Chief Justice Harifin A. Tumpa to Sign MoU
with Australian Courts
Aria Suyudi and Wiwiek from JRTO were on a serious meeting with Leisha and Nicola
Melbourne| badilag.net (27/7)
The Chief Justice Dr. Harifin A. Tumpa, SH, MH will sign a MoU at the end of September or the beginning of October 2011. The MoU is the judicial cooperation between the Supreme Court of Indonesia and the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia.
The Chief Justice Family Court of Australia, the Hon Diana Bryant and the Chief Justice of Federal Court of Australia, the Hon Patrick Anthony Keane planned to come to Indonesia for signing of the MoU.
The MoU is supported by an annex explaining the detail cooperation. The purpose of the Annex is to identify activities to be conducted during the life of the MoU and to set out mechanisms for consultation, administration and implementation for this programme during 2010-2011.
To prepare the MoU as well as its annex, Aria Suyudi and Wiwiek from Judicial Reform Team Office (JRTO) of the Supreme Court discussed seriously with the Executive Adviser of FCoA, Leisha Lister, at her working room, Melbourne, Wednesday (27/7/2011). Nicola Colbran, the Program Director of AusAid was also involved in the meeting.
The cooperation for this year and for the next year will designed in line with the Blueprint of the Supreme Court 2010-2035, namely to embody the Court Excellence Framework including its 7 areas of court excellences.
The 7 areas includes (1) court management and leadership, (2) Court policies, (3) human, material and financial resources, (4) court proceedings, (5) client (court users) needs and satisfaction, (6) affordable and accessible court services, and (7) public trust and confidence.
The Importance of the MoU
The MoU is regarded as fruitful for the Supreme Court’s reform. The Supreme Court has achieved some important progresses including the decrease of case backlog, the enhancement of court transparency, the financial management improvement, and the public service improvement in all Religious Courts. Besides, there has been an important progress on Information Technology in the Religious Courts.
According to Leisha Lister, there was a solid work relationship between judges, staffs and other apparatus in the courts.
“It will enable us to analyze the problems faced by the courts and we will be able to design the strategic plans,” Leisha said.
(Arijaya)