Judges of superior courts, foreign delegates, and members of different bar associations from all over the country on Saturday enthusiastically participated in the second day of proceedings of the International Judicial Conference 2012. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also actively participated in the discussions being carried out by eight working groups. Group I, chaired by Justice Saqib Nisar, discussed the role of the judiciary in promoting culture of tolerance. Turkish Constitutional Court Vice President Arparslan Altan and Supreme Court Bar Association President Yaseen Azad were amongst the panelists. Group II discussed the important issue of terrorism and money laundering to determine emerging money laundering and terrorist financing trends within and between jurisdictions and review existing legislations to make them more effective. Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, chief justice Afghanistan and Turkish Constitutional Court judge were amongst the panelists. Group III deliberated upon the role of the judiciary in good governance. The participants were of the view that the assurances of fundamental human rights were the basic ingredients of good governance and the judiciary was the ultimate protector of such assurances. Justice, South Africa Deputy Chief Justice ZM Yacoob also spoke on the issue. Group IV discussed alternative dispute mechanisms to explore the opportunities to promote and encourage use of ADR and highlight its importance in decreasing the workload on courts and to provide speedy justice. Judge Delissa A Ridgway of United States Court of international Trade and Hannah Tuempel, Manager of International Centre for ADR, Paris were also speaking in this group.
