On 15th May the 2025 mid-year meeting of the Asian, North American and Oceanian (ANAO) Regional Group of the IAJ started in Toronto (Canada), according to the following Program.
The meeting was presided over by IAJ Vice-President, President of the ANAO Group, Ms. Allyson Duncan. In attendance was also the IAJ Secretary-General Mr. Giacomo Oberto, as well as delegates from Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Rep. of China – Taiwan, and U.S.A.
The educational part of the event comprised following presentations:
Associate Chief Justice for Ontario Superior Court, The Honourable Faye McWatt
Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, Marc Giroux
Module #1
Maintaining and Enhancing Respect for Judicial Officers and the Impact of Social Media
Professor Michael Geist of Ottawa University
Senator Pierre Moreau
– Presentation of bill S-291 – An Act to Establish Judicial Independence Day
Module #2
Strategies to Deal with Backlogs and Delays in the court system
a) European experience – Giacomo Oberto
– Presentation
b) Role of ADR part 1 – Allyson Duncan
– Presentation
c) Role of ADR part 2 – Grace Yin-Lun Lin
The Honourable Michael Tulloch, Chief Justice for Ontario
Ian McDougall, President, Lexis Nexis Rule of Law Foundation
