The reports recommend that major efforts should focus on restoring integrity of the courts and the legal profession as well as e-government systems in all branches of government (including concerns of inside hacking of the last general election [ix]):
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Israeli informatics and legal experts, operating under direct public accountability, should assume a central role in repairing e-government systems in all branches of government, first and foremost in the courts and prisons. Lawful implementation of e-signatures on electronic government records in general and judicial records in particular is essential. The courts must not be permitted to develop and implement their own IT systems (Separation of Powers), and their IT systems should be as transparent as possible (Publicity of the Law). Informatics experts should assume a central role in the safeguard of Civil Society and Human Rights in our era. Human Rights and internet activists must vigorously monitor such systems on an ongoing basis. Israel provide a unique example of the risks, inherent in unlawful implementation of e-government systems.
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Deceit and Breach of Trust should be vigorously enforced on extra-judicial conduct by judges, such as falsification of court records, as well as on conduct of attorneys in State service, particularly prosecutors. Major reform in Administration of Courts and Offices of the Clerks is a prerequisite for restoring integrity of the courts. Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be eventually required, regarding current conduct of the courts and the legal profession.
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Chairmanship of the Central Election Committee by Supreme Court justices was mired in incompetence or worse. The Committee needs to be fundamentally reformed. Until its integrity is restored, administration of the general elections should avoid the use of existing IT systems. Invitation of international observers is desirable.
Three previous HRA submissions, have been incorporated into UN HRC UPR reports, with the following notes:
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United States (2010) - "Corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California";
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State of Israel (2013) - "Lack of integrity in the electronic records of the supreme court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel", and
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United States (2015) - "HRA NGO recommended restoring the integrity of the IT systems of the courts, under accountability to the Congress, with the goal of making such systems as transparent as possible to the public at large."
These
three HRA submissions may be the first ever Human Rights reports,
which focus on analysis of e-government and its effects on Human
Rights.
LINKS:
i 2017-06-29 Human Right Alert (NGO): SUBMISSION: State of Israel HRC UPR (2018) - Incompetence and/or corruption of the courts and the legal profession, and discrimination by law enforcement in Israel
https://www.scribd.com/document/352527742/
2017-06-29 Human Right Alert (NGO): ANNEX to Submission: State of Israel HRC UPR (2018) - Incompetence and/or corruption of the courts and the legal profession, and discrimination by law enforcement in Israel
https://www.scribd.com/document/351709301/
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