Corruption is a cancer that kills and destroys institutions and nations and people, if not detected and prevented in its track earlier and promptly. The prevention of corruption and ensuring anti-corruption measures are established in the Judiciary, is necessary to building public confidence, trust in the judiciary and protection of its integrity. These were the opening remarks made by Deputy... Read More

Protocol Workshops have begun for staff of the Waigani Courthouse who have been selected by the local organizing committee to participate at the 10th Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum Conference. The objective of the workshop is to provide efficient, customer-friendly, and competent professionals engaged to work at the international conference. The staff were divided into three groups and participated in a two-days protocol... Read More

Judge Administrator for the Commercial Track Honourable Justice Thomas Anis and Justice John Carey attended the 5th Full Meeting of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC) in Doha, Qatar. The meeting was held at the Qatar University and attended by Chief Justices and Judges from 57 Commercial Courts around the world. SIFoCC exists for three reasons: 1. Users –... Read More

A total of twenty-four officers from the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) successfully completed a two-day Judicial Protocol training on 2 and 3 April 2024. The workshop was facilitated for the support staff of the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference 2024, which will be hosted in Port Moresby from 19 to 21 August 2024. The workshop marked the inaugural session... Read More

The PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) is proud to announce the recent appointment of Mr. Nicholas Mirou, as the Deputy Executive Director (DED) for the Division effective February 26, 2024. The recently appointed DED, Mr. Mirou hails from the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. He is married and has two children who have both graduated from the University... Read More

A total of twenty (20) participants recently participated in the first Customer Service training for this year in Alotau, Milne Bay Province on the 27 – 28 of February 2024 PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) Program officer for the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) Ms. Emmah John said participants comprised of staff from the National Court, the district court,... Read More

The Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence in conjunction with the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted a two-day symposium on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. The symposium was attended by judges and magistrates from provincial National and District Courts, who learned about the key aspects of dealing with cybercrime cases and electronic evidence. The symposium... Read More

The PNG Judiciary welcomes the President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Dr. Peter Maynard KC, to Port Moresby on 3 to 9 February. Dr. Maynard will attend the 2024 legal year opening ceremony. Dr. Maynard is a senior partner of Peter D. Maynard Counsel and Attorneys, a full-service commercial firm in the Bahamas. He is also the former Vice President... Read More

The PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence conducted a webinar on 22 November 2023 on the topic of Human Rights in Papua New Guinea, focusing specifically on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in PNG as violation of Human Rights. The one-hour webinar was conducted by Justice Oagile Dingake, who is a Judge of the Supreme and National Courts of PNG. Judge Dingake... Read More