The Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence (Centre) is proud to announce the Sir Buri Kidu Lecture Series which will be hosted at the University of Papua New Guinea campus on 17 May 2023 commencing at 5:30 pm. The Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Honourable Susan Kiefel AC LLM (Cantab) will be the distinguished guest, to... Read More

PNG Judiciary officers, Mrs Stacey Levakia-Wali (left), Ms Janet Kekei, Mr Thomas Sigali and Ms Victoria Belo, who attended the week-long workshop on Managing and Reporting on Fraud and Corruption cases at the Federal Court in Brisbane, Australia. – Picture supplied Four Court officers from the PNG Judiciary attended a week-long workshop on the topic, ‘Managing and Reporting on Fraud... Read More

The second batch from the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) for the Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Awareness program successfully completed a half day training at the PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) training room on April 12.  The training was facilitated by PNGCJE Research and Publications Manager, Ms Debbie Laudiwana and Program officer, Mr. Peter Michael.  The GESI awareness... Read More

More than 30 judges from the PNG National and Supreme Courts along with their spouses attended a two-day Judicial Wellness for Judges program at Loloata Island Resort to help them mentally and physically within their line of work. The program was funded and facilitated by the PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence with the purpose to promote and maintain a healthy... Read More

Eleven staff of the National Judicial Staff Services recently underwent a one-day Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Awareness with the aim of achieving the objectives and explaining gender equity and social inclusion in the workplace and to discuss actions that the organization can take to mainstream GESI principles and values into its systems and practices. The staff that attended... Read More

The PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence and KPMG Papua New Guinea are proud to announce a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar. The seminar will be hosted at the UPNG New Lecture Theatre, Waigani Campus on 22 February 2023, commencing at 5.30 pm. Honourable Justice John Alexander Logan, RFD from the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme and National Courts... Read More

The PNGCJE hosted a three-day conference on Cybercrime on 7-9 February in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea for Judges and Magistrates from Pacific Island Countries. The Conference was organized and facilitated by the Commonwealth Secretariat, which is based in London, United Kingdom. Executive Director for the PNGCJE Dr. John Carey indicated that this conference is a part of the... Read More

The 17th Graduation ceremony of the PNG Legal Training Institute was held on Friday 27 January 2023 at the Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance Hall. A total of 78 students graduated with many of them receiving academic awards under various categories. With the theme ‘Resilience’, the graduation was attended by senior legal officers and special guests including Solicitor General... Read More

By Melani Toliken 27 Judicial Officers from nine Pacific Island countries participated in a workshop on Fraud and Corruption last week at Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. The pilot workshop is an initiative of the Pacific Centre for Judicial Excellence under the auspices of the Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence in the Pacific to facilitate judicial education and training... Read More

The Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) has conducted another awareness on Access to Justice in several communities in the Rigo and Abau Districts of Central Province throughout the month of July. The purpose of the awareness was to help the ordinary people in the community have an understanding of their constitutional rights and freedoms, and how to... Read More