The 10th Meeting of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (the “CACJ“), and the Inaugural ASEAN+3 Meeting took place on 4 and 5 November 2022 respectively.
The Malaysian Judiciary hosted both meetings at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chief Justices, Heads of Delegations, and senior judicial officials of the ASEAN Judiciaries were able to meet in-person.
Posted on : 30 November 2022
At the 9th CACJ Meeting in 2021, the CACJ acknowledged the work of the Working Group on Cross-Border Disputes Involving Children as regards its adoption of the Enhanced Common Procedure and Code of Ethics for mediators, at paragraph 8 of the Jakarta Declaration.
For more, please access the page titled Enhanced Common Procedure and Code of Ethics for Mediators in Cross-Border Disputes involving Children within ASEAN: Link here
Posted on : 7 October 2022
The 3rd China-ASEAN Justice Forum took place on 20 July 2022. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. H. M. Syarifuddin, S.H., M.H., delivered Closing Remarks in His Honour’s capacity as the CACJ Chair. The Closing Remarks may be accessed here: Link here
Posted on : 22 July 2022
The TechLaw.Fest 2022 organised by the Singapore Academy of Law will be held from 20 – 22 July 2022. The three-day event will cover significant law and tech issues such as safe and sustainable digital transformation, ethics and public policy of metaverse design, and security identity in a digireal world.
The highlights of the event can be found in the flyer: Link here
Registration is free. Further information, registration and programme details can be found via scanning the QR code in the flyer.
Posted on : 17 May 2022
The Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) welcomes the New President of the People’s Supreme Court of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, The Hon. Mrs. Viengthong Siphandone, to the CACJ. The Hon. Mrs. Viengthong Siphandone has been appointed as the New President of the People’s Supreme Court since March 3, 2021. The letter from the People’s Supreme Court of Lao PDR to the CACJ regarding the appointment can be found at the following link: Link here
The CACJ expresses its deep appreciation for the contributions of former President of the People’s Supreme Court, The Hon. Khampha Sengdara, to the work of the CACJ in advancing the Rule of Law within ASEAN.
Posted on : 19 Oct 2021
The Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) welcomes President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, The Honorable Chief Justice Piyakul Boonperm, to the CACJ. The Honorable Chief Justice Piyakul Boonperm was appointed the President of the Supreme Court of Thailand with effect from 1 October 2021.
The CACJ expresses its deep appreciation for the contributions of former President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, Metinee Chalodhorn, to the work of the CACJ in advancing the Rule of Law within ASEAN.
Posted on : 15 Oct 2021
The 9th Meeting of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (the “Council”) took place on 7 October 2021.
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia hosted the meeting virtually, due to the prevailing COVID-19 conditions, with His Excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi, the Secretary-General of ASEAN attending the Opening Session by invitation.
Posted on : 14 Oct 2021
The Judicial Training Center of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia will be organising an online workshop titled “Towards Climate Justice: Challenge, Strategy and Future Trend in Climate Change Adjudication”. The training workshop will be conducted virtually from 1 November 2021 to 4 November 2021.
For further details on the workshop objective, activities and agenda, please refer to the terms of reference here: Link here
Details on the online workshop can also be found at the following course link: Link here
Posted on : 13 Oct 2021
JUSTICE IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19 – Paper presented by Justice Azahar Mohamed, Chief Judge of Malaya at the Webinar hosted by the Judicial Integrity Network in ASEAN on 28 May 2020: Link here
ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC FROM THE JUDICIARY’S PERSPECTIVE – Paper Presented by Justice Nallini Pathmanathan, Judge of the Federal Court at the ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting (ASLOM) Malaysia Webinar on ‘Access to Justice during Pandemics’ on 17 August 2021: Link here
For more, please access the Malaysian Judiciary’s COVID-19 tab on the ASEAN Judiciaries Portal here: Link here
Posted on : 04 Oct 2021
During the 8th CACJ Meeting, the CACJ agreed pursuant to Article 11 of the Hanoi Declaration for the Working Group on Judicial Education and Training to identify new ways of conducting training and education programs. On 7 September 2021, the Working Group on Judicial Education and Training hosted a webinar for participants from across the ASEAN judiciaries.
For more, please access the page titled ASEAN Judicial Dialogue: Judicial Education and Training in the Time of Pandemic on the ASEAN Judiciaries Portal here: Link here
Posted on : 27 Sep 2021
The TechLaw.Fest 2021 organised by the Singapore Academy of Law will be held from 22 – 24 September 2021. The three-day event will take on great law and tech issues of the day, with a spotlight on cybersecurity and the data and digital economy. Tech giants such as Alibaba, Facebook, and Google and leaders from EY, Deloitte, GlaxoSmithKline, KPMG, Lazada will be bringing these issues to life, sharing diverse insights from industry, practice, government and academia.
Free ticket may be obtained here: www.techlawfest.com/register
Full event programme: www.techlawfest.com/conference-programme
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For further information, please refer to the e-Flyer: Link here
Posted on : 19 Aug 2021
Posted on : 2 Jul 2021
The Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) welcomes Chief Justice of the Philippines, Alexander Gesmundo, to the CACJ, who was appointed on 5 April 2021.
The CACJ expresses its deep appreciation for the contributions of former Chief Justice of the Philippines, Diosdado Peralta, to the work of the CACJ in advancing the Rule of Law within ASEAN.
Please access the Singapore Judiciary’s COVID-19 tab on the ASEAN Judiciaries Portal here: Link here
The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam successfully hosted the 8th Meeting of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (“CACJ”) on 5 November 2020 in Hanoi. This was an historic meeting as this was the first ever CACJ Meeting conducted virtually…
