Vision 2035
JusTICe 2035: the North Star
Where the Centre is going over the next decade, and the four flagship goals that will take it there.
By 2035, JusTICe will be Bhutan's leading national platform and centre of excellence, actively shaping the future of justice through law, technology, and human-centred innovation.
Its strength comes from serving as a connector, a knowledge hub, and a trusted partner: a space where emerging issues are studied, new ideas tested, and evidence translated into practice.
The JusTICe proposition
Four things we promise to be
National platform
Connecting governance, law, technology, justice institutions, academia, government, and innovators, to enable collaboration and shape the direction of justice transformation.
From knowledge to practice
Connecting research, policy, and education with practical innovation: identifying challenges from empirical research, then developing, testing, and supporting the adoption of solutions.
Human-centred innovation
Placing people at the centre. Innovation is judged not only on efficiency, but on accessibility, fairness, accountability, human dignity, and GNH.
Globally relevant
Continuously co-learning and building for the future with global partners, grounded in the Bhutanese experience and values.
Flagship goals
Four goals, and what each will deliver
Research, ethical policy, and technology law capacity
Establish JusTICe as Bhutan's leading centre for research, ethical policy development, and technology law capacity building: the intellectual and regulatory backbone of the justice ecosystem for emerging technologies.
- A robust technology law research programme producing relevant, timely, evidence-based publications and policy inputs that inform Bhutan's digital governance.
- A GNH-aligned ethical and constitutional framework for digital governance, built on human agency and accountability, recognised as a national reference standard.
- A GNH Algorithmic Impact Assessment tool to evaluate public sector AI systems for fairness, human agency, cultural preservation, and societal wellbeing before deployment.
- Specialised digital law and technological innovation modules integrated into JSW Law's curriculum, open to both law and technology students.
- Strengthened capacity among judicial personnel, practitioners, regulators, and policymakers through a structured training programme.
- Digital and AI literacy programmes tailored to different generations and contexts, prioritising children, vulnerable communities, and people with disabilities.
- Legal technologies for climate and environmental governance, to strengthen compliance, conservation tracking, and climate rights enforcement.
Thought leadership and regional voice
Position JusTICe as Bhutan's thought leader and regional voice on the law of tech and digital justice, building its convening power nationally and regionally.
- Recognition as the authoritative national voice on technology law and emerging innovations such as AI, regularly consulted by government, the legislature, the judiciary, and industry.
- An active national and international advisory and knowledge network, with formal linkages and exchange programmes.
- A flagship annual State of Digital Justice in Bhutan report tracking progress, identifying gaps, and highlighting novel solutions.
- Co-designed legal frameworks for high-tech zones such as the Gelephu Mindfulness City, balancing international commerce with Bhutan's ethos of mindful, human-centric regulation.
Access to justice
Improve access to justice through digital innovation and people-centred legal services, translating research and innovation into tangible improvements in how citizens experience justice.
- A comprehensive and authoritative legal resource database for Bhutan, consolidating legislation, regulations, judicial decisions, and legal scholarship.
- Bhutan NDI integrated into digital justice systems, enabling secure and verifiable credentials such as power of attorney, digital signatures, and case status.
- Bilingual public access to legal information and services in English and Dzongkha, with consideration for disability, digital literacy, and Bhutan's linguistic diversity.
- Efficient, technology-enabled services that reduce barriers to justice, including an online dispute resolution platform, e-filing, and digital case management tools.
- Simpler, more citizen-friendly legal processes through collaborative process re-engineering and community advocacy.
- Solutions that are evidence-based, informed by empirical data on how citizens access and experience the justice system.
The MAGIC JusTICe Lab
Establish and operationalise the Governance and Justice Innovation Lab as a national platform for collaborative innovation and justice entrepreneurship.
- A fully operational Lab for prototyping, testing, and scaling digital justice solutions and tools that help institutions assess and oversee AI systems.
- A sustainable and inclusive national justice innovation pipeline, through innovation challenges, hackathons, sprints, and pilot programmes.
- A structured pathway from problem identification and prototyping through controlled testing, evaluation, adoption, and scaling.
- Stronger collaboration and accountable frameworks across justice sector institutions, including a regulatory framework for Bhutan's legal technology policy.