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AIPJ Partners Shares Best Practices at the 7th IACA Conference 2014

The 7th International Association for Court Administration (IACA) Conference 2014 brought together around 250 court administrators, judges, academics, researchers, and also CSO from 40 countries from the 24-26 September.

Bapak Ridwan Mansyur, Head of the Legal and Public Relation Bureau of the Supreme Court of Republic of Indonesia, Ibu Nani Zulminarni, Director of PEKKA CSO, and Cate Sumner, Lead Adviser in AIPJ’s Legal Identity Program participated in a session focusing on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups. Ibu Nani presented how NGO, PEKKA, had built a highly successful working relationship with the Supreme Court of Indonesia based on their research of the barriers to accessing the family law courts faced by women, the poor and people living in remote areas. Pak Ridwan’s presentation focused on the policy and budget changes that the Supreme Court had introduced to overcome the barriers of cost, distance and a lack of knowledge on how to deal with legal claims. Elena Down, Senior Technical Adviser for Disability Inclusive Development, challenged the audience to consider the needs of people with disability in the provision of legal information, making courts accessible, and in including more people with disability as judicial officers, court staff members and lawyers within the justice system.

Bapak Wahyu Widiana, Senior Adviser in the Legal Identity Program, made a presentation at the IACA conference in the session focusing on Succession Planning in Court Administration. Ibu Nani Zulminarni and Ibu Wiwiek Awiati also moderated sessions looking at Supporting Access to Justice Through Legal Advice, Support and Information and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices.

The Hon. Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and AIPJ partner, made a presentation in the opening session of the IACA conference on Courts Governance Structures and Court Excellence. Richard Foster, PSM, CEO of the Family Court of Australia directed proceedings during the 3-day conference in his role as President of IACA.

Dr. Kate Sears, Academic Director of Springvale Monash Legal Services, presented the work of the Family Law Assistance Program and the prospective engagement with AIPJ to support a range of Indonesian University Legal Aid Clinics to provide services in family law and legal identity cases.

Alongside the conference AIPJ showcased our court reform achievements through infographics, images, and publications in an interactive exhibition. We also previewed photos from Lies Marcoes' book ‘A Journey Against Defeat: Narratives of Women’s Rejection of Poverty.’