Courts to place judgments online
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Courts across China will have to publish judgments online within seven days after decisions are made, the Supreme People’s Court said yesterday.
Judgment documents should be published on www.court.gov.cn/zgcpwsw from January 1, according to a regulation issued after a meeting on judicial transparency in south China’s Shenzhen.
The regulation stipulates that the published documents should not be amended, replaced or withdrawn. Exceptions for publication should go through strict examination and approval procedures.
“The publishing of judgment documents online will regulate and limit the discretionary power of judges and prevent illegal judicial intervention,” said the court’s He Xiaorong.
Real names of parties involved in a lawsuit should be made public in the documents to ensure authenticity, according to the regulation.
The court also specifies exceptions. Cases involving state secrets, individual privacy or juvenile delinquency, lawsuits settled through mediation or other situations unsuitable for publication are allowed not to be published online.
To protect the right to privacy, the regulation requires that parties and their legal representatives should be kept anonymous in civil cases concerning marriage and family disputes, or succession disputes. Victims, their legal representatives and witnesses in criminal cases should also be anonymous in the documents.
Personal information including addresses and contact information, information about juveniles, or trade secrets should be deleted from the online documents.
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