Head of the Legal Affairs and Registrar Administration Bureau Fajar Laksono and head of the National Affairs and Institutional Relations Division Yossy Adriva welcoming the Judicial Commission, Monday (1/15/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Head of the Legal Affairs and Registrar Administration Bureau Fajar Laksono and head of the National Affairs and Institutional Relations Division Yossy Adriva welcomed a delegation of the Judicial Commission on Monday, January 15, 2024. The commission’s head of the Advocacy and Judge Capacity Building Department Lina Maryani, who arrived alongside two staff members, said that in order to develop ethics and advocacy program, her delegation would like to learn from the Constitutional Court (MK). She revealed that the program had first been initiated by the Court with universities in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Judicial Commission has a partnership with universities, i.e. the ethics and advocacy program.

“In short, this program serves to generate prospective law graduates or law students who respect the profession of judge and the judiciary. Therefore, since 2021, the Judicial Commission collaborates with several universities. In 2023, nine universities partnered [with the Judicial Commission] in this program,” she added.

Lina also said that through the program, the commission had carried out several activities such as institutional studies and laboratory, in which they carried out discussions on code of ethics and conduct of judges. Hopefully, the students can campaign for this through publication such as posters and other attractive means in order to promote ways of maintaining the honor of judges in court proceedings. They first made observations on those ways. Once there was a case study on judges who received verbal abuse and threat of violence. As a continuation of the program, a jamboree had been held, with competitions for students. This event also served to help the Judicial Commission make evaluation.

“Therefore, we come here with the intent to discuss with the Constitutional Court about the steps to initiate partnerships to strengthen the organization. The Judicial Commission has a program to prepare potential judges. We would like this collaboration to continue with universities in Indonesia, such as UII, Udayana, and Andalas. It is still limited. With this program, the Judicial Commission tries to prepare law students to be executors of law enforcement duties,” Lina said.

Program Drivers

Welcoming the delegation, Fajar Laksono voiced the Court’s offer of support and information that the commission would need. He revealed that the Court had partnered with sixty-four universities by donating video conferencing facilities for remote hearings.

“The Constitutional Court does not have branches, unlike the Judicial Commission, which has liaison offices. Relations drive the Court’s programs, such as annual competitions,” he explained.

During the warm discussion in the meeting room of the Court’s second building, Yossy Adriva added that the Court would initiate partnerships with universities by sending a letter and a proposal to the university. Only after that would the Court make adjustments in accordance with its authority as a judicial institution.

Author       : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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