CLV justice institutions attend a round-table meeting

The roundtable aimed at better defining the respective parties’ roles and mandates was attended by the Chief Justices of the Supreme People’s Courts of the three countries and 120 representatives of their collective Ministry of Justice.

A wide range of issues were discussed on the first-day of the conference running December 20-21 including the way cross border civil and criminal cases are prosecuted and participants entertained proposals to enhance the links between their handling of them.

There was a consensus for the need to offer better clarity regarding transnational drug related crimes, illegal poaching of wildlife, human trafficking, smuggling of contraband weapons and money laundering schemes, noted Vietnam Supreme Court Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh.

Representatives of the various Ministries of Justice will follow up on the recommendations that flow from this roundtable, said the Chief Justice, and coordinate to give them effect to improve the overall efficiency and consistency of justice within the CLV region.