016 Annual Report is expected in June 2018. Nauru No Annual Report No Annual Report No Annual Report No Annual Report No Annual Report No Annual Report Niue No Annual Report Department of Justice Annual Report 2011/2012 can be accessed at: High Court Land Division Annual Report 2012/2013 can be accessed at: High Court Annual Report 2013/2014 can be accessed at: High Court Land Division Annual Report 2014/2015 in draft format but not finalised. No Annual Report
Palau No Annual Report for the Palau judiciary. No Annual Report for the judiciary. Annual Report can be accessed at: and Annual Report can be accessed at: and Annual Report can be accessed at: and Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: PNG (National and Supreme Courts) Annual Report drafted but cannot be accessed by the public Annual Report drafted but cannot be accessed by the public Annual Report drafted but cannot be accessed by the public. Annual Report drafted but cannot be accessed by the public. Annual Report drafted but cannot be accessed by the public Republic of the Marshall Islands Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2010/2011 on Parliament website Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2011/2012 on Parliament website Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2012/2013 on Parliament website Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2013/2014 published but not available online. Ministry of Justice and Administration Annual Report 2014/2015 published but not available online. Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2015/2016 published but not available online. Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Annual Report 2016/2017 published but not available online. Solomon Islands No Annual Report. Annual Report published but not available at: Opening of the Legal Year 2013 presentation by Opening of the Legal Year 2014 presentation by the Chief Justice of developments in 2013: not available at: Opening of the Legal Year 2015 presentation by the Chief Justice of developments in 2014: not available at: Opening of the Legal Year 2016 presentation by the Chief Justice of developments in
the Chief Justice of developments in 2012 available at: 2015: not available at: Tokelau No Annual Report. Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report 2015/2016 in draft. Tonga (Superior Courts) Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: . Annual Report can be accessed at: Magistrates data included for the first time Annual Report can be accessed at: Tuvalu No Annual Report. No Annual Report. No Annual Report. No Annual Report. No Annual Report. No Annual Report. Vanuatu Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at: Annual Report can be accessed at:
A snapshot of the capacity of PJDP jurisdictions to present sex, age and disability disaggregated data was prepared for the April 2018 Chief Justices’ Leadership Meeting based upon a review of the latest court Annual Reports and is set out below. Table D: Disaggregated Court Data in Annual Reports – Public Accountability (as of April 2018) Sex Disaggregated Data Juvenile Disaggregated Data Disability Disaggregated Data Cook Islands Some sex disaggregated data. Data in Annual Report does not all children under the age of 18 years. No disability disaggregated data. Federated States of Micronesia No sex disaggregated data in the Annual Report. The State Courts Of Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap presented case data disaggregated to show juvenile cases No disability disaggregated data in the Annual Report. Kiribati The 2012-2014 Annual Report contains details of the number of High Court criminal cases involving violence against women and girls (pages 34 and 117) and Magistrates Court cases involving women (page 45 with details in the Annexures). The 2012-2014 Annual Report contains details of the number of involving children from 2012-2013 (page 45). No disability disaggregated data in the 2015 Annual Report. Nauru No sex disaggregated data presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. There is no case data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18 presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. No disability disaggregated data presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. Niue There is no sex data disaggregated as the 2014/2015 Annual Report does not contain criminal or civil cases but only refers to land cases. is no data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18 as the Annual refers to Land cases. No disability disaggregated data in the 2014/2015 Annual Report for the Land Division of the High
Palau Sex disaggregated data is in the 2016 Annual Report. The Palau judiciary presented case data disaggregated to show juvenile cases heard in the Supreme Court and Court of Common Pleas in the 2016 Annual Report. No disability disaggregated data in the 2016 Annual Report. PNG (National and Supreme Courts) No sex disaggregated data in the Annual Report. There is no case data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18 years in the Annual Report. No disability disaggregated data. Republic of the Marshall Islands Sex disaggregated data presented in the 2016 Annual Report for both criminal and civil cases. Juvenile disaggregated data in Annual Report refers to children 18 years of age. No disability disaggregated data. Samoa No sex disaggregated data in the Annual Report. There is no data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18. No disability disaggregated data. Solomon Islands No sex disaggregated data presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. There is no case data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18 presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. No disability disaggregated data presented to the public as there is no Annual Report. Tokelau Some sex disaggregated data presenting sex of offenders in criminal cases. Juvenile disaggregated data in 2014/ 2015 Annual Report refers to children 16 years and under. No disability disaggregated data in the 2014/ 2015 Annual Report. Tonga No sex disaggregated data in the 2016 Annual Report. There is no case data disaggregated to show all cases involving children under the age of 18 years in the 2016 Annual Report. No disability disaggregated data.
woman, child or man ☐ 7 Number of Family Protection Order/ Restraining Order applications granted/ not granted disaggregated by the sex of the applicant party. ☐ Disaggregated data - Criminal cases 8 Numbers of criminal domestic violence cases disaggregated by the sex of the accused ☐ 9 Numbers of women/ men/ girls (0-17 years of age)/ boys (0-17 years of age) who are victim/ survivors in violence cases ☐ 10 Numbers of women/ men/ girls/ boys who are the accused in violence cases ☐ 11 The average sentence in violence cases in which the survivor/ victim is a woman or child disaggregated by the type of offence: murder/ manslaughter/ rape/ sexual assault ☐ Drop down menu options to include sentencing options common in violence cases. For custodial sentences include a field for the number of months the offender is sentenced so that an average final sentence can be obtained for different types of cases.
Cook Island Indicator 15: Judgments online 25 Number and percentage of criminal judgments (by year) uploaded to PacLII or a court website ☐ Show this for each court jurisdiction: e.g. Supreme Court, Magistrates Court, Island Court 26 Number and percentage of family law redacted/ anonymised and uploaded to PacLII or a court website ☐ Show this for each jurisdiction: e.g. Supreme Court, Magistrates Court, Island Court 27 Number and percentage of civil law cases redacted/ anonymised and uploaded to PacLII or a court website ☐ Show this for each jurisdiction: e.g. Supreme Court, Magistrates Court, Island Court
5. Tools developed for drafting Annual Reports During 2011-2018, a number of Annual Report have been developed. These are listed below and can be accessed on the PJDP website. The Tools have been developed as a result of working with the majority of the PJDP countries on their Annual Reports. Tool Function 1 Workshop Objectives, Session Outlines and Programme For Courts organising workshops court staff and external court stakeholders on how to prepare an Annual Report. 2 PowerPoint presentation For Courts organising workshops to develop Annual reports. 3 Annual Report Planning Template – A Guide to Who, What, When A table that lists the different sections of the Annual Report and who will be responsible for drafting each section by when. 4 Annual report Template A template for the narrative text of an Annual Report incorporating the 15 Cook Island indicators 5 Chart Creator – Excel Format An Excel template that allows Courts to present trend data over several years for the 15 Cook Island indicators 6 Creator – Step by Step Guide Step-by-step guide on how to use the Chart Creator (based on Excel 2010)