Chief Justice D. Ganzorig attended the 19th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific, held from October 11-13, 2024, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference brought together Chief Justices from 30 countries across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss trends in court development, pressing judicial challenges, and opportunities for cross-border cooperation.
During the conference, speakers delivered speeches on important topics including their experience of using artificial intelligence and advanced technology to improve court services and accessibility, possible challenges to the independence and impartiality of the courts, experience in ensuring judicial well-being, regulation of the legal profession and the education of lawyers in an era of AI, and relations between court and media including social media.
Speakers noted of possibilities in facilitating and adapting court process by taking advantages provided by the appropriate use of artificial intelligence to increase court accessibility and deciding cases arising from the social, economic and technological development and shared their good practices.
On the topic of judicial well-being, various countries presented their initiatives aimed at improving the work environment, mental health support, and work-life balance for judges. These initiatives included mental health programs, professional development training, and the implementation of electronic systems to reduce judges' workloads.
During the conference, Chief Justice D. Ganzorig, along with Justice Ts. Tsogt and D. Erdenechimeg, Director of the Judicial Training, Research, and Information Academy under the Supreme Court, met with Chief Justices from other Asian countries to explore potential areas of cooperation. The discussions resulted in agreements on several key issues, including training opportunities for Mongolian judges at foreign judicial academies, collaboration to strengthen the Judicial Academy in Mongolia, the exchange of expertise in judge candidate training, and the establishment of a memorandum of cooperation.