Supreme Court, Blue Print and Priority Agenda of Judicial and Bureaucracy Reforms

Chief Justice, the Hon. Harifin A. Tumpa (second right), presiding the meeting on the Blue Print and Judicial Reform.

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Hon. Harifin A. Tumpa, officially opened a ceremony on synchronizing the Blue Print of Judicial Reform and the Priority Agenda of Bureaucracy Reform in the Supreme Court, on Tuesday (3/4/11) in Jakarta.

Leadership of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, and Officials of echelon I, II, and III, which are members of the Working Group of Judicial Reform, attended this meeting that lasted until May 4, 2011. .

AusAID Committed to Support Religious Courts

Nicola Colbran from AusAID discussing with DG Badilag, Wahyu Widiana.

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Nicola Colbran, Program Director for Indonesia Australia Partnership for Justice AusAID, paid a visit to the Badilag office on Friday (29/4/11) and was welcomed by the DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, at his working room on 6^th floor of the Secretariat Building of the Supreme Court, Central Jakarta.

Nicola intended to discuss with the DG on the possibilities of AusAID to support Badilag’s programs this year and in the future. “I’d like to discuss detailed things possible to carry out together to support the Religious Courts,” she said. .

DG: “Religious Court is the most Effective

and Truthful State Institutions all around the Country. Is this True?”

DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, Chief of PTA Jayapura,  Drs. H. Abdurrahman HAR, SH and Members of Work Group of the Supreme Court

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As many appreciations addressed to Religious Courts regarding their excellent performance in terms of providing public services, this should be a momentum to more and more enhance the services. The statement declared by DG, Wahyu Widiana, in the opening ceremony of Judicial Guidance and Code of Ethics Socialization for Religious Court judges in Jayapura Religious High Court jurisdiction, Tuesday (4/19/2011).

Quoting Cate Sumner and Tim Lindsey survey, published in “Reformasi Peradilan Pasca Orde Baru” DG challenges all judicial apparatus to prove whether Religious Courts are the best state institutions in terms of truthfulness and effectiveness or not, as the survey investigated. To do so, DG emphasizes that quality improvement in providing public services is the only measurement to assess the success of Religious Court as described by the survey. .

The Legal Aid Post Must be Well Administered

This banner is displayed to all Religious Courts providing the Legal Aid Post

Jakarta, Badilag.net |22-04-2011|

To support national program on access for the poor, Badilag, launched a program called “Legal Aid Post” in March 2011. There are at least 46 religious courts providing legal aid post services for poor. It is based on the Circular Letter of the Supreme Court No. 10/2010 on Guidelines for Provision of Legal Aid.

The Director General of the Religious Courts, Wahyu Widiana, has observed some religious courts such as Religious Court of South Jakarta, Depok, Cianjur, Ciamis, Yogyakarta, Sleman, Surabaya, Tanjungkarang, Makassar, Manado and Jayapura.

Generally, Wahyu Widiana found that the legal aid post provided in those religious courts has run well. Because this service is relatively new to the Religious Courts, it just needs more improvements.