An independent judiciary is crucial for keeping a check on executive powers. Competence, transparency and consistency in methodology is necessary to defend that independence. NCHR and the Research Development, Training & Education Body of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia has an MoU, that aims to strengthen these qualities within the Indonesian judiciary. NCHR also cooperates with LeIP – the Indonesian Institute for Independent Judiciary.
Recent Activities include:
- International Criminal Law trainings in Indonesia for the Attorney General (conducted by LeIP, 2021)
- International Criminal Law trainings in Indonesia for the National Commission of Human Rights (conducted by LeIP, 2021)
- Advanced human rights training for judges (online 2021)
- Academic program for Supreme Court visit to Oslo (2022)
- Academic program for Indonesian Auditor General and Supreme Court visit to Oslo (2023)
- Advanced human rights training for judges, mostly focused on criminal law (Oslo 2022)
- Master studies in human rights for two Indonesian judges from the Supreme Court’s Centre for capacity-building (2024-2026)
- Training for Trainers in the handling of Blasphemy cases, and the update of a training module, in cooperation with LeIP.
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