Indonesian Supreme Court Stresses Commitment to Court Technology

On May 19, 2009, the Surabaya District Court introduced new reforms to increase transparency and modernization at a formal, public launch of its new court automation and information services. Dr. Abdul Kadir Mappong, SH, MH, Deputy Chief Justice for Judicial Affairs of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, along with Supreme Court justices, high court chief judges, and the local mayor and other dignitaries, attended the official launch to view the court’s latest reforms made possible through court technology.

In his public address, the Deputy Chief Justice informed those attending the launch that the new technology is a “good platform for increasing public confidence,” and that the Supreme Court is dedicated to “the sustainability of this system.”

Presentations to the special guests and public included at the launch included demonstrations of digital audio recording, the court’s new website, the automated traffic system and case management system, and the new public information desk which makes information available to the public through the court’s case management system.

Surabaya District Court Chief Judge Nyoman Gede Wirya, SH echoed the support expressed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice, “We must plan ahead for a more open and transparent court, as well as for the means to sustain the modern court system in the future.”

The reforms implemented in the Surabaya District Court are funded through USAID’s Indonesia Anticorruption and Commercial Court Enhancement (In-ACCE) Project in close cooperation with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. These reforms at the Surabaya District Court are being implemented in four other district courts which holds jurisdiction over anticorruption and commercial cases. These courts are serving as models for all other courts in Indonesia.

USAID’s In-ACCE Project is a four-year, $17 million project designed to assist the Supreme Court of Indonesia in achieving the objectives set forth in its blueprints for reforming and modernizing Indonesia’s anticorruption and commercial courts. In addition to introducing automation, In-ACCE’s activities in its five model courts include modernizing court administration practices, streamlining case processing, promoting standardized recordkeeping and court practices, providing training and education programs, and pursuing bankruptcy and other legal reforms designed to meet the objectives of the Supreme Court’s blueprints for the anticorruption and commercial courts and emerging international standards.

source: http://indonesia.usaid.gov/en/Article.366.aspx