It has been suggested that informal justice systems should remain independent from the formal justice system because according to research bringing the informal justice systems under the formal justice system has had limited success. [1] As we move forward it will be important to research how to ensure that facilitating information sharing between the informal and formal justice systems does not undermine the strength of the informal judicial system. Considering how important and preferable the informal justice systems have been in sub-Saharan Africa it is our hope that better connected informal and formal judicial systems will serve to support rather than undermine the positive attributes of the informal system.
We hope that this tool will be used to ensure the rights of all people. As we move into implementation we will observe how it is used and ensure that it is not used to discriminate against anyone.
As we implement this tool it will be important to study the way the oral interface is used as the successes and failures we encounter could contribute to future research in this field. We hope to encourage other researchers and designers to develop technologies that consider oral societies who are also disadvantaged by the digital divide.
Informal justice system uses outside Rwanda
We hope that this tool will prove useful in other areas where informal justice systems play a vital role in peoples lives. Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa are a few examples of countries with thriving informal justices systems.
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