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Logging
Automatic recording of technical events such as access, version, requests, errors and exports.
Measure 4.10 · democratic oversight
Traceability of AI-Assisted Justice Decisions
An assisted decision must be reconstructable: tool, version, data, output, human action, reasons and access. The trace must be useful, secure and proportionate.
Plan proposal
Measure 4.10 proposes full traceability of assisted decisions and ten-year retention. Ten years is a Plan proposal, not a claim that every judicial AI system is already subject to one universal retention period.
Three different concepts
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Audit trail
A coherent record that reconstructs the process and identifies responsibility.
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Archiving
Organised retention under defined duration, access and legal-purpose rules.
Minimum information
| Category | Examples | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Case context | Pseudonymous identifier, court and procedure type. | Connect the audit trail to the right context. |
| System | Name, provider, version and settings. | Know which tool produced the output. |
| Inputs | Documents, prompts and references. | Reconstruct analysis and detect bad data. |
| Outputs | Answer, score, summary and cited sources. | Compare output with the final decision. |
| Human action | Corrections, acceptance, rejection and reason. | Prove meaningful oversight. |
| Access | Views, changes, exports and incidents. | Detect misuse or confidentiality breaches. |
Why “keep everything” is a bad rule
Traceability must not create uncontrolled accumulation of sensitive data. Purpose, minimisation, access, integrity and final disposal must be defined. Retention should be connected to procedure, appeals, archival rules and litigation risk.