IAJ Judicial Independence award to Murat Arslan

News of the IAJ

On 21st September 2022, During the closing ceremony of the 64th annual meeting of the IAJ in Tel Aviv, our beloved colleague Murat Arslan, founder of the Turkish judges association, currently unlawfully detained in prison for his fight in defence of judicial independence, was awarded the IAJ judicial independence prize, collected on his behalf by HP Christophe Régnard.

On the same day the Judicial Independence award was given to Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifan and to the President of the Polish Association of Judges, Krystian Markiewicz.

Here we publish the presentation video shown to the Assembly and a message from Murat Arslan’s wife.

Murat ARSLAN Video for the award ceremony.mp4 – Google Drive

Sevilay Arslan message to IAJ President José Manuel Igreja Matos:

“Dear José,

it is our pleasure to have known you. You and Christophe have done a lot for us. I never present my thanks and appreciation enough. Your presence strengthens us. I wish you and your beloved ones and colleagues a long, healthy and happy life.
As for sharing video, please share and publish it as much as possible anywhere and anytime. Murat will be so happy when I tell him what’s happened. If you have any photos or video regarding the ceremony I would be pleased to see them. Thank you so much again for your endless priceless efforts.
Warmest regards, Sevilay.”

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