Justice in Numbers
Brazil's National Council of Justice describes Justice in Numbers as its principal source for measuring judicial activity. The 2024 English report highlights 26.4 million pending tax enforcement cases, an average resolution time of 7 years and 9 months for that category and an 87.8 percent congestion rate.
Why category matters
Tax enforcement can dominate aggregate indicators while following a workflow unlike family, criminal or ordinary civil litigation. A system-wide technology claim should therefore identify whether it addresses tax enforcement, general case management or another segment.
Possible interventions
Data matching, triage, duplicate detection and workflow automation may matter in high-volume enforcement. Generative drafting is a different intervention and should be tested against source accuracy, procedural requirements and human review. One tool should not inherit credit for changes caused by policy, write-offs or case-classification rules.
Comparison discipline
CNJ publishes both gross and net congestion concepts and explains the data in its report. Cross-country tables should not compare a Brazilian congestion rate directly with a UK open-caseload count or a U.S. pending-civil total.