The Honourable Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Justice Dato Paduka Haji Abdullah Soefri bin POKSM DSP Haji Abidin, attended the Judicial Roundtable on Environmental and Climate Justice on 13 October 2026 via online video conference. The hybrid event was hosted in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
The Judicial Roundtable was organized by the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices Working Group on Judicial Education and Training (CACJ WG-JET), the CACJ Working Group on Climate Justice, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI).
The Judicial Roundtable convened judges from ASEAN Member States, members of the CACJ Working Groups, representatives from UNEP and other UN bodies, the Thailand Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), alongside leading experts in climate science, human rights, and environmental rule of law.
Participants discussed core climate science principles, environmental rule of law, and emerging regional and global climate litigation trends relevant to the courts. The sessions addressed key challenges judges encounter in environmental cases, capacity gaps, and opportunities to strengthen judicial education in climate, rightsbased, and conservation litigation.
Also in attendance were Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid and Registrar Muzakkir bin Awang Haji Zakaria.
SUPREME COURT OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM / 20 OCTOBER 2026