Die Internationale Vereinigung der Richter
wurde im Jahre 1953 in Salzburg (Österreich) als unpolitische internationale Berufsorganisation gegründet, in der nicht einzelne Richter, sondern nationale Richtervereinigungen zusammengeschlossen sind, die durch Entscheidung des Zentralrates in die internationale Vereinigung aufgenommen werden.
Das Hauptziel der Vereinigung ist der Schutz der richterlichen Unabhängigkeit als essentielle Voraussetzung richterlicher Amtsführung und Garantie der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten.
Die Vereinigung umfasst derzeit 93 nationale Organisationen oder repräsentative Gruppen aus fünf Kontinenten.
- 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
- NIGERIA
- 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
Die Vereinigung ist organisiert in:
vier Regionalgruppen:
Europäische Vereinigung der Richter
Iberoamerikanische Gruppe
Afrikanische Gruppe
Asiatisch, Nordamerikanische und Ozeanische Gruppe
vier Studienkommissionen:
1. Studienkommission
2. Studienkommission
3. Studienkommission
4. Studienkommission
Neueste IVR Nachrichten
Neuigkeiten aus unseren
Regionalgruppen
Neueste IBA Nachrichten
- IBA Statement in defence of the right of association and freedom of expression of judges in Peru
- IBA Group Statement on the Suspension of the Public Prosecutor of Peru, Ms. Delia Espinoza Valenzuela
- IBA Group statement on Peru
- Iberoamerican Group declaration on Ecuador
- Declaration of the Iberoamerican Group on Spain
- 2025 Mid-Year Meeting of the Ibero-American (IBA) Regional Group of the IAJ, in Quito (Ecuador)
Neueste AG Nachrichten
Neueste ANAO Nachrichten
- 2025 Mid-Year Meeting of the Asian, North American and Oceanian (ANAO) Regional Group of the IAJ, in Toronto (Canada)
- EAJ Letter of Solidarity to the Judges in the USA
- FJA’s Response to Current Threats to the Federal Judiciary
- Next ANAO meeting in Toronto, Canada
- IAJ Statement on Kiribati
- Meetings of the IAJ Regional Groups in Taipei, Taiwan
Am 12. Oktober 2025 wurde während der 67. Jahrestagung der IVR in Baku der IVR-Preis für richterliche Unabhängigkeit an Prof. Margaret Satterthwaite, Sonderberichterstatterin der Vereinten Nationen für die Unabhängigkeit von Richtern und Rechtsanwälten, und an Frau Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, ehemalige Präsidentin des Obersten Gerichtshofs von Mexiko, verliehen.
WEB SITE
Wichtige Dokumente:
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.
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 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.
The Working Group concluded its activities and now you can find the final official version of the document:
- 2024 – UIJLP – Charter on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in Justice
- 2024 – “Are Rights of Judges Becoming Rule of Law Standards in Europe?”
- 2023 – The “2018 Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice”
- 2023 – Presentation of the Secretary General Oberto on the role of Judges’ Associations
- 2023 – Presentation: The judicial practice of citizen judge system
- 2023 – Article on Journal of Constitutional History
- 2023 – United States: Why Public Trust in the Judiciary Matters
- 2023 – Signature of a Co-operation Agreement between the IAJ and the International Union of Notaries (UINL)
- 2023 – Secretary-General’s “Lectio Magistralis” at the Closure of the 2023 Cycle of Lectures of the World Notariat University, in Rome
- 2018 – Article on Portuguese Courts composition regarding the execution of the European Arrest Warrant (2018)
Nachrichten und Fakten von nationalen Verbänden:
Konferenzen, Kongresse, Seminare:
- 2026 – Participation of the IAJ in the Opening Ceremony of the Inter-American Judicial Year in San José, Costa Rica
- 2025 – 31st International Congress of Notaries in Berlin, 2-4 October – IAJ’s Contribution
- 2024 – Side Event “Enhancing implementation of UPR recommendations through judicial engagement”
- 2024 – International Forum “High Culture of Jurisdiction” – Perugia (Italy), 20th September
- 2024 – International Conference of Judges from Central America and Europe in Berlin, 9-10 September
- 2024 – International Conference in Baku on “Law & Climate”
- 2023 – Annual Conference of the European Forum of the Legal Professions
- 2023 – Seminar in Tunis on the Independence of the Judiciary
- 2023 – The Global Judicial Integrity Network’s Webinar – Promoting Active Participation of Women in the Judiciar
Solidarität mit der Judikative von:
Kampf gegen Korruption:
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)
UN-Sonderberichterstatter für de Unabhängigkeit Von Richtern und Anwälten:
- Website: Independence Judges Lawyers
- 2026 – Meeting with the UN special rapporteur – consultation on the appointment process of judges
- 2025 – AI in judicial systems: promises and pitfalls – Report of the Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite
- 2024 – On-line meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur
- 2023 – Meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
- 2022 – Meeting with the IAJ and the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyer
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