desjudicializar

A policy and legal term meaning to handle an issue outside the courts or criminal system — proponen desjudicializar el consumo de drogas, tratándolo como un problema de salud. Comes up in debates about drug policy, family law, and minor offenses.

• Varios países han empezado a desjudicializar el consumo personal de drogas. — Several countries have begun moving personal drug use out of the courts.
• La ley busca desjudicializar los conflictos familiares menores. — The law aims to keep minor family disputes out of the court system.
• Los expertos piden desjudicializar ciertas faltas administrativas. — Experts are calling for certain administrative violations to be handled outside the courts.

Treating desjudicializar as a synonym for despenalizar (decriminalize) — it specifically means shifting a matter away from judicial proceedings, which can happen even for things that remain technically illegal but are handled administratively instead.