In Bangkok last month, the chief justices of all ten Asean nations gathered to confront a quiet crisis: the law, as it has long been practiced, is struggling to keep pace with artificial intelligence, digital currencies, and climate disruption. Brunei's Chief Justice Dato Seri Paduka Steven Chong joined his counterparts in acknowledging that courts cannot afford to wait for certainty before acting — that adaptation, pursued collectively, is itself a form of justice. The Bangkok Declaration they signed is less a legal instrument than a shared admission: the judiciary must evolve, or risk becomi
Brunei leads Asean judicial cooperation push on AI, climate disputes
The initiatives include victim-sensitive adjudication of human trafficking cases, supporting vulnerable trafficking victims through improved judicial processes.