Abstract:
Resilience is defined as the capacity of communities in complex socio-
ecological systems to learn, cope, adapt, and transform in the face of shocks and
stresses. Our role is to understand how systems support the communities we serve,
and to ensure that the poor and vulnerable have options and opportunities to
become fully integrated into resilient systems.
The COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on the legal profession and
the judiciary in general. Therefore, the presented paper is oriented on highlighting
the critical importance of building resilience in judicial sector, by extending use of
videoconferencing. The Study presents potential prospects line agencies can follow to
extend the scope of videoconferencing in the justice sector and offers a preliminary
assessment of the actions and steps that need to be taken.
The papers’s conclusions indicated that videoconference appeared to be an
effective tool for organizing court hearings and its scope might be extended to other
types of court cases (including civil and contraventional) and/or procedural actions
and that might include the institutionalization of local videoconference centers or
virtual courtrooms.
