Guidelines on Access to Justice for the Poor

Bogor | badilag.net/english - Director General of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, said poor and marginalized people needed simple and easy-to-understand guidelines on how to access services provided by Indonesian courts. Wahyu made the statements when officially opening a two-day workshop of formulating guidelines for the poor on access to justice, in Bogor (05/05/10).

The Poor and marginalized need simple guidelines on how to access to courts. From left to right: DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, AusAID Counsellor, Victoria Coakley, and PEKKA National Coordinator, Nani Zulminarni.

The workshop was held by PEKKA, a national NGO, in collaboration with AusAID. A number of participants coming from different institutions attended this meeting. Also present in the workshop were AusAID Counsellor Victoria Coakley, AIPJT AusAID Adviser Cate Sumner, CEO Family Court of Australia Leisha Lister and AIPJT Project Manager Mark Prudent.

“The guidelines resulted from this workshop will much help the poor in accessing to justice,” Victoria Coakley said.