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Ushering yet another project towards
dissemination of judicial process in the country, a
Danish support of Nu.14 million was signed between the
Liaison Office of Denmark and the Department of Aid
and Debt Management at the High Court on January 31.
The agreement was signed between the
Director general of DADM, Aum Yanki T. Wangchuk and
Dr. Michael Vinding, Counsellor, Resident Co-ordinator,
Liaison Office of Denmark.
Though the training of 500 DYT members
in the procedural aspects of Bhutan Civil and Criminal
Procedural Codes, the project aims at decentralisation
and dissemination of the judicial process at the grass
roots level to ensure just and speedy delivery of justice.
Besides electronically linking the case information
flow in the court system, the project will facilitate
the training of bench clerks in information technology
and its use in dissemination of judicial process.
The Chief Justice Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye
said, the active and equal partnership between the judiciary
of Bhutan the Liaison Office of Denmark under the leadership
of Dr. Michael Vinding, had ushered profound reforms
in the legal system.
"This project has taken a pioneer
role of dissemination of legal principles, rights and
duties incorporated in our laws to the DYT, Mangi Aps
and gup's assistants," said Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye
adding that it was an onward journey towards the Rule
of Law and Due Process of Law.
The Project will upgrade the infrastructure
component of the dzongkhag courts and the human resource
development thus promoting professionalism and better
service to the police.
"This project will help to generate
management information for consistency, accuracy and
reliability through the information technology and facilitate
the delivery of justice faster, easier, and better to
the clients," the Chief Justice said. "The
willing and generous assistance from the Liaison Office
of Denmark on the onward journey towards the vision
of constantly improving the delivery of justice system
and responding to the changes Bhutan has embarked upon
is an exemplary cooperation that I hope we all applaud."
The Counsellor, Resident Coordinator,
Liaison Office of Denmark, Dr. Michael Vinding said
that since 1997, the Liaison Office of Denmark had signed
a number of projects supporting the judicial system
emphasizing the judiciary, one of the three pillars
of the government be given equal importance lest 'one
leg will be longer than the other.'
"Among the donor countries, I
am glad the government have recommended Danish support
for the promotion of judiciary," Dr. Michael Vinding
said adding that the support has been continuing as
the funds were executed in most exemplary way. "The
obvious reason for the support reflects that all the
money put in judiciary has been utilized extremely well."
With the current project, the Liaison
Office of Denmark since 1997 has provided a total of
Nu.58 million to the Royal Court of Justice.
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