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Saturday, 25 October, 2014

Time Activity
08:00-08:45 Registration
08:45-09:40 Opening Ceremony
09:40-10:20
  • Keynote Speech:Legal Aid and the Universal Value of Human Rights
  • Moderator:Mr. Chih-kuang WU, Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
  • Speaker:Mr. Dunstan Mlambo, Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
10:20-10:40 Tea Break
10:40-11:40
  • National (Regional) Reports I
  • Moderator:Ms. Michele McCreadie, General Manager, Legal Aid Services, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand
  • Speakers:Taiwan, Australia, Canada, England & Wales(U. K.), Hong Kong (SAR), Republic of Indonesia, Japan
11:40-11:50 Break
11:50-12:40
  • Special Report:Comparing legal aid systems
  • Moderator: Mr. Anthony John Reilly, CEO, Legal Aid Queensland, Australia
  • Speakers: Prof. Maurits Barendrecht, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
12:40-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:10
  • National (Regional) Reports II
  • Moderator:Mr. Mark Benton, Q.C., CEO, Legal Services Society, British Columbia, Canada
  • Speakers:Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Thailand, U.S.A., Vietnam
15:10-15:25 Tea Break
15:25-16:30
  • Panel Discussion I:Cross-border co-operation: Applying the standards outlined in United Nations legal aid principles and guidelines through cross-border co-operation between legal aid organizations.
  • Moderator:Mr. Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Executive Director, Maryland Legal Aid, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Speakers:
    Mr. Jerry Cheng, Committee Member, International Affairs Committee, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
    Ms. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, Chief Public Attorney, Public Attorney's Office, Department of Justice, the Philippines
    Mr. Anthony John Reilly, CEO, Legal Aid Queensland, Australia
16:30-16:40 Participants move to Workshop rooms
16:40-18:10 Workshop I:Group Discussions (3 groups)
19:00-21:00 Welcome Banquet (by invitation)

Sunday, 26 October, 2014

Time Activity
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:35
  • Panel Discussion II:
    Appropriate resource allocation: Allocating legal aid resources to provide services which reflect international human rights standards and principles.
  • Moderator:
    Mr. Kuo-Cheng Chen, Director-General of Department of Administrative Litigation and Discipline, Judicial Yuan
  • Speakers:
    Ms. Ta-Hua Yeh, Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
    Mr. Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Executive Director, Maryland Legal Aid, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
    Ms. Michele McCreadie, General Manager, Legal Aid Services, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand
10:35-11:00 Tea Break (Participants move to Workshop rooms)
11:00-12:30 Workshop II:Group Discussions (3 groups)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:05
  • Panel Discussion III:
    Legal aid lawyers’ services: Ensuring the quality of legal aid lawyers’ services conform to international principles concerning the role of lawyers.
  • Moderator:Prof. Maurits Barendrecht, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
  • Speakers:
    Mr. Ping-Cheng Lo, Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
    Mr. Hugh Barrett, Director, Legal Aid Commissioning and Strategy, Legal Aid Agency, Ministry of Justice, U.K.
    Mr. Keita Abe, Senior Researcher of Research Division, Director of Information System Management Division, Japan Legal Support Center, Japan
15:05-15:30 Tea Break (Participants move to Workshop rooms)
15:30-17:00 Workshop III:Group Discussions (3 groups)
17:00-17:10 Participants move to the Roundtable meeting room
17:10-18:10 Roundtable meeting(invited speakers & delegates only)

Monday, 27 October, 2014

Time Activity
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:40

Workshop Conclusions and Q&A

  • Moderator:Mr. Shone Wei-Shyang Chen, Secretary-General, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C.(Taiwan)

Panel I:Cross-border co-operation: Applying the standards outlined in United Nations legal aid principles and guidelines through cross-border co-operation between legal aid organizations.

  • Speaker:
    Mr. Jerry Cheng, Committee Member, International Affairs Committee, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
  • Discussant:
    Ms. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, Chief Public Attorney, Public Attorney's Office, Department of Justice, the Philippines

Panel II:Appropriate resource allocation: Allocating legal aid resources to provide services which reflect international human rights standards and principles.

  • Speaker:
    Ms. Ta-Hua Yeh, Board Member, Legal Aid Foundation, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
  • Discussant:
    Mr. Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Executive Director, Maryland Legal Aid, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Panel III:Legal aid lawyers’ services: Ensuring the quality of legal aid lawyers’ services conform to international principles concerning the role of lawyers.

  • Speaker:
    Ms. Yi-Ting Hu Executive Secretary of Parents' Association for persons with intellectual Disability, Taipei City
  • Discussant:
    Mr. Hugh Barrett, Director, Legal Aid Commissioning and Strategy, Legal Aid Agency, Ministry of Justice, U.K.
10:40-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-11:40 Closing Ceremony
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18:00 Courtesy Visit & Tour(by invitation)
18:30-21:00 Farewell Banquet(by invitation)
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