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Appendix 9 Ngara Yura program The Judicial Commission is committed to promoting Aboriginal Cultural Awareness. We established a program in 1992 which was renamed the Ngara Yura program in 2008. This program is designed to inform judicial officers about Aboriginal society, customs and traditions and promote an exchange of ideas and information. It is based on Recommendations 96 and 97 (reproduced here) of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report, 1991, Vol 5, Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra. “Recommendation 96: That judicial officers and persons who work in the court service and in the probation and parole services and whose duties bring them into contact with Aboriginal people be encouraged to participate in an appropriate training and development program, designed to explain contemporary Aboriginal society, customs and traditions. Such programs should emphasise the historical and social factors which contribute to the disadvantaged position of many Aboriginal people today and to the nature of relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities today. The Commission further recommends that such persons should wherever possible participate in discussion with members of the Aboriginal community in an informal way in order to improve crosscultural understanding.” “Recommendation 97: That in devising and implementing courses referred to in Recommendation 96 the responsible authorities should ensure that consultation takes place with appropriate Aboriginal organisations, including, but not limited to, Aboriginal Legal Services.” Appendix 10 Assistance to other jurisdictions and organisations In 2010–11 the Commission provided assistance and advice to the following: Judicial education • Asia Pacific Judicial Educators Forum (APJEF): The Chief Executive is a member of the APJEF’s Executive Committee. • Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum (APJRF): The APJRF aims to advance judicial reform in the Asia Pacific Region. The Commission is a member of the APJRF Secretariat together with the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of NSW, which is working to develop practical tools to assist member countries implement judicial reform programs. This year, the Commission, as part of the Secretariat and in conjunction with the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, helped to arrange the Fourth Round Table Meeting of the Forum held in Beijing in October 2010. • International Organisation for Judicial Training (IOJT): The IOJT was established to promote the rule of law by supporting the work of judicial education institutions around the world. The Chief Executive was elected to the Board of Governors of the IOJT in October 2009. • Papua New Guinea: The Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea visited the Commission to discuss the assistance that will be provided by the Commission to develop a sentencing database for PNG courts. • South Africa: the director of the new South African Judicial Education Institute spent five days at the Commission in October 2010. He met with the Chief Executive, senior staff and judicial officers involved in judicial education, all of whom provided him with information and advice to assist him to understand the philosophy, design and delivery of judicial education sessions in NSW. He was also provided with many planning and working documents to assist him in setting up his Institute. • Seychelles judiciary: The Chief Justice of the Seychelles requested the Commission’s assistance with arrangements for two magistrates from that country to observe the operation of the Local Court of NSW for one week beginning 30 August 2010. The purpose of the study tour was to enable the magistrates to receive advice on best practices and to assist with the process of change and reform in the Seychelles. Two judges from the Supreme Court of the Seychelles also visited in November 2010. Judicial support and case management systems • Drug Court Case Management System: we continue to host, maintain and support case management systems for the NSW Drug Court NSW Youth Drug and Alcohol Court and the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre. • Queensland Sentencing Information Service (QSIS): we continue to host, maintain and support QSIS for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General. • Commonwealth Sentencing Database (CSD): we continue to host, maintain and support the CSD which is a joint project with the National Judicial College of Australia and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. • Forum Sentencing Management System (FSMS): in November 2010 we released a case management system for the Forum Sentencing Program for the Department of Attorney General and Justice. The second phase of the system will be released in October 2011. Appendix 10 — Assistance to other jurisdictions and organisations 131
Appendices Appendix 11 Working with other organisations Our officers represent the Commission on a number of committees and steering groups. Details of their involvements are: Mr Ernest Schmatt PSM, Chief Executive • Board of Governors to the International Organisation for Judicial Training • Advisory Board to the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Halifax, Canada • Asia Pacific Judicial Educators Forum (Executive Member), Manila, Philippines • Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum Secretariat (Management Group) • Australia and New Zealand Judicial Educators Group • Honorary Associate in the Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney • National Judicial Orientation Program Steering Committee, National Judicial College of Australia Ms Ruth Windeler, Education Director • Australia and New Zealand Judicial Educators Group • Continuing Legal Education Association of Australasia • National Judicial Orientation Program Steering Committee, National Judicial College of Australia • International Organisation for Judicial Training • Magisterial Services of PNG • National Judicial Institute of Canada Mr Hugh Donnelly, Director, Research and Sentencing • Directions in Jury Trials, New South Wales Law Reform Commission • Sexual Assault Review Committee, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Mr Murali Sagi PSM, Director, Information Management and Corporate Services • Justice Sector Chief Information Officers’ Committee • Justice Sector Information Exchange Co-ordinating Committee • Joined-up-Justice Governance Committee • Member — Fellow Committee, Australian Computer Society • Adjudicator — Australasian Reporting Awards Ms Ruth Sheard, Manager, Conferences and Communication • Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum Secretariat (Operations Unit) Appendix 12 Visitors to the Commission • The Honourable Justice Iain Ross, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, 8 July 2010 • Mr Andrew Phelan, Chief Executive and Principal Registrar, High Court of Australia, 30 July 2010 • The Right Honourable Sir Brian Leveson, Lord Justice of Appeal and Chairman of the Sentencing Council of England and Wales, 17 August 2010 • The Honourable VK Rajah, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore, 23 August 2010 • Professor Paulus E Lotulung, Deputy Chief Justice of Indonesia, 3 September 2010 • The Honourable Justice David Wong, High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, 6 September 2010 • The Honourable Justice Francis MacGregor, President, Court of Appeal, Seychelles, 30 September 2010 • The Honourable Justice Meyer Joffe, Director, South African Judicial Education Institute, 11-15 October 2010 • Dr Alison Reid, Medical Director, Medical Council of NSW, 20 October 2010 • Justice Karunakaran, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Seychelles, 2 November 2011 • Justice Dodin, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Seychelles, 2 November 2010 • The Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, 15 November 2010 • Ms Shirani de Fontgalland, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 15 December 2010 • The Honourable Justice Frank Stock, Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong, 28 January 2011 • The Honourable Sir Salamo Inja Kt, Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, 23 March 2011 • The Honourable Justice Panuel Mogish, Chairperson of the PNG Case Management and Information Technology Committee, Papua New Guinea, 25 March 2011 Delegations • Delegation of 35 judges from Thailand, led by Mr Eakachai Chinnapongse, 1 October 2010 • Delegation from the Supreme People’s Court, People’s Republic of China, led by Mr Li Ruiyi, 3 March 2011 • Delegation of three judges from the Republic of China (Taiwan), 28 June 2011 • Delegation of six senior Chinese judges from the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People’s Court, China, 29 June 2011 132 Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2010–11
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