On 11 January 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Professor Margaret Satterthwaite, addressed to all Judges of the world a special message, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the "1000 Robes March" in Warsaw (Poland) and to underly the need to commemorate this day as the "Judicial Independence Day 1000 Robes March".

International Association of Judges (IAJ) members from across the globe convened in Cape Town for the annual IAJ conference, this year hosted in collaboration with the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (JOASA).

The Central Council of the International Association of Judges (IAJ), during the 66th international meeting in Cape Town (South Africa), unanimously adopted the following statement.

Please find here enclosed a statement of the Presidency Committee of the IAJ, concerning the current situation in South Africa.

JANZ is accredited with the International Association of Judges. The IAJ has its annual meeting shortly, this time in Cape Town. We will remotely participate and vote through the kind proxy given to our Australian cousins. 

Please find here enclosed a statement on Kiribati signed by the President of the IAJ, Mr. Duro Sessa and the President of the ANAO group, Ms. Allyson Duncan.

In view of the next IAJ annual meeting in Cape Town, I am writing to you in regards to the answers to the questionnaires of the four IAJ Study Commissions.

Read the resolutions adopted by the Central Council in Taipei about Tunisia and Armenia.

Here you will find the general reports and conclusions of the 2023 IAJ study commissions.

The 2023 ANAO meeting, titled Judging after Covid, was held on May 22-23 in Washington, DC. You can read the program and the minutes from the meeting here.

In view of the next ANAO meeting, which will be held in Washington, DC on May 22-23, 2023, please find here enclosed the materials required.

Please find hereinafter the announcement of  IACA 2023 international conference, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 25-27 October 2023 .

We are pleased to inform you that Judge Zaheri and his family are now safe in Germany thanks to the help of the German Association of Judges (DRB) and the IAJ.

Read the full statement here.

In 2021, the United Nations declared that going forward, March 10 would be declared the International Day of Women Judges.

The Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO), has issued the attached resolution, which I would appreciate it if you would share.

Find here enclosed the final ANAO statement on Sri Lanka.

Please find here enclosed a statement of the EAJ Board on the recent legislative activities in Israel.

An invitation from Giacomo Oberto, Secretary General of the International Association of Judges, to the mid-year meeting of the Asian North American and Oceanian Group of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) held in Washington, DC the 22nd and 23rd of May, 2023.

The subject of the 4th study Commission this year was the impact on judicial independence of the judicial workplace, including nominations and appointments, governance, independence in decision making, assignments fund and other resources.