For some time now, the family courts in Singapore have recognised that in the area of family disputes, a more conciliatory and less adversarial approach is required to achieve better outcomes for families. Hence, since the mid-1990s, mediation and counselling programs have been incrementally introduced into the family justice process, culminating in compulsory court mediation and counselling for divorcing couples with minor children. Building on these efforts, and pursuant to the recommendations of an inter-agency committee, a second wave of wide-ranging reforms were introduced in 2014 to further transform the family justice system. The reforms included the setting up of a unified family court, namely, the Family Justice Courts (FJC), the introduction of a differentiated case management system and the introduction of the “judge-led” approach to empower the judge to more effectively manage a case. Building on this momentum and in yet another milestone moment, Presiding Judge Debbie Ong recently announced in FJC's workplan speech in May 2020 that the family justice system in Singapore will seek to deliver “Therapeutic Justice.” Expressly embracing and articulating TJ at this point of FJC's journey provides an important organising framework within which, and lens through which, the family justice system can pull together the threads of its past efforts and, at the same time, collectively co-create a truly transformative TJ vision for the future. Since her announcement, the apex court in Singapore has, in published case law, stated that “TJ is not merely an ideal it is a necessity. It is not merely theoretical but it is intensely practical. It is axiomatic that relationships constitute the very pith and marrow of a family. When familial relationships break down, those relationships (between spouses and between each spouse and the children) are damaged. Such damage cannot be repaired (completely at least) by way of material recompense; healing needs to take place.” TJ is now firmly established in the lexicon of family justice in Singapore. The challenge and task ahead is for all the family justice professionals including law and policy makers, universities, academics and teachers of family law, family judges, family lawyers, psychologists, counsellors and other allied mental health professionals who operate within the family justice eco-system to work together, to build on what adopting TJ means for family justice in Singapore, in refining our TJ narrative and implementing TJ in practical terms, entailing both the therapeutic design of family law and the therapeutic application of family law.

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治疗性司法 - 这对新加坡的家庭司法系统意味着什么†

一段时间以来，新加坡的家庭法院已经认识到，在家庭纠纷领域，需要采取更加和解和较少对抗的方法来为家庭取得更好的结果。因此，自 1990 年代中期以来，调解和咨询计划逐渐被引入家庭司法程序，最终导致对有未成年子女的离婚夫妇进行强制法庭调解和咨询。在这些努力的基础上，并根据机构间委员会的建议，2014 年推出了第二波范围广泛的改革，以进一步改变家庭司法系统。改革包括设立一个统一的家庭法庭，即家庭司法法庭（FJC），引入差异化的案件管理系统，并引入“法官主导”的方法，使法官能够更有效地管理案件。在这一势头的基础上，在又一个里程碑时刻，主审法官 Debbie Ong 最近在 FJC 2020 年 5 月的工作计划演讲中宣布，新加坡的家庭司法系统将寻求实现“治疗性正义”。在 FJC 旅程的这一点上明确地拥抱和阐明 TJ 提供了一个重要的组织框架，通过该框架和镜头，家庭司法系统可以将其过去努力的线索汇集在一起​​，同时共同创造一个真正的对未来的变革性 TJ 愿景。自她宣布以来，新加坡最高法院在已公布的判例法中，表示“TJ不仅是一种理想，而且是一种必需品。它不仅是理论性的，而且是非常实用的。不言而喻的是人际关系构成了一个家庭的精髓和精髓。当家庭关系破裂时，这些关系（配偶之间以及每个配偶与子女之间）就会受到损害。此类损坏无法通过物质补偿的方式修复（至少完全修复）；康复需要举行。” TJ 现在已在新加坡的家庭司法词典中牢牢占据一席之地。未来的挑战和任务是针对所有家庭司法专业人士的，包括法律和政策制定者、大学、学者和家庭法教师、家庭法官、家庭律师、心理学家、辅导员和其他在家庭司法生态系统内运作的相关精神健康专业人士。系统合作，在新加坡采用 TJ 对家庭正义的意义的基础上，完善我们的 TJ 叙述并在实践中实施 TJ，包括家庭法的治疗性设计和家庭法的治疗性应用。