Dagupan City soon to be 13th Justice Zone
THE Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) is set to establish another milestone as it propels Dagupan City, Pangasinan as the 13th Justice Zone, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said.
DILG is part of the JSCC, together with the Supreme Court and the Department of Justice.
JSCC creates Justice Zones in the country for the purpose of achieving efficient and effective delivery of justice through coordination among justice sector institutions at the local level.
The Dagupan City Justice Zone will be established on Monday (March 25). It will be the 13th following the successful launch of the Puerto Princesa Justice Zone.
According to the Council, the latest zone is yet another significant step in fostering real-time collaboration among justice sector agencies to identify common issues and generate working solutions to better address them.
The JSCC Technical Working Group on Processes and Capacity Building headed by SC Court Associate Justice Maria Filomena Singh has undertaken preparatory activities to assess the viability of Dagupan City as the next Justice Zone.
Once established, Dagupan City will join the vastly growing list of justice zones around the country to include Quezon City, Cebu City, Davao City, Angeles City, Bacolod City, Naga City, Calamba City, Balanga City and Baguio City.
Specialty zones were also created to focus on specific areas of concern that will include Zamboanga City as the first trafficking-free Justice Zone while Tagatay City as the first economic justice zone and Puerto Princesa Cith as the first green justice zone.
The Dagupan City Justice Zone’s work will be to improve justice service. which is supported by the European Union’s Justice Sector Reform Program; Governance in Justice.
EU has been a committed partner to the Philippine’s Justice Sector since 2006 and has an ally on the justice zones since 2014.
