Please find here enclosed the report, together with other documents, concerning the application for membership of the National Association of Judges of Nigeria in the IAJ, which has been favourably evaluated by the IAJ Presidency Committee.
Please find here enclosed a statement of the Presidency Committee of the IAJ, in English and French, expressing its support to the Federal Judges Association (FJA), regarding the situation occurring to judges in the USA.
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.
2020 will be another crucial year for IAJ. While celebrating our 67th anniversary and before holding our 63rd annual world meeting in San José (Costa Rica), we’ll be focusing on a number of activities both at regional and global level.