International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace

The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and its members have been active in promoting judicial independence for over 30 years. It has conducted international projects and adopted international standards on judicial independence. Among the international standards which the association and its members were active in promotion: New Delhi Minimum Code of Judicial Independence, adopted in cooperation with the International Bar Association in 1982;[1] The Montreal Declaration on the independence of justice[2] adopted in cooperation with The World Association of Justice in 1983; and The Mount Scopus Standards of Judicial Independence in 2008.[3]

Aims of the Association

  1. To promote the principle of judicial independence as a central foundation democracy and peace domestic and international
  2. To strive to encourage and support the building of culture of Judicial independence
  3. To draft international standards of judicial independence and to revise them from time to time, based on the work and deliberations of an International team of Jurists
  4. To conduct research projects on judicial independence and world peace
  5. Promote the ideals of peace, democracy, freedom and liberty by strengthening and maintaining judicial independence in all its aspects.
  6. To help judges, judiciaries and jurists when they face threats or challenges to judicial independence
  7. Conduct conferences on judicial independence
  8. To initiate educational projects promoting judicial independence
  9. To follow up challenges or threats to judicial independence or practices adversely affecting judicial independence
  10. To support culture of peace in all its aspects

Main Activities

1980-82: The members of the Association developed The Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence which were adopted in New Delhi, under the framework of the International Bar Association. this was done in conferences in Berlin, Lisbon, Jerusalem and New Delhi.

1983: The members took part in drafting the Montreal Universal Declaration on the Independence of Justice.

1985: The works of the project conducted during 1980-1985 were published in Prof. Shimon Shetreet and Chief Justice Jules Deschênes, ed., Judicial independence: The contemporary debate (Martinus Nijhoff 1985)

1986: General Report on human rights was presented at the 12th Congress of Comparative Law, Sydney, Melburn, Australia.

1991: The major report on "Independence and Responsibility of Judges and Lawyers" was presented in the International Congress of the World Association on Procedural Law, Coimbra - Lisbon, Portugal.

2000: The members of the Association contributed to the study of the Discretionary Power of the Judge, in the 50th Anniversary of the International Association of Procedural Law, University of Ghent.

1999-2009: Members of the Association took part in the Culture of Peace Project and in the Religions for Peace Organization International (RPO International) and organized conferences around the world.

2007-2012: Revision during series of conferences in Jerusalem 2007, Vadouz 2007, Jerusalem 2008, Kraków 2008, Cambridge 2009, Utah 2010, Vienna 2011, Hong Kong 2012 and Ghent 2012 of the 1982 New-Delhi Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence which was concluded in the Mt. Scopus International Standards on Judicial Independence.

Officers and Advisory Board

The members of the Association are distinguished jurists and scholars from all around the world.[4]

Officers of the Association

President - Prof. Shimon Shetreet Vice President - Prof. Daniel Thurer Vice President - Adv. Markus BuechelDeceased 9 July 2013 Vice President - Prof. Marcel Storme Secretary and Treasurer - Adv. Gian Andrea Danuser Auditor - Prof. Heinz C. Hoefer - Liechtenstein

Advisory Board

Co-Chairs

Professor Christopher Forsyth, University of Cambridge
Professor Marcel Storme, University of Ghent

Vice Chair

K K Venugopal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court India

Members

Advocate Markus Buechel, Senior Advocate, Liechtenstein
Professor Anton Cooray, City University of Hong Kong
Professor Maimon Schwartzschild, University of San Diego
Professor Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, Jagiellonski University and University of Osnabruck
Professor Wayne McCormack, The University of Utah
Professor Dr. Walter Rechberger, University of Vienna

Conferences

The Association and its members organized numerous conferences around the world. In the last decade, the Association organized conferences in: Ghent, Belgium (October 2012), Hong Kong City, Hong Kong (March 2012),[5] Vienna, Austria (2011), Salt Lake City, USA (2010), Cambridge, UK (2009), Kraków, Poland (November 2008), Jerusalem, Israel (March 2008), Vaduz, Lichtenstein (December 2007), Jerusalem, Israel (June 2007)[6]

One of the significant conference was held in the University of San Diego at August 2013, and focused on Judicial Independence World Peace and the Rule of Law[7] The last conference was held in Moscow (May 29 - June 1, 2014), organised by Dmitry Magonya, Dmitry Maleshin, Irina Reshetnikova.

The New Delhi Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence 1982

The New Delhi Code provided for necessary safeguards of judicial independence on the following aspects:[8]

A) Personal and Substantive Independence
B) Judicial Conduct
C) Collective Independence
D) Internal Independence
E) Judges and the Executive
F) Security of Judicial Tenure
G) The Legislature and Judges
H) Standards of Judicial Selection[9]

Mount Scopus International Standards 2008

The Mount Scopus International Standards emphasized the importance of maintaining constitutional safeguards of judicial Independence and securing judicial independence from numerous aspects including: collective independence of the judiciary, internal independence of the judge vis-a-vi his colleagues and his administrative superiors, the significance of insuring reflective judiciary i.e. judiciary which reflects all sectors of society and the importance of providing educate resources for the judiciary to perform its functions, and the total separation of powers between judicial functions and executive responsibility.[10][11]

Main Publications

Shimon Shetreet and Jules Deschenes, Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985 Martinus Nijhoff)[12][13]

Shimon Shetreet and Christopher Forsyth, The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "New-Delhi Standards 1982 New Delhi Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Montreal Declaration Universal declaration on the independence of justice". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Mt. Scopus Approved Revised International Standards of Judicial Independence Approved March 19, 2008". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  4. ↑ "Members of the Association". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  5. ↑ "International Project on Judicial Independence" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  6. ↑ "The Mt. Scopus Conferences 2007-2012". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  7. ↑ "The International Conference on Judicial Independence, San Diego, USA 2013". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Analysis of the Concept Of Judicial Independence". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  9. ↑ Shimon Shetreet and Jules Deschenes, Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985 Martinus Nijhoff).
  10. ↑ "Mt. Scopus Standards 2007-2012". The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  11. ↑ S. Shetreet and C. Forsyth (eds.), The culture of judicial independence: Conceptual foundations and practical challenges, 637+xlix pp. (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012).
  12. ↑ S. Shetreet (2002). Judicial Independence Judicial Independence. Kluwer Law International, BV. ISBN 9789024731824.
  13. ↑ Shimon Shetreet and Jules Deschenes, Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985 Martinus Nijhoff).
  14. ↑ Shetreet, Shimon; Forsyth, Christopher (2011). The Culture of Judicial Independence. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004188334.
  15. ↑ S. Shetreet and C. Forsyth (eds.), The culture of judicial independence: Conceptual foundations and practical challengeS, 637+xlix pp. (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012).
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