Argentine society’s trust in justice showed sustained improvement in the second half of 2025, according to the Index “Trust in Justice”. (IGH)a bi-annual measurement that examines citizens’ perceptions and behavior toward the justice system.
The report prepared by FORES and the University of Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)reflected that the IGH went up 2.3 points compared to the first half of 2025which represents an increase of 4.6% in six months. Compared to the same period in 2023, the improvement is 4.9 points, that’s 10.3% in two years.
He IGH It consists of two indices: a behavioral, This measures the predisposition of people to turn to the justice system in the face of different conflicts and a different perception, which evaluates the opinion on characteristics such as impartiality, efficiency and honesty and the role of controller of political and economic powers.
The report highlights the improvement in citizens’ trust in the Argentine justice system is consolidated by an improvement in both sub-indices. This is not only reinforced with greater intensity would resort to justice in certain conflicts, but they also show more self-confidence in terms of impartiality, efficiency and honesty and in the role of controller of political and economic powers. Since measurement resumed in 2023 Citizens’ trust in the judiciary increased by almost 5 pointswhich corresponds to an improvement 10.3%.
The growth of trust is explained by both: a greater willingness to go to court and a more positive perception of the justice system. The behavioral sub-index showed that citizens is more willing to resort to justice in the face of property, family, labor and criminal conflicts. The perception subindex, in turn, reflected a better assessment of justice in terms of impartiality, efficiency, honesty and control about political and economic forces.
Sectors that have promoted this improvement include young people, people with college or university degrees and the residents of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA)who realized to a greater extent that they would resort to justice in the face of conflicts of various kinds.
The highest level of trust is recorded in the face of criminal conflicts, with a 83% positive responses, while the lowest level is observed in the family environment, with a 72%.
Despite these advances, the perception of justice in terms of impartiality, efficiency, honesty and control of political and economic powers has weakened 20% not exceeded definitely not, although the trend is towards sustainable improvement. The report shows that within the group of people who claimed that they would not resort to justice in the face of the conflicts raised, The number of people who responded that they would prefer to solve the problem in another way or on their own increased by 11%..
As far as trust in the organs of the justice system is concerned, the nation’s Supreme Court, law schools and lawyers They are the institutions that have gained the greatest trust from citizens in the second half of 2025.
The report underlines this It is significant that those who have actually used the judicial service are willing to do so again. According to the survey, citizens are not demanding abstract reforms; concrete and tangible transformations, which strengthen the independence, efficiency, training and transparency of the justice system.
The priorities that society identifies to increase trust in the judiciary are clear: less interference from political and economic forces, fewer delays in legal proceedingsbetter training and further education for judges and more transparency in court proceedings.
He IGH measures the development of public opinion on the administration of justice in Argentina every six months and is determined by averaging the two sub-indices with a scale between 0 and 100. The historical average for the period 2004-2011, when the first edition of the index was conducted, was 48.7 points. After an interruption, the measurement was resumed in 2023 with the current methodological adjustments.
The team responsible for the investigation consists of: Mary of the Angels by Seta Acosta And Joaquin Vergara Fornari (FORES), while the original founders of the International Court of Justice were in 2004 Horace Spector And Catherine Smulowitz (UTDT), Hector Chayer, Liliana Raminger And Marcelo Octavio de Jesus (FORES), Gustavo Zacchino (Liberty Foundation) and Alejandro Catterberg (Polyarchy).
The report comes to this conclusion The gap between “usage” and “trust” in the justice system could be narrowed if progress was made on improvements that prioritize citizens.
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