2025 Rule of Law Report
On 8 July 2025, the European Commission officially adopted the 2025 Rule of Law Report.The official press release, the full report, and related materials are available on the European Commission’s…
Issue No. 2/2025 of the IAJ-UIM Newsletter now available
Issue No. 2/2025 of the IAJ-UIM Newsletter is now available on our website:ISSUE No. 2-2025Following subjects are dealt with in this edition:MEETING OF THE PRESIDENCY COMMITTEE IN NAPLES (June 2025)MEETING…
Iberoamerican Group declaration on Ecuador
On July 2, 2025, the IBA Group issued a declaration in defence of judicial independence in Ecuador, in light of the attacks perpetrated by the Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior…
ELI Institute newsletter – Contribution by the IAJ President Mr. Duro Sessa
The June 2025 newsletter of the European Law Institute (ELI) contains an interesting contribution by the President of the International Association of Judges (IAJ), Mr. Duro Sessa. Read here the…
UNODC: European perspective on good practices in judicial disciplinary bodies
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has spotlighted Europe’s valuable lessons for strengthening judicial integrity in its latest release: “A European Perspective on Good Practices in Judicial…
Backsliding Democracies – The Role of the Judiciary
A new international initiative titled "Backsliding Democracies – The Role of the Judiciary" has launched to investigate how courts are being impacted by, and contributing to, the erosion of democratic…
American Bar Association files suit to halt government intimidation of lawyers and law firms
The American Bar Association has initiated legal action against the United States government, including over twenty federal departments and agencies along with their top officials, seeking a federal court ruling…
Meeting of the IAJ Presidency Committee in Naples
On 20 and 21 June, 2025, the IAJ Presidency Committee held its springtime meeting in Naples (Italy). Among the different items on the agenda we may mention the organisation of…
Conference “Judicial Independence” in Athens
EAJ Vice President Roland Kempfle spoke on the Conference "Judicial Independence" on June 19, 2025 in Athens. The conference was co-organised by the Greek Association of Judges and Prosecutors and…
UN Special Rapporteur: Unchecking power and capturing courts
Find hereinafter an essay written by the UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Margaret Satterthwaite, published by the Rutgers University Law Review, on: Unchecking power and capturing courts: how autocratization erodes independent…
IBA Statement on Argentina
The IBA Group adopted a statement on the attacks on the Argentine judiciary following the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the prison sentence of a former president of the Republic.…
Letter of our Turkish colleague Mehmet Tank
We publish here, with the agreement of his author, a letter sent by our Turkish colleague Mehmet Tank from his prison in Turkey to the then President of the Italian…
IGCC essay on the Independence of the Judiciary
In her essay on the independence of the judiciary, published by the IGCC, Dr. Mónica Castillejos-Aragón wrote about the march of 1000 robes, which took place in Poland in January…
ENCJ adopts Declaration of Riga “Confronting the Threats to the Rule of Law”
Vice President Roland Kempfle represented the EAJ at the General Assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) that took place in Riga from June 4th to…
IAJ’s Secretary-General Report before the 44th Plenary Assembly of the CEPEJ in Strasbourg (4 and 5 June, 2025)
On 4th and 5th June, 2025, IAJ Secretary-General Giacomo Oberto submitted to the 44th Plenary Assembly of the CEPEJ a report on the activities of the CEPEJ-SATURN WG on the…