AEAJ | The Association of European Administrative Judges https://aeaj.org/ The Association of European Administrative Judges Lauch of the seminar "Judges Upholding the Rule of Law" in Strasbourg https://aeaj.org/blog/lauch-of-the-seminar-34-judges/ 054f7e33031aa02838ba7f6e45816d013fe9acc6 2024-12-23T09:05:00+01:00 The thematic seminar (course launch) on “Judges Upholding the Rule of Law”, a joint project of the Council of Europe and EJTN, took place on 17th and 18th December 2024, in the premises of the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg.  This online tutored course will last two months and the assigned HELP tutors are AEAJ vice-president Evgenia Papadopoulou and Mr. Gianluca Grasso, from the Italian School of Judiciary. Former Turkish judge Mehmet Tank is "Breaking an 8-Year Silence" https://aeaj.org/blog/former-turkish-judge-mehmet-ta/ 386675c917c84942ff87227315bba78f07ff5f1f 2024-12-13T15:23:00+01:00 Mehmet Tank is a former tax judge from Turkey with a dedicated career in the judiciary and a steadfast commitment to judicial independence. He began his career as a tax inspector in 2002 before entering the judiciary in 2005. He served as a tax judge within the administrative justice system. ELI releases the ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence https://aeaj.org/blog/the-european-law-institute-eli/ 67bf2dfce6f0f81602004f00040d810559e6ce3f 2024-12-13T10:44:00+01:00 The European Law Institute (ELI) has released the ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence, available here. ELI' Standards establish guidelines to assess and promote judicial independence, rooted in the European values. The Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ) became an observer into ELI's project and contributed with detailed comments, especially on questions related to administrative law and administrative courts, that ELI took carefully into consideration. EJTN launches its fully digital 2025 Catalogue of Training Activities https://aeaj.org/blog/ejtn-launches-its-fully-digita/ 958d79f6aa8ba1f43f54c43cb74221b7852ec6a4 2024-12-13T09:50:00+01:00 The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) has released its 2025 Catalogue of Training Activities. The Catalogue is accessible either in a PDF version and in an Online interactive version. EJTN is the network of European judicial training institutions, and has delivered training and seminars to European judges for 25 years. AEAJ represents administrative judges at the 25th plenary meeting of the CCJE https://aeaj.org/blog/aeaj-represents-administrative/ 3e7a6c8d9cd2fc04dda22ed18523db2dc2976724 2024-12-08T16:30:00+01:00 The Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), an advisory body of the Council of Europe, met in Strasbourg on 4-6 December 2024 to prepare its Opinion No. 27 (2024) on the disciplinary liability of judges. AEAJ has been an observer at the CCJE for a long time and presented several comments on the draft, supported by the experience of administrative judges in the field of disciplinary law. AEAJ participates to the annual edition of the European of the Legal Professions https://aeaj.org/blog/aeaj-participates-to-the-annua/ 9ed45bfd37dc1b6d2cd36bf1dfe98386fca5094a 2024-11-14T14:30:00+01:00 On November 8th, 2024, AEAJ president Sylvain Mérenne and vice-president Eva Wendler attended the European Forum of the Legal Professions, organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). The event took place in Brussels and was broadcasted online to a large audience. Sylvain Mérenne took part in one of the afternoon's roundtables. Situation in Poland https://aeaj.org/blog/situation-in-poland/ 553d32d4b6635221179abe6de63e63f5f591c9f5 2024-08-28T00:00:00+02:00 Rule of Law Lawsuit: Four European Organisations of Judges appealing to the CJEU //staging.aeaj.org/wfcms//uploads/2024-08-28_Appeal_Summary_for_Press_Release. Situation in Turkey https://aeaj.org/blog/situation-in-turkey/ f4b6fb43de6f980bf5252abf1d4bc1fbcc3d29d4 2024-07-15T00:00:00+02:00 Serious rule of law violations continue as attempted coup d'Etat marks 8th anniversary //staging.aeaj.org/wfcms//uploads/Statement_Turkiye_July_2024. Slovenia: Independence of Judges https://aeaj.org/blog/slovenia-independence-of-judge/ c2694c3b0687ee8ef43f2c59043f818abf98efc6 2024-05-22T00:00:00+02:00 Statement on the Independence of Judges in Slovenia //staging.aeaj.org/wfcms//uploads/2024-05-24_AEAJ_Statement_on_the_independence_of_judges_in_Slovenia. Bulgaria: Open letter on the situation of the judiciary https://aeaj.org/blog/bulgaria-open-letter-on-the-si/ 7b9ee12152ff3a99c4cdfeba1d837adbffd3b8fd 2024-03-20T00:00:00+01:00 judges@europe: "Good administration of justice and judicial accountability in the digital era: national and European perspectives" https://aeaj.org/blog/judges-europe-34-good-administ/ 78671ac7e1ea73cc23f3cc49ba9d87a13d3e5a4e 2023-05-31T21:18:00+02:00 EJTN organizes the second edition of the judges@europe forum. AEAJ is honoured to be one of the cooperation partners. This event will be held on 25-27 October 2023 at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Syracuse - Italy. High-Level Roundtable at the CJEU https://aeaj.org/blog/high-level-roundtable-at-the-c/ a776c10ca9bef6614d4b2d34b3c1151cde65910b 2023-03-24T20:00:00+01:00 - jointly organised by EUAA, CJEU, ECtHR, IARMJ and AEAJ -  on Developments in judicial dialogue  through the case-law of the CJEU, the ECtHR and national courts  in the field of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) [picture: ©CJUE, taken by G. One-year aggression by Russia against Ukraine: Open Letter to our Ukraine colleagues https://aeaj.org/blog/one-year-aggression-by-russia-/ 50ef6d0f4ec374839244391519c3005c7b9d7b59 2023-02-24T08:00:00+01:00 We convey our full solidarity with Ukraine and express our highest respect to our Ukraine colleagues: Ukraine2023.pdf Ukraine2023_UK-final. American Bar Association and AEAJ become partners https://aeaj.org/blog/american-bar-association-and-a/ 96a465aea40345af375532860ef8aa6b93654b3f 2022-05-13T00:00:00+02:00 Today, the American Bar Association on behalf of its Judicial Division, National Conference of Administrative Law Judges (NCALJ) and AEAJ have signed a  Memorandum of Understanding establishing a partnership to mutually promote education and understanding about the work of each other's organizations. Statement of AEAJ on the crisis in Ukraine https://aeaj.org/blog/statement-of-aeaj-on-the-crisi/ 05b15ec46a632caaf504a93c53b0939267557cb4 2022-02-26T11:54:00+01:00 Ukraine declaration 25.02. epitaph for Dr. Heinrich Zens https://aeaj.org/blog/epitaph-for-dr-heinrich-zens/ 7f657dbe7f314c77ff9437e9f05dac21d02ecb9d 2020-11-24T14:50:00+01:00 On 22. November 2020 the former President of AEAJ Dr. Heinrich Zens passed away in Vienna at the age of 63. CCJE Report situation judiciary 2019 https://aeaj.org/blog/ccje-report-situation-judiciar/ 3aafbd2ace724c95f00ddce7a85bd796a225dc57 2020-06-07T21:49:00+02:00 Here you find the latest report of CCJE (Consultative Council of European Judges) of the Council of Europe on the situation of judiciary in 2019. COVID-19-Pandemic https://aeaj.org/blog/covid-19-pandemic/ 62a15f65d4215573c025664f57a370a18c670403 2020-06-07T21:37:00+02:00 Opinion of the CCJE Bureau in response to a request by the Romanian Judges Forum Association https://aeaj.org/blog/opinion-of-the-ccje-bureau-in--1/ 59d2ca0ff3ed9d39a7a843eabc9342ed8b795305 2019-05-09T13:53:00+02:00 Opinion of the CCJE Bureau in response to AEAJ request https://aeaj.org/blog/opinion-of-the-ccje-bureau-in-/ bb8c8a5c1c1388f740ceb78e3fe8023a0c293002 2019-04-08T14:58:00+02:00 Please find attached the Opinion of the CCJE Bureau from 29 March 2019 in response to our request from 19 January 2019 concerning the legal setting of the position of the president (vice-president) of the Administrative Court of Vienna.