AGENDA
Friday, 22 November 2019
8:30 Tea and coffee
9:00 Welcome
Speaker: Veronica Taylor, School of Regulation and Governance (RegNet), Australian National University
9:05 Overview of key strategic issues shaping law and justice in our region
Speaker: Saku Akmeemana, Principal Governance Specialist, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
9:15 Key note session: ‘The Politics of Practice: Why good ideas fail’
Speaker: Mark White, First Call Partners
Chair: Karen Moore, Attorney-General’s Department
9:15 Reflections and key strategic issues shaping law and justice in our region
Facilitator: Karen Moore, Attorney-General’s Department
Speakers:
o Johann Rebert, The Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka
o Mark White, First Call Partners
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Parallel break out sessions:
Session 1: Policing plus: stepping outside the traditional policing domain
Chair: Tori Harrington - Attorney-General’s Department Pacific Director, Pacific Law and Justice Program
Speakers:
o Interim Protection Orders to prevent family violence in PNG, Judy Putt, Australian National University
o Cyber Safety Pacifika Program, Kurt Plummer, Australian Federal Police
o Preparing Pacific communities for cyber-enabled crime, Karen Moore, Attorney-General’s Department
Session 2: Transnational Justice
Chair: Jeremy Kingsley, Swinburne University
Speakers:
o Transnational cooperation on human trafficking, Erin Anderson, ASEAN-Australia Counter-Trafficking Program
o Regulating business for developmental impact, Jo Ford, Australian National University
o Environmental protection/indigenous rights in Myanmar, Jonathan Liljeblad, Australian National University
12:30 Lunch
1:30 The practice of good ideas: moderating expectations and unintended consequences
Chair: Tanya McQueen, Cardno
Speakers:
o Customary justice and gender, Rebecca Monson, Australian National University
o The role for innovation in improving access to justice, Stan Winford, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University
2:30 Good practice: unpacking what works and why
Chair: Cate Sumner – Law & Development Partners
Speakers :
o Judicial capacity development in Indonesia and Fiji, The Hon. Judy Ryan, Family Court of Australia
o A decade of supporting courts in the Pacific, Dr. Livingston Armytage AM, Centre for Judicial Studies
o Impact of reviews and evaluation on practice, Karen Ovington, Office of Development Effectiveness Evaluation of Strategies to End Violence Against Women
3:30 What does future practice look like?
Moderated discussion: Veronica Taylor, Co-convenor, Law and Justice Development Community of Practice
4:30 Close and drinks
