The project intends to make a good contribution to the discussion of how to improve the delivery of justice across Asia by bringing participants come from six Asian countries, and from a mix of highly knowledgeable officials (judges, court managers, ministries of justice) and non-officials (legal aid experts and academics). The workshop programme also aims to bring observers to add their own ideas as experts on the issues to be discussed.

The programme is under HiiL’s Innovating Justice Platform, which can be seen at http://www.innovatingjustice.com/. See also http://www.hiil.org/publications/trend-reports and http://www.hiil.org/ for further information.

The countries involved are Singapore, India, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Inputs generated from the workshop are integrated into the Trend Report.

CALS facilitated a discussion of two specific relevant issues: pro bono work and access to justice.

The purpose of the two days’ work is to find ways of improving justice by addressing challenges, trends, innovative ideas, and strategies towards innovation.