Fostering Innovation for Justice: Showcasing the Digital Future of Justice Hackathon – Flash 05 2025

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13 May 2025 | 16:30 - 16:55 CEST | Room 7
Consolidated programme 2025

Proposal: #83

Session teaser

Join us for an engaging session showcasing the innovative outcomes of the Digital Future of Justice Hackathon, with a spotlight on the winning solution—Justice Indexers. We'll take a closer look at how it was developed, the technology it uses, and how it could support future improvements in the justice system.

Session description

The Council of Europe is committed to promoting technology-driven solutions that strengthen human rights and increase awareness of the European Convention on Human Rights among legal professionals. As part of this effort, the Council has hosted two hackathons, inviting students and researchers to develop innovative tools for the justice sector. This session will present the key outcomes of the annual Digital Future of Justice Hackathons, with a focus on the winning project—Justice Indexers. It will explore the tool’s main features, development process, and potential applications within the justice system, while also highlighting the value of hackathons as a platform for cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation.

Format

The session will start with an overview of the Digital Future of Justice Hackathons, covering its goals, participants, and key outcomes. It will then feature a live demo of the winning solution, Justice Indexers, showcasing its main features such as vector and keyword storage, hybrid search, and reranking for improved accuracy. The discussion will also explore how the tool could be integrated into larger legal systems, followed by a Q&A session to engage with the audience.

Further reading

People

Key participants

  • Thomas Lampert, Professor and Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at the University of Strasbourg
  • Murielle Fabre Popa, Expert on Generative AI, Responsible AI Policies and Governance, Computational Neuroscientist, x INRIA & Cornell Researcher

Hackathon winning team – Justice Indexers:

  • Fabrizio Tomasso
  • Pasquale Maritato
  • Andrea Alessandrelli
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