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…
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…
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…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
The Presidency Committee of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) endorses the recent resolution on Tunisia, adopted by the African Group, regional group of the IAJ. PC resolution Previous news
On 20th March 2024 an open letter on the situation of the judiciary in Bulgaria was sent to Ms. Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights (CoE) and to Mr. Didier Reynders,…