International Conference “LAW & CLIMATE” in Baku
This year, Azerbaijan has been selected as the Presidency of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29). On the eve of this event, the Union of Judges of Azerbaijan, member…
Programme of the International Conference on AI and Justice – Cape Town 2024
On 20th October 2024, in occasion of its 66th annual meeting in Cape Town, the International Association of Judges (IAJ) in co-operation with the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa…
Visit of SG Oberto to Cape Town in preparation of the October meeting
From 26 to 28 July, IAJ Secretary-General Giacomo Oberto made a visit to South Africa, upon the invitation of Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (JOASA) and of the University…
EU Rule of Law Report 2024. Independence of the judiciary and the fight against corruption
The EU Commission has just published its 2024 Rule of Law Report, officially presented by the Vicepresident of EU Commission, Vera Jourova.As far as judicial independence is concerned, the first…
Amendments IAJ Statutes and Regulations
The IAJ General Secretariat has been asked by the President and the Presidency Committee to circulate among all IAJ member associations a proposal for amendments of the Constitution of the…
Statement on Turkey
On 15th July 2024, the 4 main European Associations of Judges (Association of European Administrative Judges, AEAJ; the European Association of Judges, EAJ; Judges for Judges and Magistrates Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés, MEDEL),…
UN Special Rapporteur’s post on IAJ’s initiative about the “International Day of Judicial Independence”
Today the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Prof. Margaret Satterthwaite, published on X following post:"On January 11, 2020, judges from all over Europe joined Polish…
Pope Francis’ warning on AI and Justice
On the occasion of the recent G7 summit, Pope Francesco delivered a speech on AI.Interesting especially his quoting of judges tasks as follows: "An important example of this is the use…
UN HRC Side Event – The role of judges, prosecutors and lawyers in safeguarding democracies
on 24th June 2024 the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) proposed a side-event to discuss…
Meeting of the Presidency Commettee in Dubrovnik
On June, 21 and 22 the Presidency Committee of the IAJ met in Dubrovnik (Croatia). The Committee discussed some of the issues to be submitted to the Central Council in…
Joint press release of IAJ-EAJ, Medel, AEAJ and Judges for Judges on the court order of the General Court
The four European associations and organisations of Judges (EAJ, Medel, AEAJ, Judges for Judges) are disappointed by the order of 4 June 2024 of the Grand Chamber dismissing the actions…
UN: Tunisia – Interference with the judiciary and harassment of lawyers must end
"The violent detention and arrest of lawyers Sonia Dahmani and Mehdi Zaghrouba at the headquarters of Tunisia’s bar association, and the prevention of a prominent judge from attending an international…
Meeting of the IBA Group of the IAJ in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
On 27 May, 2024, in Buenos Aires (Argentina) the mid-year meeting of the Ibero American Group of the IAJ started. In attendance were 16 member associations from Latin American countries.The…