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The IAJ is the oldest and most prestigious international organization of judges. It is focused on judicial independence as a guarantee of human rights, and in this capacity holds consultant status with the Council of Europe, the International Labor Organization and ECOSOC. The association works also with judicial education with four study ...
Judges sitting ad hoc on the International Court of Justice, as of 22 July 2010 [1] Judge Nationality Appointing State Case(s) including parties and years of initiation to deposition Georges Abi-Saab Egypt Mali: Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali) 1983–1986 Adetokunbo Ademola Nigeria Ethiopia: South West Africa (Ethiopia v.
The IAWJ was founded in 1991 after fifty women judges from around the world were invited to participate in the tenth anniversary meeting of the United States National Association of Women Judges. [1] It was decided that gender discrimination in the judiciary would be easier to combat with the forming of an international alliance.
Justice Binta Nyako (born May 14, 1959) is a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria from Katsina State.She is the current President of the International Association of Women Judges and has previously served as the President of the Nigeria's National Association of Women Judges.
The association began in the 1980s. It conducted international projects and adopted international standards on judicial independence. The association promoted the 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 ...
Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have filed legal arguments either rejecting or supporting the International Criminal Court's power to issue arrest warrants in its investigation ...
Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its ...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.