Report from Asia Pacific regional conference of IAWJ — Sydney, 27–30 April 2017

A group of 12 New Zealand judges were fortunate to attend the Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the IAWJ held in Sydney from 27 to 30 April 2017. The theme of the conference was "Impacts of Judging: an Asia Pacific Perspective". The conference was attended by over 200 delegates from 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region as well as judicial delegates from Buenos Aires and Mexico. The Conference was described as an opportunity for women judges working in all levels of courts in the Asia Pacific region to explore some of the challenges for law and legal systems in the countries of this particular region, to explore how legal systems and courts are addressing those challenges, so that we can learn from each other and make progress.