Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Singapore (VNA) – Chief justices of the10 ASEAN countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation and informationsharing in the judicial field in order to create more favourable conditions forresidents as well as foster regional trade and investment.
Accordingly, a portal of ASEAN Judiciaries at www.cacj-ajp.org was officially launched in the framework of the 6th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ)meeting held in Singapore on July 27.
The event saw the participation of Chief Justices from the 10 ASEAN membernations. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ofSingapore Sundaresh Menon stressed that in addition to introducing the legalsystems of ASEAN to increase understanding of the regional laws and fostertrade-investment flows into the bloc, theportal serves as an important channel for the member countries to shareexperience and propose measures to improve their judiciaries’ standards viasupport and training cooperation.
This is the first important step in the effort to enhance collaboration amongASEAN judiciaries, based on the application of high technology in the courtsector serving national and regional interests, he said.
The member countries will then carry out next steps to improve the capacity of judicialorganisations and facilitate people’s access to justice, he added.
The portal was funded by the Norwegian Government through the Norway-ASEAN RegionalInitiatives Fund with a value of 3.6 million NOK (400,000 USD). The money isused to operate, develop and maintain the portal until July 2020.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents on the sidelines of the meeting,Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh said that as the Chair of the CACJ in 2016,Vietnam made practical contributions to realising the portal project as well asbuilding the Charter of the CACJ and cooperation mechanisms on informationsharing between ASEAN courts.
Especially, within the framework of ASEAN, Singapore supported Vietnam in buildingand issuing a code of judges’ ethics which was appreciated by public opinionsat home and abroad; applying information technology in court activities; and improvingprofessional capacity for judges.
At this meeting, chief justices of the 10 ASEAN countries discussed a widerange of important issues such as creating a coordination mechanism betweenchief justices to share information while handling civil and economic cases aswell as trade disputes and matters related to marriage, verdict management andIT application in court activities, and judicial training.-VNA
Accordingly, a portal of ASEAN Judiciaries at www.cacj-ajp.org was officially launched in the framework of the 6th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ)meeting held in Singapore on July 27.
The event saw the participation of Chief Justices from the 10 ASEAN membernations. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ofSingapore Sundaresh Menon stressed that in addition to introducing the legalsystems of ASEAN to increase understanding of the regional laws and fostertrade-investment flows into the bloc, theportal serves as an important channel for the member countries to shareexperience and propose measures to improve their judiciaries’ standards viasupport and training cooperation.
This is the first important step in the effort to enhance collaboration amongASEAN judiciaries, based on the application of high technology in the courtsector serving national and regional interests, he said.
The member countries will then carry out next steps to improve the capacity of judicialorganisations and facilitate people’s access to justice, he added.
The portal was funded by the Norwegian Government through the Norway-ASEAN RegionalInitiatives Fund with a value of 3.6 million NOK (400,000 USD). The money isused to operate, develop and maintain the portal until July 2020.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents on the sidelines of the meeting,Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh said that as the Chair of the CACJ in 2016,Vietnam made practical contributions to realising the portal project as well asbuilding the Charter of the CACJ and cooperation mechanisms on informationsharing between ASEAN courts.
Especially, within the framework of ASEAN, Singapore supported Vietnam in buildingand issuing a code of judges’ ethics which was appreciated by public opinionsat home and abroad; applying information technology in court activities; and improvingprofessional capacity for judges.
At this meeting, chief justices of the 10 ASEAN countries discussed a widerange of important issues such as creating a coordination mechanism betweenchief justices to share information while handling civil and economic cases aswell as trade disputes and matters related to marriage, verdict management andIT application in court activities, and judicial training.-VNA
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