FAIRNESS, sum up the PJDP workshop for Tokelau

20 February 2015

The 5 days’ workshop held at the Samoa Judicial Courts in Apia completed successfully, in a statement released by Legal Advisor’s National Coordinator, Lihe Suveinakama.

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"The participants were very pleased with the huge amount of information and skills received during the workshop".

 

“I believe the participants walked away with e new attitude towards their roles and how they must be seen to be fair and just when performing their judicial roles. The one word to sum it all up, it is all about “FAIRNESS”. It is important for the judicial officers to know and do their job well; their powers and authority; the need to read and know their working tools; the laws of Tokelau; the Constitution and the Crimes Rules and so on, and the need to be good role models as they are expected to behave and perform their judicial roles to a particular standard. In doing this, the message to the community and outside Tokelau is that the rule of law is a serious matters in Tokelau and justice does prevails”, says the National Legal Advisor, Lise Suveinakama.

 

The workshop is part of Pacific Judicial Development Program to strengthen governance and rule of law in the region through enhanced access to justice and professional judicial officers who act independently according to legal principles; its purpose is to support PIC to enhance the professional competence of judicial officers and court officers, and the processes and systems that they use.
 
Participants of the workshop include Law Commissioners, Judicial Officers, Police, and members of the communities, Fatupaepae (women group), Taulelea (men’s working group) and youth.

 

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