The Ministry of Justice (MoJ; Arabic: وزارة العدل) is a government agency in Saudi Arabia that was established in 1970 by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.[1] The ministry oversees the court system of the Saudi Arabia and any associated prosecutorial services, and fulfill their financial and administrative requirements. Other responsibilities include appointing judges and providing licenses to attorneys, translators, and legal experts.[2][3] According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2019, the Kingdom ranked 16th globally, 8 places higher than the previous year in the judicial independence index, and in terms of the efficiency of the legal framework for dispute resolution, the Kingdom jumped 4 places to rank 17th globally, while it remained in 11th place in the index of "harmonization of the legal framework for digital business", and in the efficiency of the legal framework for challenging regulations, it advanced 11 places to rank 18th globally.[4]
By 2020 and in line with the Saudi Transformation Program, the Ministry of Justice is planning to digitalize 80% of its services.[5]
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