This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and Gillian Dorner and János Bertok, Deputy Directors. Its development was overseen by Tatyana Teplova, Head of GOV’s Global Partnerships, Inclusion and Justice (GPIJ) Division, and led by Maaike de Langen, Head of the Justice Cluster at the GPIJ Division.
The report was drafted by Reza Lahidji, Maria Valls Lucea and Alexander Doré, with guidance and drafted input from Maaike de Langen, Martyna Wanat, Franciszek Ploch and Teresa Mañé Baldó, of the Justice Team in the GPIJ Division. Ciara Muller, Meral Gedik and Andrea Uhrhammer provided co-ordination and editorial support.
The OECD would like to acknowledge the support and contributions of officials from the Department of Justice Canada and from the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics at Statistics Canada. Officials were engaged throughout the process - working closely with the research team on the identification and interpretation of data sources, supplying information, reviewing drafts, and providing comments.
The work draws on collaboration and exchanges with a wide range of partners, including the African Alliance for People-Centred Justice, the Council of Europe, in particular the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, the European Union, including the Reform and Investment Task Force, HiiL, the International Development Research Centre, the Justice Action Coalition, the Justice Data Observatory, Team Europe Democracy, ODI Global, the Open Government Partnership, the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank, the World Justice Project.
The OECD gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by Justice Canada.
The Foreword and Acknowledgements were added to this publication by the OECD Secretariat.