International Association of Judges
The International Association of Judges (ger .: International Association of Judges, IAJ ) is an umbrella association of currently 92 national judges' associations. It was founded in Salzburg in 1953 . Its seat is Rome .
The association sees itself as apolitical. Its main objective is to protect judicial independence as an essential prerequisite for judicial administration and a guarantee of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The IAJ has consultative status with the Council of Europe , the International Labor Organization and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations . President is G. Tony Pagone.
Member associations in German-speaking countries are the German Association of Judges , the Association of Austrian Judges , the Association Suisse des Magistrats de l'Ordre Judiciaire and the Association of Liechtenstein Judges .
Web links
- Homepage
- Angelika Peters: 50 Years of the International Association of Judges , DRiZ 2004, 132
Individual evidence
- ^ Member Associations. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.iaj-uim.org/de/historie/
- ↑ https://www.iaj-uim.org/de/list-of-the-iaj-presidents/