CJP Yahya Afridi concludes Turkiye and China visits

Supreme Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi will be return home on Monday morning after completing his tours of Turkiye and China.

The chief justice attended and addressed a judicial conference of SCO countries. At the conference, the participants agreed to use the latest technology and artificial intelligence to modernize the judicial systems.

The chief justice also attended the 63rd birth anniversary of the constitutional court of Turkiye.

The chief justice led a delegation of judges to take part in the 20th Conference of Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States, held in Hangzhou, China, from April 22 to 23, 2025.

The gathering brought together chief justices and senior judicial authorities from SCO member states, including China, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye.

The conference centered around crucial contemporary judicial issues such as judicial governance of cybersecurity, judicial applications of artificial intelligence (AI), the judiciary’s role in preventing and resolving conflicts and disputes, judicial protection of minors, and combating violent terrorism.