Roundtable for ASEAN Chief Justices and Senior Judiciary on Environmental Law and Enforcement

1. TheMalaysianExperienceTowardstheEstablishment of theEnvironmentalCourt Roundtable for ASEAN Chief Justices and Senior Judiciary on Environmental Law and Enforcement 7 – 9 December 2012, Malacca, Malaysia

2. “A sustainable future needs to be founded on a strong judiciary system. The full participation of all stakeholders within the framework of justice, governance and rule of law is needed for any strategy for sustainability to be successful” NajibTunRazak The Right Honorable the Prime Minister of Malaysia First preparatory meeting of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, 12 – 13 October 2011, Kuala Lumpur

3. Example of Environmental Legislations

5. Grik Kuala Kangsar Ipoh Seri Manjung Teluk Intan Source of map: mymalaysiabooks

6. Access: Illustration

7. Appellate Structure Scenario 3 Scenario 2 Scenario 1

8. Subsequent to the ASEAN Chief Justices’ Roundtable on Environment, held on 6–7 December 2011 at Jakarta, Indonesia, the Chief Registrar’s Practice Direction No. 3 of 2012 on setting up of Environmental Court was issued on direction of the Right Honorable the Chief Justice of Malaysia. The Practice Direction came into effect on 10.9.2012.

9. Past Performance: Session’s Courts

10. Past Performance: Magistrates’ Courts

11. Implementation of Environmental Court: Targets & Improved Oversight • FIXED TIME FRAME: Environmental cases to be disposed within 3 to 6 months. • APPELLATE OVERSIGHT:To ensure consistency of decision and adequacy of sentencing in all cases . • STANDARD REPORT: New statistical format for tracking of environmental cases. • NEW CATEGORY:Categorization of environmental cases into specific and general offences.

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