The International Association of Judges (IAJ-UIM) co-hosted an international conference of judges from Central America and Europe which took place in Berlin, Germany, from September 9th to 10th, 2024.
The conference brought together 18 judges and representatives of judicial associations of renowned trajectory in Central America and Europe, as well as members of international organisations that advocate for the defense of judicial independence.
The dialogues responded to the need to sustain collaborations between different social sectors to defend the attacks on justice systems in different regions of the world.
The IAJ was represented by Vice President Roland Kempfle, who co-hosted the event also on behalf of the German Association of Judges (Deutscher Richterbund, DRB), and First Vice President Walter Barone, President of the Ibero-American Group of the IAJ.
First Vice President Walter Barone also spoke on the concluding Panel Forum “Towards Achieving Global Justice: Latin American and European Perspectives”. Keynote speakers of the high-level event were Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the United Nations, and Tim Eicke, Justice of the European Court of Human Rights.
Program of the Round Table Event:
