Badilag to Conduct Information Desk Training

DG Wahyu Widiana is leading the meeting accompanied by Nicola Colbran (left) and Leisha Lister (right)

Jakarta l Badilag.net (04/09/2011)

In cooperation with the Family Court of Australia, Badilag plans to organize training on Information Desk. The training will be facilitated by AIPJ (Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Justice). As the agreement emerged during the preparation meeting, the training will be held three times, once in the end of this year and twice in the next year. Each training will last for three days.

During the meeting, the Director General said the training on information desk should ideally be held before the program of public service and information desk assessment began. Unfortunately this is precisely reversed.

“This is not a big deal, we have many dreams even though we do not have enough fund,” said Wahyu Widiana addressing the assessment program of public service and information desk which has been running right now, despite the lack of fund.

39 General Courts will provide Posbakum in 2012

Jakarta| Badilag.net (26/09/2011)

Change for Justice (C4J) of USAID held a workshop on the implementation of the Circular Letter of the Supreme Court No. 10/2010, at Mercure Hotel, Ancol (22-23/09/2011). This activity was attended by 39 chiefs of the General Courts and 8 chiefs of the Religious Courts.

There were some speakers including H. Atja Sondjaja, SH (Deputy Chief Justice for Civil Case), Prof. Rehngena Purba, SH., MS (Justice), Dr. H. Cicut Sutiarso, SH, M. Hum (Director General of the General Courts), Drs. H. Wahyu Widiana, MA (Director General of the Religious Courts), Nani Zulminarni (Women Headed Households-PEKKA), Santi Kusumaningrum (member of the Workgroup of the Supreme Court) and Cholidul Azhar, SH. M.Hum (Chief of the Religious Court of Surabaya).

It is planned that there will be 39 General Courts providing Legal Aid Post (known as Posbakum) in 2012.

Since March of 2011, the Legal Aid Post has been implemented in 46 Religious Courts. There are more than 16,000 people enjoying the service.

Badilag and Family Court to Design Mediation Orientation

DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana (the center), Leisha Lister from FCoA (the left)

and Nicola Colbran from AIPJ (the right)

Jakarta | badilag.net (03/10/2011)

In cooperation with Family Court of Australia, the Directorate General of the Religious Courts (Badilag) is designing a model of mediation training for Religious Courts’ judges. In a preparatory meeting held in Badilag office (03/10), the Director General of the Religious Courts, Wahyu Widiana explained that the meeting was held to discuss the goals to be achieved, obstacles and solutions.

“We want the training will result as we all expect to,” Wahyu Widiana agaid stated.

The meeting itself was attended by representatives of AIPJ (Indonesia-Australia Partnership for Justice), Relationship of Australia, the World Bank, some leaders of the Reeligious Courts and judges, Secretary of Badilag, and Priority Reformation Program Monitoring Team of Badilag.

Supreme Court, Federal Court and Family Court signed MoU

Jakarta | Badilag.net (30/09/2011)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Federal Court and Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at the Supreme Court’s office, Jakarta, on Thursday (09/29/2011).

"I am so happy knowing that the agreements in the field of law with Federal Court and Family Court of Australia will be renewed," Chief Justice Harifin Tumpa said before the Supreme Court leaders, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, officials of 1st and 2nd echelon, the Honorable Ambassador of Australia, and other invitees.

The Supreme Court and the Federal Court have cooperating since 2004. The cooperation comprises of cases settlement, case management, judicial transparency, justice and financial management and improvement of public confidence.

Meanwhile, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Indonesian Supreme Court and the Family Court just have been conducted, although the two parties actually have collaborated in recent years.

Director General of Religious Courts:

Leaders’ commitment, the determinant of change

Jakarta | badilag.net (28/09/2011)

“The change toward a great Indonesian judiciary will be achieved if all the leaders of judiciaries througout Indonesia perform strong and consistent commitment.”

That was one of the key statements delivered by the Director General of Religious Courts, Wahyu Widiana, in front of the participants of Court Management Training at Mega Mendung, Bogor (26/9). The training was attended by 25 chiefs of the first instance courts from four judicatures.

He stated, if leaders of judiciaries performed a strong commitment, all elements of the judiciary would also get on board.

“The leaders play a significant role to convince and influence all the apparatus to conduct changes within their circumtances,” Wahyu Widiana said.

Therefore, as an official of the Supreme Court, Wahyu Widiana asked the leaders of lower courts for paying a great attention in conducting reformation programs which have been arranged and prepared by the Supreme Court.