On the morning of this Wednesday, February 15, under the guidance of the Office 01 of the Magdalena Administrative Court, the Initial Audience in the Metaverse. It dealt with a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense and the National Police. The legal meeting was chaired by the magistrate of this court, Maria Victoria Quiñones Trianawho explained what is behind this new method to carry out errands like this.
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“It is one of the first hearings that is carried out in this environment (…) the main foundation that we have had is that the metaverse works, basically, through a constant exchange of data messages because it uses electronic means, in In this case, optical, to generate the information that is accompanies in this environment or virtual”, said the magistrate. “By virtue of the two principles that we have always instilled, respected, and highlighted in these classes of audience, the principle of functional equivalence and the principle of technological neutrality, they are the ones that basically make the legal development of this,” he added. Quiñones at the start of the proceeding.
As explained by the magistrate the metaverse It is a technological tool that can facilitate access to the administration of justice. “The use of information technology in the development of judicial proceedings has the essential purpose of facilitating and expediting access,” he reiterated. To execute that procedure, in which it was intended to solve the lawsuit regarding the collection of fine money in Santa Marta, the platform was used Horizon Workrooms of goal. The magistrate turned to the artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT.
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The Magdalena Administrative Court considers that, “Since Statutory Law 270 of 1996, it was established that the actions carried out in judicial processes should be oral with the exceptions established by law, also taking into account new technological advances.
It is noteworthy that the person who requested that the hearing be carried out through the metaverse was the plaintiff in the case: the Temporary Union of Integrated and Specialized Transit and Transportation Services of Santa Marta (SIETT). This company is in charge of collecting traffic fines imposed by the Police in the capital of Magdalena. The petition was supported by the defendant, which is the National Police, and the Attorney General’s Office.
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“The use of this type of immersive technology aims to make current procedural trends effective, since it allows the presence of the same virtual spaceeven when people are physically in another place, without leaving aside the procedural guarantees and the principles of digital justice”, he said about the process Maria Victoria Quinones.
“The office reiterates that this initial hearing, which will be held in a virtual reality environment, which, as already explained, is legally and jurisprudentially valid: it will comply with the same rules provided for a face-to-face or remote hearing, in light of the provisions of Article Article 180 and 186 of Law 1437 of 2011, Articles 103 and 107 of the CGP and Law 527 of 1999guaranteeing the fundamental rights in the digital environment of the procedural subjects”, he highlighted.
For the audience, the people involved had an avatar and used augmented reality glasses Oculus. “However, if you don’t have the augmented virtual reality glassesit is necessary to clarify that This does not prevent anyone You can join said meeting using the web application on your computer, as if it were a video call ”, stressed the office,
It should be remembered that this is not the first time that this method has been used to advance processes. On January 19, Office 01 of the Magdalena Administrative Court held a working meeting in the Metaverse.
