What happened
In November 2023, UNDP's Independent Evaluation Office published an evaluation of UNDP support for the digitalization of public services. The team drew on 15 case studies and in-depth studies of countries, desk reviews of 25 countries and interviews. In its section on justice, the office writes that UNDP tested a best practice in the artificial intelligence system of Brazil's National Council of Justice (CNJ). The work aimed to address court backlogs and to identify trends in judicial processes that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. The office found that the use of AI enabled courts to focus on urgent cases and manage cases more efficiently. It also let them fast-track high-risk cases brought by vulnerable groups, particularly women. The office describes AI in the management of court cases as analysis of data patterns from past cases that predicts or recommends outcomes. The office gives no figures and cites no source for the Brazilian result. It calls AI a nascent area of UNDP work and writes that more attention is needed on how to integrate AI into court management.
Sources
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Evaluation report, by authors with no tie to the system.
UNDP Independent Evaluation Office. Evaluation of the UNDP Support to Digitalization of Public Services. November 2023. The report is an independent publication of the office. Section on justice and the rule of law.
In Brazil, UNDP piloted a best practice in the National Council of Justice’s Artificial Intelligence System to address backlogs and to identify trends in judicial processes that disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. The use of AI enabled courts to focus on urgent cases, streamline case management, and fast-track high-risk cases brought by vulnerable groups, particularly women.
Details
AI system
- Workflow
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UNDP worked with the National Council of Justice on its artificial intelligence system. The work targeted court backlogs and trends in cases that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. Courts used the system to single out urgent and high-risk cases.
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Courts must find ways to integrate AI into case management, and the office calls for more attention to this. UNDP must be ready to provide such support.
Entry details
- Sector
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Justice administration: managing court cases.
- Purpose
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The National Council of Justice uses its artificial intelligence system for managing court cases. UNDP's work on it aimed to address backlogs and identify trends in cases that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
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Cite this record
Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Brazil's court AI helps fast-track cases from vulnerable groups (AIBD-0698). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 31 October 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-0698.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 4.0)