Environment cases benefit from IT use

Participants at judicial conference say technologies promote efficiency

Judicial participants at an international meeting have called for increased use of information technology in handling environment-related cases to promote ecological and environmental governance.

They made the call in a declaration issued on Thursday at the World Judicial Conference on Environment, which was jointly held by the Supreme People's Court, China's top court, and the United Nations Environment Programme, in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

With the theme "Role of the Judiciary in Advancing Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth", the conference attracted more than 160 representatives, including judges and diplomats from 27 countries and international organizations.