To all national member-associations of the IAJ
Dear Colleagues,
The IAJ Secretariat-General received by President Tony Pagone a proposal for amendment of the constitution and regulations of the International Association of Judges (IAJ), which follows the results of the works of the presidency committee in its last meeting in June by video link.
The amendments apply to cases when force majeure or other events prevent the regular running of IAJ‘s activities.
You can read the proposal in the file at the end of this communication, sent in accordance with article 12 of the same constitution.
The proposal intervenes on articles 7 and 8 of the statutes and on articles 7 and 13 of the regulations to discipline the frequency of meetings of the central council (CC), the extension of mandates conferred by elections, the suspension of the monitoring procedure that might be affected, and in fact, were affected by situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue of the rendering of account when the CC does not meet was already envisaged by the constitution (article 10, par 2), therefore no amendment is needed. The amendment would also retrospectively cover the decision to prolongate the mandate of the presidency committee and of the secretariat-general of one year, until next meeting of the central council.
The president’s proposal will be included in the agenda for the discussion and vote by the central ouncil in its meeting scheduled in San José (Costa Rica) in September 2021 (days to be communicated).
Yours sincerely,
Giacomo ObertoSecretary-General of the IAJ