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Certification for Environmental Judges within the Judicial Training System of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. Agung Sumanatha Head of the Judicial Training Center for Judiciary Techniques – Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Manila, __ July 2010.
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Certification for Environmental Judges within the Judicial Training System of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Agung Sumanatha Head of the Judicial Training Center for Judiciary Techniques – Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Manila, __ July 2010
Continuing Judicial Education • The Judicial Training Center applies a continuing judicial education in which judges and court staff undergo trainings and education during their career time in the court • The CJE system ensures updated skills and knowledges with the constant demands of legal professions. • Within CJE, the Certification System sits as an advance education for judges with at least 10 years of experience or term of duties. This is to ensure that prior to Certification Training, the judges have received standardized legal trainings for their day to day tasks as judges
Current Judiciary Training Program organized by the Indonesian Supreme Court Training Center
Certified Environmental Judges • Indonesian Judiciary does not adopt a special environmental law chamber, but rather makes an effort to equip their judges with skills, knowledges along with passion and integrity in judging environmental cases or environmental related cases. • These judges can come from general jurisdiction responsible for civil and criminal trials and state administrative judges responsible for administrative cases such as licensing and other government regulations
Certification for Environmental Judges in General Integrity Certified Environment Judge –Ideal Judge to support “Greening the Bench” Passion for Environmental Issues Decision Making Skills
The Certification Process Consists of • Selection Criteria for the Judges with certain method based on a certain Need Analysis • Development of Curriculum and Syllabus for Certification Training based on the Need Analysis • Training Organization • Assessment of Training Result passing grade and other passing requirement/criteria • Placement and Promotion of Certified Judges • Rewards System • Monitoring and Evaluation • Advance Training and Further Assessment
Objectives of Certification System • After successful certification training, it is expected that the Certified Judges will have advanced skills in receiving, examining and rendering decision for environmental cases with environment vision GREENING THE BENCH, by: • Demonstrating deep knowledge and comprehension on national norms and international law principles; • Applying such norms and laws in the whole process; • Discover law (rechtsvinding) to establish environmental justice, in the absence of law. • Applying the Environmental Case Bench Book during whole proceeding • Shows integrity as environmental judge
Supporting Activities • Development of: • Environment Cases Bench Book • Evidentiary Manual • Expert Witness Appointment Manual • Monitoring and Evaluation Manual • Integrity and Continuing Education Manual