On November 11 to 13, 2024, Arsa Ilmi Budiarti (Executive Director of IJRS) and Gladys Nadya Arianto (IJRS Researcher) had the opportunity to attend the Regional Conference on “Achieving Just Societies: Inclusive Justice Pathways for People and Planet in Asia and the Pacific” held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The People-Centred Justice conference was hosted by the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and UN Women Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the World Justice Project, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), and Pathfinders.
This conference was attended by 280 participants, including government officials, judges, legal practitioners, and representatives from civil society organizations, to engage in in-depth discussions and share experiences on diverse pathways to people-centred justice. The conference served as a dynamic platform for stakeholders to exchange insights, address challenges, and explore innovative, data-driven, and evidence-based approaches to enhancing equal and inclusive access to justice for all through people-centred methods.
During the conference, Arsa Ilmi Budiarti (Executive Director of IJRS) also had the honor of serving as a distinguished panelist in the session “Justice Reimagined: Fostering an Ecosystem for People-Centered Innovation.” Arsa shared insights and experiences related to opportunities and strategies to strengthen a justice innovation ecosystem for people-centered innovation in Indonesia. She highlighted three reasons why innovation in people-centred justice is essential and relevant:
- addressing root problems with more appropriate solutions,
- creating collaborative access to justice through inclusive digitalization, legal empowerment, training, and cross-sector collaboration, and
- enabling better resource allocation by prioritizing actual needs.
Arsa also emphasized that innovating for people-centred justice is always worth the effort. It allows us to rediscover justice in ways we’ve never seen before, creating systems that truly work for the people.
