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JAKARTA CONSENSUS
THE ASEAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL CONSENSUS
ON COOPERATION IN THE LEGAL FIELD
JAKARTA, 25 JULY 1995

WE, the Attorney General of Brunei Darussalam , the Attorney General of
Ind ones ia, the Attorney General of Malaysia, tl

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Solicitor General ofthe Philippines, the

Att orn ey General of Singapore, and the Attorney General of Thai land ;
ATTENDING the Meeting of the ASEAN Attorneys Gen era l in Jakarta on 24 25 Jul y !995 upon the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Singgih, the Attorn ey General of
Indonesia;
REAFFIRMING our commitment to the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967
and th e Declaration of ASEAN Concord of 24 February 1976, in particular to its
programme of action ;
RECALLING (I) The Seventeenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Jakarta 9-10
Jul y


1984 ; (2) The A ')EAN

Ministerial Understanding on the Organizational

Arrange ment for Cooperation in the Legal Field, Bali, 12 April 1986; (3) The Informal
Meeting of the A SEAN Attorneys General, Denpasar, 9 December 1989;
RECOGNIZING the mutual need for cooperation in the legal field which has to
be carried out with respect to the national legal systems in the respective ASEAN
member countries, due to the diversity oflegal ; ' Stems present in such countries;
DESIRING to facilitate the cooperation in legal field for the mutual benefit of the
ASEAN member countries;
DO HEREBY STATE the following points on which we have reached
co nsensus:
I.

Exchange of Information
a.

To facilitate the exchange of information in capital cases in conformity
with the laws, regulations and practices and subject to any public interest

consideration of the requested ASEAN member country.

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b.

The exchange of information - may be handled directly between the
Attorney General's Offices.

2.

Legal Education and Training
a.

Cooperation in the field of education and training for officials of the
Attorneys General Offices is to be accomplished through exchange of
trainees, lecturers, instructors, educational material, and study visits.

b.


The Attorneys General Offices will cooperate in informing each other if
they have a legal education or training programmes suitable for
participation by legal officers of other ASEAN member country,
specifying the name of the programme, objective, curriculum and
criteria for participation.

3.

Legal R_e search
a.

An Attorney General Office may make available to another member
country the legislations and results or findings of any lega l research
which it deems to be of mutual benefit.

b.

An Attorney General Office may initiate legal research programme son
certain cases or legal issues to be conducted bilaterally or multilaterally.


4.

Communication
To facilitate the realization of this consensus, communication will be conducted
directly among the offices of the Attorneys General.

5.

Meeting
The Attorney General shall meet at such appropriate intervals as is c ) nvenient,
but not at longer intervals than once in 3 (three) years.
DONE in Jakarta, on the twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand nine

hundred and ninety five.

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For Brunei Darussalam

PLKDR PENGIRAN BAHRIN

Attorney General
For Indonesia

SINGGIH
Attorney General
For Malaysia

DATO' MOHTAR BIN ABDULLAH
Attorney General
For the Philippines

RAUL ILUSTRE GOCO
Solicitor General
For Singapore

CHAN SEK KEONG
Attorney General
For Thailand

PROF. DR. KANIT NANAKORN

Attorney General

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. KONSENSUS JAKARTA
KONSENSUS JAKSA AGUNG ASEAN
MENGENAI KERJASAMA DI BIDANG HUKUM
JAKARTA, 25 JULI 1995

KAMI, Jaksa Agung Brunei Darussalam, Jaksa Agung Indonesia,

Jaksa Agung Malaysia, Solisitor Jendral Philipina, Jaksa Agung
Singapura, dan Jaksa Agung Thailand;

MENGHADIRI Pertemuan Jaksa Agung ASEAN eli Jakarta pacta

tanggal 24 dan 25 Juli atas undangan Yang Mulia Bapak Singgih, Jaksa

Agung Republlk Indonesia;

MENEGASKAN komitmen kami terhadap Deklarasi Bangkok

tanggal 8 Agustus 1967, dan Deklarasi Kesepakatan ASEAN tanggal 24
Pebruari 1976, khususnya program pelak:sanaannya;

MENGINGA T ( 1) Pertemuan Tingkat Menteri ASEAN ketuj uh

be las di Jakarta pacta tangga l 9- 10 Juli 1984; (2) Saling PL:ngertian P