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To
strengthen and expedite the judicial process in Bhutan
by embracing technological changes, the High Court began
the first of a series of courses aimed at imparting
computer knowledge to its staff this week.
The
first batch of trainees, 30 bench clerks from the nation’s
20 Dzongkhag Thrimkhangs, will be taught over the next
30 days the basic computer applications in the national
language, Dzongkha. Including three subsequent batches,
about 120 bench clerks will have learned computer operations
at the end of the training series.
“Nothing
could be more appropriate than imparting computer training
for the new millennium,” the Chief Justice, Lyonpo Sonam
Tobgye, said at the opening of the course. “We have
to continually get ourselves upgraded and take advantage
of the latest and most advanced technologies.”
According
to the Chief Justice, Bhutan’s Thrimkhangs today were
well equipped with computers, photocopiers, fax machines
and sophisticated tape recorders. Computers, he said,
have helped the judiciary measure, quantitatively through
court statistics, the length and volume of cases, and
brought efficiency in the justice system.
“In
future any person would be able to tap into the court’s
case Management System to find precisely the status
of a case,” the Chief Justice said. “It will also enhance
transparency.”
The
training is supported by the Danish government under
its 21-month phase II project. The project had supplied
41 computers to the judiciary last year and 15 computers
this time.
According
to Dr. Michael Vinding, the coordinator of the Danish
liaison office in Bhutan, Danish assistance today encompassed
all “three pillars” of the royal government: the executive,
the legislature and the judiciary. Its support to the
judiciary had been extended into phase II after a highly
successful implementation of phase I and that DANIDA
would like to continue the cooperation into the future.
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