ADB, the National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), Environment Institute of Malaysia, and the Judicial and Legal Training Institute conducted a training course for session court judges hearing environmental law cases. Topics focused on umbrella strategic level areas that are helpful in deciding any kind of environmental case e.g., (i) evidence in environmental cases, (ii) environmental forensics, and (iii) remedies in environmental cases.
1. Opening Ceremony + Introduction to the Course
Opening ceremony – ILKAP Theatrette
Short Break
Introduction of trainers - ELF/EIMAS/ILKAP (Hanim Kamaruddin)
Introduction of participants (ELF Trainers**)
* Program will be conducted at MTCP ** Hanim, Normawati, Norha and Maizatun
Introduction to the course - Explanation of (Hanim Kamaruddin):
2. Building Environmental Judicial Champions
3. Environment
4. National Environmental Issues
Lunch
5. Introduction to Environmental Law and the Judiciary: Goals, Objects & Principles
6. Access to Justice
Presentation: Access to justice and public participation in environmental cases (Normawati Norha)
Industrial emissions, application of laws and judicial remedies (Maizatun Mustafa)
Case-study: Examination of contested development proposal involving a judicial decision: Bakun Dam (Malaysia) (20mins + 10 mins Q &As, Hanim Kamaruddin)
7. Environmental Protection Law
Participants to divide into groups for discussion with trainers regarding relevance of presentation to making judicial decisions (ELF trainers)
Air pollution tutorial exercise (participants to be allocated to 5 groups of six with ELF trainer to lead tutorial discussion, Maizatun to introduce ELF trainers)
Feedback Session:
Tea Break
Role play (part 1): Mediation (Hanim Kamaruddin, ELF trainers)
8. Judicial Training I
Environmental law in Court: Legal Practitioner perspective (Tuan Ahmad Ishrakh Bin Saad, Advocate and Solicitor Tetuan Ishrakh Saad & Co.)
Lunch
Investigation: Relevant Laws (1, Tuan Budiman Lutfi Bin Mohamed, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Chamber)
Tea Break
Investigation: Relevant Laws (1, Tuan Budiman Lutfi Bin Mohamed, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Chamber)
9. Control, Prevention, Management and Enforcement Aspects
Site Visit – DENSO (DDE)
De-briefing session: (DOE, ELF trainers)
Dinner
11. Judicial Training II
Development of Environmental Law: Court perspective (YA Datin Hajah Azizah Binti Haji Nawawi, High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur)
Tea Break
12. Alternative Approaches to Environmental Dispute Resolution - Role-play Exercise
Participants to engage in various roles, as previously allocated, for purposes of conducting a simulated mediation exercise. (Normawati Hanim, ELF Trainers)
Class discussion:
Lunch
13. The Judge's Inspiring Commitment - Role-play Exercise
Presentation: The role of the judiciary in environmental dispute resolution (Introduction by Hanim)
Full class Q & A with presenter: The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum (The Right Honourable YAA Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum.)
Tea Break
14. Closing Session
Creation of Environmental Law Judicial Network (Normawati Norha)
Class discussion of course outcomes (ELF trainers)
Completion of Course Evaluation forms by participants (Maizatun Mustafa)
Closing Ceremony: (Hanim Kamaruddin)
Detailed Course Outline
Welcoming Speech: Dr. Hanim Kamaruddin, Director, Train-the-Judges (TTJ) Program, Faculty of Law, UKM
Introduction to the Course: Dr. Hanim Kamaruddin, Director, Train-the-Judges (TTJ) Program, Faculty of Law, UKM
Judicial Interest in Environmental Law: Dr. Hanim Kamaruddin, Director, Train-the-Judges (TTJ) Program, Faculty of Law, UKM
Greening the Philippine Courts: the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases and Judicial Capacity Building: Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta, Legal and Policy Specialist, ADB
Drafting exercise on definition of “Environment”: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maizatun Mustafa
The Judiciary and Environmental Justice: Assoc. Prof Dr. Norha Abu Hanifah, Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Drafting exercise on definition of ‘the role of judiciary in environmental cases’
Federal and State Jurisdictions: Dr. Normawati Binti Hashim, Prof. Madya Norha Abu Hanifah ELF Member
Access to Justice and Public Participation in Environmental Cases: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norha Abu Hanifah
Access to Justice in Industrial Emission Case: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maizatun Mustafa
Case Study on the Bakun Dam in Malaysia: Dr. Hanim Kamaruddin, Dr. Normawati Hashim
Air Pollution Tutorial Exercise: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maizatun Mustafa
Environmental Protection Law: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norha Abu Hanifah
Role-Play (Part 1): Dr. Hanim Kamaruddin
DOE Enforcement Approaches (CC vs SR), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Dato' Dr. Ahmad Kamarulnajuib Che Ibrahim
Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127) Enforcement and Air Pollution Control from Point and Non-Point Source in Malaysia: Mashitah Binti Darus, Director of Air Division, DOE HQ, Putrajaya
Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127): Enforcement and Water Pollution Prevention in Malaysia: Siti Zaleha BT Ibrahim, Director, Department Of Environment, Selangor
Environmental Quality Act 1974: Enforcement and Hazardous Waste Management in Malaysia: Siti Zaleha BT Ibrahim, Director, Department Of Environment, Selangor
The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Dispute Resolution: Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak cum Federal Court Judge