The court sector needs to continue to improve the quality of trials to prevent injustice or criminals from being missed

On December 24, in Da Nang, the Supreme People’s Court held a Conference to deploy the work of the Court sector in 2024 with the participation of President Vo Van Thuong, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh and many ministry leaders. , departments, branches, localities.

In 2023, the number of cases that the Court sector must resolve will continue to increase rapidly, with increasingly diverse and complex nature. Besides doing a good job of resolving cases, the Courts also focus on implementing the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress; continue to implement new judicial laws such as the Law on Conciliation and dialogue at Court; Organizing the implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution on organizing online court sessions… achieving many good results.

Many results were achieved

Speaking at the conference, President Vo Van Thuong acknowledged and evaluated the results achieved Court industry; Specifically, the judicial work has had many positive changes; The rate of resolving cases is high and the quality of trials is increasingly improved.

The law is strictly and uniformly enforced; Litigation at trial is expanded, more substantive and more effective…; contributing to curbing the increase in crime, promoting the development of civil transactions, commercial business, and protecting peaceful lives for the people. The rate of cases canceled or corrected due to subjective errors is lower than last year, reaching and exceeding the target set by the National Assembly.

Courts at all levels have successfully held trials of many major corruption cases. Cases under the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negative monitoring and direction are tried on schedule and strictly according to the law.

The Court sector has proactively coordinated with interdisciplinary litigation sectors to resolve difficulties and obstacles in the process of resolving major cases. The cases that have been tried have been approved, trusted and highly appreciated by officials, party members and people; Demonstrates the strictness of the law, affirming the determination to prevent and combat corruption and negativity of our Party and State.

The application of information technology is promoted; Publicizing judgments and decisions of the court sector is strictly implemented, ensuring the people’s right to access information, creating conditions for the people and elected bodies to monitor court operations, and at the same time Improve the capacity and responsibility of officials and judges in performing public duties.

There are some limitations

In addition to the results achieved, President Vo Van Thuong also said that the Court sector still has some limitations such as the rate of judgments and administrative decisions annulled or corrected due to subjective reasons has not met the National Assembly’s target. suggest.

There are still some cases resolved beyond the legal time limit due to subjective reasons; The capacity, responsibility, and quality of some officials are weak, and some officials violate the law; The organization of execution of the death penalty is slow, the number of death sentences that need to be executed is still low…

The President requested Party Committees and Court leaders at all levels to focus on promoting judicial reform, ensuring the independence of courts according to their jurisdiction; judges and jurors judge independently and only obey law; essentially ensuring the independence of the two levels of adjudication.

“It is necessary to continue to improve the quality of trials, to avoid injustice or mistakes, or to let criminals slip through, to ensure understanding, reason, humanity, and persuasion. The prestige of the Court is the prestige of the Party, the State and the regime, and the people’s belief in justice and social justice…”, the President directed.

At the same time, the President also requested the Court sector to focus on litigation activities at court in the spirit of judicial reform; Minimize judgments that are annulled or corrected due to the judge’s subjective errors. We must improve the quality, accuracy, feasibility, and decisions of the court, especially the application of penalties.

When detecting errors, we must sincerely admit our shortcomings, promptly and resolutely remedy them to protect the rights and interests of organizations and individuals; That’s a way to enhance the court’s reputation.

Pay attention to the work of resolving applications for cassation and retrial. Promote the publicity of court judgments and decisions as a basis for the people and relevant agencies to monitor court operations, enhancing people’s trust in justice and social justice.

The President requested that, for corruption and economic cases, the trial process must research, evaluate, and decide on penalties commensurate with the nature and severity of the defendants’ crimes; There are strict penalties for masterminds, leaders, and those who abuse positions and powers; Be lenient with salaried employees, first-time offenders, and sincere declarations.

Pay attention to and effectively implement the recovery of assets of organizations and individuals that are appropriated, lost or damaged. Further improve the efficiency of resolving civil and administrative cases and cases, and have solutions to thoroughly overcome the shortcomings and limitations that have been pointed out; Do a good job of researching, selecting and developing case law in resolving administrative cases.

Focus on completing the construction of e-Courts by 2025, improving court administration capacity on a digital platform and providing people with convenient judicial services, contributing to improving the quality of court operations. , building an image of a friendly court, truly a support for the People in protecting justice, human rights, and civil rights.

At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the Party’s leadership over the activities of the court sector, maintain the principle of democratic centralism, and promote the leadership role of party committees, Party organizations, governments and unions in each country. court agency.

Promote the exemplary role of cadres and party members Court industry in society, especially heads of courts at all levels; build a clean and strong court sector; Strictly implement the Politburo’s Regulations on controlling power, preventing and combating corruption and negativity in investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment enforcement activities.

Minh Truong