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# Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/steering-committee-on-justice-efficiencies-and-access-to-the-justice-system/
- Published: 1999-01-03T00:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-20T05:52:12.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System** is part of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR).[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Members

| Name              | Position                                                         | Notes                                             |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Glenn Joyal       | Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle[\[2\]](#fn2) | Court of King's Bench of Manitoba                 |
| Scott Hughes      | Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle              | Court of Quebec                                   |
| Howard Chow       | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle                | Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)   |
| Carrie-Ann Downey | Former Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle         | Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General |
| Lucie Joncas      | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle                | Barreau du Québec                                 |
| Anne Krahn        | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle                | Provincial Court of Manitoba                      |
| Lise Maisonneuve  | Former Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle         | Ontario Court of Justice                          |
| Yan Paquette      | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle                | Quebec Ministry of Justice                        |

## Publications

- November 2023: *[Virtual Hearings and Virtual Access: Privacy and Security of Victims and Vulnerable Witnesses Related to Testimony in Criminal Proceedings](https://icclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Open-Court-Sub-Committee-Final-Report-for-Publication.pdf)*  
  - Written by the Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle, in consultation with:[\[2:1\]](#fn2)  
    - [Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19)
    - Association of Legal Aid Lawyers
    - Canadian Council of Chief Judges (CCCJ)
    - Canadian Media Lawyers Association (CMLA)
    - Court of King's Bench of Alberta
    - Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
    - Court of Quebec
    - [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada)
    - Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Victims of Crime
    - [Heads of Court Administration](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Heads-of-Court-Administration) (HoCA)
    - Legal Aid Ontario
    - Legal Aid Saskatchewan
    - Manitoba Justice
    - Manitoba Prosecution Service
    - Nova Scotia Department of Justice
    - Nova Scotia Legal Aid
    - Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime
    - Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
    - Provincial Court of British Columbia
    - Provincial Court of Manitoba
    - Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC)
    - Quebec Ministry of Justice
    - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
    - Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

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1. *Steering Committee Reports.* (2019, August 27). International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. <https://icclr.org/2019/08/27/icclr-hosts-steering-committee-reports/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle. (2023, November). *Virtual Hearings and Virtual Access: Privacy and Security of Victims and Vulnerable Witnesses Related to Testimony in Criminal Proceedings* (p. 27). International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy. <https://icclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Open-Court-Sub-Committee-Final-Report-for-Publication.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)