PHNOM
PENH (Xinhua) - Over 70 senior-level
judges and representatives of justice ministries from all ten ASEAN member
states will gather here on Tuesday to exchange views and discuss ways to
enhance legal and judicial cooperation, according to a press release from the
US Embassy on Monday.
"It
will be an unprecedented event for legal and judicial actors to exchange ideas
and experiences, as well as discuss deeply on building and strengthening legal
and judicial connections," said the press release.
It said
that ASEAN's deepening integration is presenting new challenges in cross-border
legal issues; and the high-level legal and judicial actors in the region will
also discuss implications of the ASEAN Charter and integration, issues in
administration of justice in ASEAN, enforcement of judgments and international
arbitration, and implementation of international treaties into national law.
The
meeting is held after the 14th ASEAN Senior Law Officials' Meeting (ASLOM) in
Phnom Penh last year recognized the need to strengthen the networks among
high-level legal professionals throughout ASEAN, especially the ASLOM and ASEAN
judicial bodies, it said.
The
U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN, David L. Carden, Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang
Vong Vathana, and Bagas Hapsoro, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for
Community and Corporate Affairs, will open the event.
The
two-day event is presented by the ASEAN Secretariat in collaboration with the
US Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice.
The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.
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