Moldovan citizens can now easily access over 1.5 million decisions of Moldova’s courts with the help of a new digital solution “Lucius Lex” developed by AO ‘Implicare Plus” with the European Union’s funding. Launched on 30 May 2024, “Lucius Lex” assists professionals, such as lawyers, civil society activists and journalists, and the public in searching for and following on the rulings of all levels of Moldovan courts.
“Lucius Lex” solution consists of two related products, a web platform and a Telegram bot. “Lucius Lex” allows users to easily search through court decisions, even in scanned documents, using simple key words instead of case numbers, court instances or other legal terminology. A user can run up to three searches simultaneously and sign up to receive email or Telegram notifications on new decisions on a case or a judgment s/he is following.
Constantin Copaceanu, “Lucius Lex” Project Manager at AO ‘Implicare Plus”, says he designed “Lucius Lex” to address the need for an efficient way to access the vast quantity of Moldovan judicial decisions. In June 2023 Constantin won the EU-funded EaP Civic Tech Acceleration Hackathon with his “Lucius Lex” prototype, and secured EU funding to work on the product. “I worked with several civil society organisations in Moldova, as well as with many lawyers, and access to legal records in Moldova has always been a challenge that I and my colleagues tried to tackle,” says Constantin. “I hope that “Lucius Lex” will make the access to court decisions in Moldova as easy as a Google search.”
In addition to facilitating legal research, “Lucius Lex” supports the civil society in Moldova with its watchdog activity, encourages more informed public dialogue and enables better quality of the investigative journalism.
“Lucius Lex” solution is part of the European Union’ broader effort to support digital innovation in the Eastern Partnership countries through the annual EaP Civic Tech Hackathons organised by the EU-funded “Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility” project. For further information or more details about “Lucius Lex”, please contact Constantin Copaceanu, Project Manager, AO “Implicare Plus”, [email protected].
