UN to be told of Indonesia's
'bad' legal system
A United Nations investigator has
described Indonesia's legal system as one of the worst he has seen
and comparable only to Mexico.
UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers,
Param Cumaraswamy, was quoted by the Jakarta Post newspaper as
saying in an interview: ""I didn't realize that the
situation could be as bad as what I've seen."
Mr Cumaraswamy - a Malaysian - is on a 10 day mission to
investigate Indonesia's judiciary.
Since he arrived last week he has met several supreme court judges
as well as the foreign minister, Hassan Wirayuda.
The rapporteur, who noted a lack of political will to reform the
legal system, will report his findings to the next annual meeting
of the UN Human Rights Commission in April 2003.
23/07/2002
02:15:41 | ABC Radio Australia News
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