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.
On the 20th of September, DLA Piper announced the recipient of the firm’s inaugural DLA Piper Pro Bono LeadHer Award was the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) Afghan Support Committee, so very well lead by our very own Susan Glazebrook. Presented at the firm’s Global Women’s Leadership Summit in Chicago, the award recognises the committee for its extraordinary efforts on behalf of female judges fleeing Afghanistan.
The meeting took place by video conference. There are 355 participants and 40 Observers. The documents can be reached by the website.
The IAJ Secretariat-General has been constantly active in dealing with the ordinary exchange of mails, letters and WhatsApp messages with the Presidency Committee, the four Regional Groups, the four Study Commissions and Member Associations. Some meetings were held among the members of the Secretariat-General, in order to organize the work and plan IAJ future activities and initiatives.
At the 2019 annual meeting in Kazakhstan, the IAJ agreed to set up a working party (WP) to explore the practicalities of establishing a mechanism for the IAJ to give assistance to judges who are facing prosecution, disciplinary proceedings or other measures that could undermine judicial independence and integrity contrary to the principles in the IAJ’s Universal Charter of the Judge adopted 2017 Santiago Chile.
