The digital transformation of justice, driven by AI, must be guided by a people-centered approach to ensure its responsible and effective implementation. Simply digitizing the system will not close existing access gaps. Instead, adopting Open Justice principles, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and public participation, is crucial to driving the necessary cultural and organizational shifts. Particularly, Open Justice promotes the publication of judicial data in open, reusable formats, which is key to fostering innovation and inclusivity in AI-driven systems. The quality of the available data will largely determine whether AI’s benefits are distributed equitably. To achieve this, five critical dimensions for the publication of data, i.e., standardization, accessibility, completeness, cybersecurity, and privacy, must be addressed. Tackling these issues requires coordinated efforts at national and global levels to ensure that AI advancements serve the public interest and uphold human rights.