International Association of Judges
The International Association of Judges (IAJ) is a professional, non-political, international organization of national associations of judges. It was founded in Salzburg in 1953 and has its headquarters in Rome.
Its objects to promote the Rule of Law and the Independence of the Judiciary. Its members consist of national associations or representative groups from approximately 87 countries. It adopted a new Universal Charter of the Judge at its annual meeting in 2017 which took place that year in Santiago Chile.[1]
The IAJ website is www.iaj-uim.org, it is the oldest and most prestigious international organization of judges. It is focused on judicial independence as a guarantee of human rights. There is no human rights without independent judges, and there are no independent judges without judicial education, work conditions, staff, good salary, security, to apply the law and face the political and economical power.
IAJ board has eight members from all continents and its main instance is the central council with all its 87 countries. The association works also with judicial education with four study commissions on constitutional law, civil, criminal and labor law. For 2018 at least more four countries are expected to join IAJ.