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ACJA was enacted in 2015; With the objective of fast-tracking criminal trials and ultimately decongesting the prison population.

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Join us as we share the objectives, provisions and innovations of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 #ACJA_NG

2. #ACJA_NG was enacted in 2015 by the government of former President Good-luck Jonathan to address perennial challenges in the criminal justice process ranging from poor and untimely justice delivery, poor case management, delays in the adjudicatory process, inadequacy of police

3. and judicial personnel, corruption, human rights abuses, lack of modern information technology and weak coordination and cooperation amongst criminal justice institutions. #ACJA_NG

4. The ACJA 2015 is considered a revolutionary piece of legislation by virtue of its many innovative provisions which significantly alters the criminal justice process with a view to raising efficiency and effectiveness in the quality of justice delivery in Nigeria. #ACJA_NG

5. The ACJA 2015 clearly spells out the implementation agencies/public officials and their roles to include -
•The Attorney General Federation, @FedMinOfJustice
• Judiciary (Chief Judge, Magistrate, Chief Registrar and Registrars)
• The Nigeria Prisons Service
#ACJA_NG

6. Also
• @PoliceNG ( also extends to other security agencies with powers of arrest)
• @acjmc_ng
• Legal Aid Council
• National Human Rights Commission
• Civil Society Organizations #ACJA_NG

Join us again next week as we look at the aims and objective of the Administration of criminal Justice Act, 2015
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The Administrative Of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 has been described by many as revolutionary with the capacity to create a more humane criminal justice system in Nigeria.

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Join us as we explore the objectives of #ACJA_NG.

Objectives of the Administrative Of Criminal Justice Act 2015:
(a) Promote speedy dispensation of justice
#ACJA_NG improves the administration of criminal justice process so as to increase the efficiency of all criminal justice institutions & promote speedy justice delivery.

(b) Protect the rights and interests of the defendant, and the victim
#ACJA_NG makes a deliberate policy of mainstreaming human rights and protecting vulnerable persons and human dignity in consonance with the provisions of Nigerian Constitution.

(c) Encourages restorative justice
#ACJA_NG makes a deliberate shift from punishment as the main goal of the criminal justice system to restorative justice which pays attention to the needs of victims, vulnerable persons and society at large.

(d) Modernizes criminal justice tools
#ACJA_NG introduces modern criminal justice tools that ensure that records of offenders and their statements are properly documented and other alternatives to imprisonment.

(e) Creates oversight of criminal justice institutions
#ACJA_NG recognizes that criminal justice administration requires the participation of everyone in order to be effective. Hence it makes provision for oversight for the institutions from the civil society

(d) and the standing multi-agency committee - the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee( @acjmc_ng ) set up by the Act. #ACJA_NG

Join us again next week as we share the innovative provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. #ACJA_NG
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