The International Association of Judges
was founded in Salzburg (Austria) in 1953. It is a professional, non-political, international organisation, bringing together national associations of judges, not individual judges, approved by the Central Council for admission to the Association.
The main aim of the Association is to safeguard the independence of the judiciary, which is an essential requirement of the judicial function, guaranteeing human rights and freedom.
The organization currently encompasses 92 such national associations or representative groups, from five Continents.
- ALBANIA
- ALGERIA
- ANGOLA
- ARGENTINA
- ARMENIA
- AUSTRALIA
- AUSTRIA
- AZERBAIJAN
- BELGIUM
- BENIN
- BERMUDA
- BOLIVIA
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- BRASIL
- BULGARIA
- BURKINA FASO
- CANADA
- CHILE
- COLOMBIA
- COSTA RICA
- CROATIA
- CYPRUS
- CZECHIA
- DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO
- DENMARK
- DOMIN. REP.
- EAST TIMOR
- ECUADOR
- EL SALVADOR
- ESTONIA
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- GABON
- GEORGIA
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- GUATEMALA
- GUINEA
- GUINEA BISSAU
- HUNGARY
- ICELAND
- IRELAND
- ISRAEL
- ITALY
- IVORY COAST
- JAPAN
- KAZAKHSTAN
- LATVIA
- LEBANON
- LIBERIA
- LIECHTENSTEIN
- LITHUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- MALI
- MALTA
- MAURITANIE
- MEXICO
- MOLDOVA
- MONGOLIA
- MONTENEGRO
- MOROCCO
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NETHERLANDS
- NEW ZEALAND
- NIGER
- NORWAY
- PANAMA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- POLAND
- PORTUGAL
- PUERTO RICO
- REP OF CHINA
- REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
- ROMANIA
- SAO TOME E PRINCIPE
- SENEGAL
- SERBIA
- SLOVAKIA
- SLOVENIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
- TOGO
- TUNISIA
- TURKEY
- UKRAINE
- UNITED KINGDOM
- URUGUAY
- USA
The Association is organised in:
Four Regional Groups:
Four Study Commissions:
Latest IAJ NEWS
News from our
Regional Groups
Latest EAJ NEWS
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Open letter on the situation of the judiciary in Bulgaria
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2024-03-20
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“Are Rights of Judges Becoming Rule of Law Standards in Europe?”
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2024-02-25
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Meeting of the IAJ President with the Slovenian Judges’ Association
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2024-01-23
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Annual Conference of the European Forum of the Legal Professions
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2023-10-23
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EAJ statement on Lithuania
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2023-10-05
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New Board of the European Association of Judges
Source: The European Association of Judges Published on 2023-09-25
Latest IBA NEWS
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IBA Group statements about Spain and Puerto Rico
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-11-17
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Meetings of the IAJ Regional Groups in Taipei, Taiwan
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-09-18
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IBA Group declaration on Colombia, Paraguay and Peru
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-09-14
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Declaration IBA Group
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-05-10
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Meeting of the IBA Group of the IAJ in San José (Costa Rica)
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-04-14
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Next IBA group meeting
Source: The Iberoamerican Group of Judges Published on 2023-03-08
Latest AG NEWS
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ICJ: “Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee: Tunisia must answer for attacks on judicial independence”
Source: News AG EN Published on 2024-02-13
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Meetings of the IAJ Regional Groups in Taipei, Taiwan
Source: News AG EN Published on 2023-09-18
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Bamako declaration on the situation of the Judiciary in Tunisia
Source: News AG EN Published on 2023-02-27
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Meeting of the African Group in Bamako (Mali)
Source: News AG EN Published on 2023-02-21
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Meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria
Source: News AG EN Published on 2023-02-18
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Next African Group meeting in Bamako (Mali), 19-24 February 2023
Source: News AG EN Published on 2022-10-28
Latest ANAO NEWS
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Meetings of the IAJ Regional Groups in Taipei, Taiwan
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2023-09-18
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ANAO Meeting in Washington DC (USA)
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2023-05-22
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Statement by the Caribbean Association of Women Judges
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2023-03-23
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ANAO Statement on Sri Lanka
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2023-03-22
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Papers on Diversity in the Federal Judiciary
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2022-09-29
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Resolution on Yemen adopted by the Central Council in Tel Aviv
Source: The Asian, North American and Oceanian Group of Judges Published on 2022-09-27
On 19th September 2023, during the 65th annual meeting of the IAJ in Taipei, three IAJ judicial independence prizes were delivered to two judges from Tunisia and Afghanistan and to the National Judicial Council of Hungary.
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Important Documents
In its meeting in Santiago del Chile, in 2017, the Central Council of the IAJ decided to set up a Working Group charged to draft guidelines and a model statute in order to promote the establishment of associations of judges in countries where there were not.
The Working Group concluded its activities and now you can find the final official version of the document:
The document outlines the legal background and the different steps to establish an association of judges, drafts the structure of a statute and presents, as possible models, some statutes coming from consolidated national associations of different legal systems.
Solidarity with the Judiciary of:
We gathered in this page all the links referring to I.A.J.’s activities in the fight against corruption:
Representatives of the IAJ serve on the Global Judicial Integrity Network Advisory Board: Advisory Board
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Poland: anti-corruption experts report very low level of compliance with recommendations as “globally unsatisfactory”:
In a follow up assessment published on December 17th 2019 on corruption with respect to members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) determines that Poland has implemented seven of 16 recommendations and only one of six recommendations for a more recent “ad-hoc” procedure addressing specific judicial reforms (2016-2018).
Link to the article:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/greco/-/poland-anti-corruption-experts-report-very-low-level-of-compliance-with-recommendations-as-globally-unsatisfactory-
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Important achievements in the fight against corruption: article of Mr. Diego García-Sayán:
The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Mr. Diego García–Sayán, wrote an article on corruption, published in “El Pais”.
Hereinafter the link to the article:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/12/13/opinion/1576201335_758226.html?prm=enviar_email
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IV Seminar in the fight against corruption: Santo Domingo: 4-6 December 2019
The IAJ Ibero American group is promoting the IV annual seminar in the rule of law and fight against corruption.
Judicial education is a main priority of IAJ, so each year we organize a seminar like this, to join Latin American judges and discuss among international lectures, how to engage judges worldwide in the fight against corruption.
Dominican Republic invites us to the IV seminar.
Invitation (in Spanish)
Registration form (in Spanish)
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Seminar on Corruption: “Corrupcion y Estado de Derecho”- Lima (Peru), 22-24 February 2017:programme
Judicial Anti-Corruption Compact ( document submitted by Mr Rivkin,
IBA)_ English
Judicial Anti-Corruption Compact _Spanish
The International Bar Association Judicial Integrity Initiative ( document submitted by Mr Rivkin,IBA)_English
The International Bar Association Judicial Integrity Initiative_Spanish
Towards a Global Judicial Integrity Network (Oliver Stolpe’s Presentation in Chisinau – 19th May 2017)
Website: Independence Judges Lawyers
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