Supreme Court promotes its 2010-2034 blueprints worldwide
Jakarta | badilag.net/english (17/11)
Richard Foster, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Family Court of Australia appreciated Widayatno Sastro Hardjono, Deputy Chief Justice for Development in the Supreme Court, for the presentation delivered in the plenary session of the 4th conference of IACA (International Association for Court Administration) last 2-4 November in Istanbul, Turkey.
This appreciation was conveyed through Wahyu Widiana, Director General for Badilag, shortly after the presentation. “It’s great,” Richard Foster said.
Widayatno presented a paper entitled “Judicial Transparency: An Indonesian Courts Experience”. In his paper, the Deputy Chief Justice spoke about the accomplishments that the Supreme Court has achieved all this time. Blueprint for 2010-2034 of the Supreme Court was also his main explanation.
.Along with Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of Family Court of Australia, Widayatno was included in the panel discussing sub-theme of ‘Achieving Greater Transparency in Justice and Court System: Are We Making Progress?”. While the grand theme of the 4th IACA conference was “Worldwide Innovations in Courts System”.
Widayatno’s presentation received positive responses because it clearly showed the conference’s participants the achievements that the Supreme Court and its subordinate courts have made, particularly in terms of transparency and innovation. In addition, the presentation demonstrated the Supreme Court’s clear and comprehensive planning for the next 25 years, which is known as Buleprint of the Indonesian Supreme Court.
The 4th IACA conference was held to develop collaboration and identification of best practices in managing courts and their administration. The conference taking place in Bosporus Strait was attended by some 200 participants worldwide such as from the USA, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, Arabian countries, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Australia.
The Turkish Minister of Legal Affairs, Sadullah Ergin, opened the conference and not less than 25 speakers showed up both in plenary and commission sessions.
Wahyu Widiana, Director General for Badilag, also presented his paper on the conference. His paper, “Efforts to Enhance Access to Justice in Indonesian Religious Courts: Strategic Responses to Survey Findings”, gave detailed steps and policies in response to surveys within Religious and General Courts.
Other Indonesian participants in attendance included Marina Sidabutar, Justice of the Supreme Court, Nurhadi, Head of Legal and Public Relation Affairs, Syahrial Sidik, Chief Judge of Central Jakarta District Court, Djazoeli Sadhani, Chairman of Taxation Court, Tin Zuraida, Head of Sub-Directorate for Civil Cases and Eggy, Yudhi and Messy from NGO.
IACA Conference for Asia Pacific in Indonesia as a follow-up
Richard Foster, who was elected Vice President of IACA internationally, show his deep interest in Widayatno’s presentation of the Supreme Court’s Blueprint.
He asked the Supreme Court to host IACA conference for Asia Pacific Regional level which is planned to be held in the beginning of 2011. Richard asked previously said the conference would be held in the end of 2010. Richard also suggested that the upcoming conference adopt the theme as has been formulated in the Vision, Mission and Background of the Supreme Court Blueprint.
“We will later formulate the exact theme. But it should be about Court Excellence on which the Blueprint is based,” said Cate Sumner, IALDF Adviser, who along with Richard Foster met with Widayatno after presentation.
Widayatno responded well to the proposal. He said the plan of hosting the IACA conference was on the discussion table of Supreme Court leadership.
“We will first report it to the Chief Justice,” Widayatno said.
The regional conference that is to be held in Indonesia is a trust of this International association (IACA) to the Indonesian judiciary. This conference should be used to show the international public what achievements the Supreme Court has made and what steps have been planned to create great Indonesia Courts. (Adli Minfadli Robby/choliluna)