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Celebrating 10 years of reform through court-to-court partnership

JAKARTA, 24 June 2014: At a special signing ceremony to mark ten years of co-operation, the Chief Justices of Indonesia’s Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia, celebrated the many reforms that are making justice more accessible for all Indonesians.

According to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Honourable Dr Hatta Ali, the success of the partnership is due to peer-to-peer relationships, shared goals and political independence. “The amendment we are signing today will reflect the current situation and create space for more focused and measurable judicial co-operation. In the coming year we will focus on business process re-engineering and change management, increasing accessible and affordable court services and access to justice via class actions,” he said. “Despite our many differences, we share a common goal: increasing access to justice for all Indonesians,” the Honourable Dr Ali concluded.

Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Honourable Diana Bryant AO listed the many achievements of the Supreme Court that have addressed barriers faced by women, the poor and people living in remote areas. These have included the expanded use of fee waivers, legal advisory services, and working with civil society organisations like PEKKA to make legal identity documents easier to obtain.

“Access to the courts in family law and legal identity matters is critical to supporting broader human rights for individuals. Guaranteeing people’s access to legal identity is not only essential in order to comply with human rights principles, but it is also a fundamental aspect of good governance and inclusive development,’” said Chief Justice Bryant, explaining why the Family Court focused their engagement on addressing the ‘official state of non-existence’ that millions of Indonesians currently face.

Honourable James Allsop AO, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, called the partnership “the single most important international relationship” of his Court. “Costly, slow and complex procedures are a major barrier to access courts by the poor. Improved case management is therefore of central importance to assisting the poor to realise rights,” he said.

Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty said that court-to-court engagement has developed into a model for institutional engagement adopted by other reform programs. The memorandum of understanding mechanism has influenced other Western Courts in their engagement with courts in a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific.

AIPJ and the Supreme Court worked together to support the event with high quality presentations, including a video covering the life of the partnership and graphic displays of results achieved through the co-operation.  Professor Tim Lindsey presented all Chief Justices a copy of a paper he had prepared on behalf of AIPJ documenting achievements and the impact of the co-operation.

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