THE SUPREME COURT FACILITATES THE SETTLEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES, SYARIFUDDIN SAYS

Jakarta – Public Relations: “With my pleasure, I would like to take this opportunity to convey that the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia has implemented and started important steps to fulfill the principle of simple, fast, and low-cost judiciary. Since 2018, the Supreme Court has launched the electronic court application after previously issuing Regulation concerning the Implementation of Electronic Cases in Courts as the legal basis for its implementation. The purpose of making this E-Court is to facilitate justice seekers in solving civil cases in the general courts, religious courts, and state administrative courts.”

The statement above said by Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. H. M. Syarifuddin, S.H., M.H., in the 1st INCOLS International Conference on Law Studies on Law and Policy on Transnational Issues on Thursday, 19/11/2020. The event held virtually by Veterans National Development University, Jakarta.

He added that after a year, E-Court has now been evolved into electronic litigation through issuing Supreme Court Regulation. Previously, E-Court only facilitated three types of electronic-based services: e-filling, e-payment, and e-summon. Meanwhile, E-Litigation allows sending answers, replies, responses, evidence, and assessments to be done electronically.

“The application of E-Litigation has significantly enhanced the presentation of Indonesian justice towards a modern justice based on information technology and is anticipated to facilitate the resolution of transnational issues,” Syarifuddin said in front of participants consisting of academics and student of law studies throughout the world.

LAW AND POLICY ON TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

According to transnational issues, the former Chief of Provision Chamber stated that this issue has some challenges, namely:

The first is the challenge of economic cooperation. A man from Baturaja said that during a pandemic situation. We need to discuss policies that can improve market access protect and secure national interests. This forum is also important to discuss legal instruments for trade cooperation through international trade agreements.

The second is the challenge of transnational cybercrime. Through this forum, Syarifuddin said that We need to discuss policies for effective prevention programs, techniques of investigation and prosecution in case handling, protection of victims, and management of rehabilitation of offenders. It is also important to discuss the Legal Rules regarding data protection.

“For example, in Indonesia, we can find it Consumer Protection Law, Electronic Information and Transactions Law, Government Regulation concerning Implementation of Electronic Systems and Transactions, Ministry of Information Regulation on Protection of Personal Data in Electronic Systems,” said the former of Vice Chief Justice for Judicial Matters.

The third is the challenge of Human Resource Cooperation. According to Syarifuddin we need to discuss Human Resources Cooperation among Law Enforcement Officials.

Finally, the transnational environmental challenge.

“We need to discuss policies to facilitate environmental dispute resolution. For example, in Indonesia, since 2013, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia has issued/ a Supreme Court Decree on Guidelines for Handling Environmental Cases. In 2014, the Ministry of Environment issued a Regulation to facilitate the settlement of environmental disputes,” said Syarifuddin.

At the end, Syarifuddin congratulated all participants on sharing experiences related to policies and legal provisions on transnational issues. “We are looking forward to sounding recommendations that can be taken into consideration by the Supreme Court and related agencies,” Syarifuddin hopes.

The conference that aimed to bring together lecturer and student of law to discuss actual research and respond to several matters of law was also attended by some speakers. They were Prof. Dhinil Pusphalal from School of Law of Tohoko University, Prof Maryam Omari Dean of School of Business and Law of Edith Cowan University, Prof. Dr. Johan Shamsudin dean of law Faculty of Malaya University, and so on. (azh/RS) (translated by azh/reviewed by RS)