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International seminar of the Portuguese association of administrative judges (AMJAFP)

Fr, 14.11.2025, 20:10 The Portuguese Associação dos Magistrados da Jurisdição Administrativa e Fiscal de Portugal (AMJAFP), member of the AEAJ, organised on 14-15 November 2025 in Evora (Portugal) a reflexive seminar on administrative and tax justice: Jurisdição Administrativa e Fiscal: Panorama em Por... [Read full post]

AEAJ takes part into OSCE-ODIHR Conference on Rule of Law and Independence of Administrative Justice

Th, 06.11.2025, 17:08 The development of administrative justice in Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) is a key factor of the sustainable development of the Rule of law. in this region, marked by its distinct legal post-Soviet heritage. Three of these co... [Read full post]

AEAJ represented at OSCE Roundtable on Administrative Justice in Tirana

Mo, 06.10.2025, 12:05 Strengthening judicial independence and dialogue between Austria and Albania On2–3 October 2025, a delegation of the Austrian Association of Administrative Judges conducted a two-day study visit to Tirana, organised in cooperation with the OSCE Presence in Albania. Such a... [Read full post]

Seminar of the WG Planning and Environment in Würzburg

Mo, 22.09.2025, 19:34 AEAJ WG Planning and Environment seminar Würzburg, Germany | 18–19 September 2025 The AEAJ Working Group on Environmental Law held its annual seminar on 18–19 September 2025 in Würzburg, generously hosted by the Administrative Court of Würzburg. The seminar, titled ... [Read full post]

Seminar of the WG Asylum and Immigration in Brussels

We, 17.09.2025, 18:29 The Working Group "Asylum and Immigration" held its annual seminar on 18 and 19 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The event was kindly hosted by the Belgian Conseil du contentieux des étrangers / Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen. The RVV-CCE is a federal administrative court spe... [Read full post]

Meeting of the AEAJ Advisory Group in Leipzig

Fr, 05.09.2025, 14:18 The AEAJ Advisory Group, gathering a broad range of profiles of AEAJ friends, held its formal meeting in Leipzig on 5. September 2025, on the invitation of Holger Böhmann (former vice president of the AEAJ, 2012-2023).  The meeting took place in the premises of the German Fe... [Read full post]

Statement on the independence and working conditions of administrative judges in Greece

Su, 22.06.2025, 19:29 On 15 June 2025, the Board of the AEAJ adopted the following statement. The full text of the statement is accessible in PDF format via this link. ----- STATEMENT ON THE INDEPENDENCE AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES IN GREECE     The Association of... [Read full post]

Partner project: Backsliding Democracies - The Role of the Judiciary

Su, 22.06.2025, 18:56 We are glad to announce the lauch of a series of podcasts within the framework of our fresh partnership on Backsliding democracies!  Backsliding democracies will provide online events with top notch Rule of law experts through a very ambitious project which will develop in time. ... [Read full post]

AEAJ seminar and General assembly on 16-17 May 2025 in Ljubljana

Su, 25.05.2025, 17:57 AEAJ held the seminar of its Working Group Independence and Efficiency and its General Assembly in Ljubljana on 16 &17 May 2025. The event was kindly hosted by the Supreme Court of Slovenia. The Slovenian Association of Judges is a member of AEAJ since 2005. AEAJ congratulates its ... [Read full post]

AEAJ Ljubljana Statement on AI

Su, 18.05.2025, 18:56 AEAJ adresses challenges raised for courts by Artificial Intelligence (AI) by its open Statement on AI adopted on 16. May 2025 in Ljubljana.  This statement is the result of a year-long process associating the different components of AEAJ, with the helpful collaboration of IT ... [Read full post]

AEAJ-EJTN seminar in Prague (Czech Republic), 3-4 April 2025

Fr, 04.04.2025, 18:00 AEAJ and EJTN held their joint seminar on "Conflicts of Norms. Multi-level protection in the Application of Fundamental Rights"  in Prague on 3-4 April 2025. The seminar focussed on fundamental rights and freedoms in Europe, which are protected on several levels: Na... [Read full post]

AEAJ-EJTN seminar in Porto (Portugal), 6-7 March 2025

Mo, 10.03.2025, 10:02 AEAJ and EJTN held their joint seminar on "The Role of the Administrative Judge and Court Staff in the State" in Porto on 6-7 March 2025. This seminar intends to explore the challenges faced by the administrative judiciary in its daily work, the modern challenges that emerge from... [Read full post]

AEAJ-OSCE-Albanese School of Magistracy Joint Seminar in Tirana (Albania)

Su, 09.03.2025, 18:51 AEAJ, OSCE (Representation in Albania) and the Albanian School of Magistracy organised a joint seminar on Friday 7. March 2025 in Tirana. The topic of the seminar was dedicated to "Conflict of Norms in the field of Fundamental Rights". Such an issue, on articulation of the different le... [Read full post]

AEAJ and ABA-NCALJ renew their Memorandum of Understanding for a new triennal period

Th, 16.01.2025, 11:13 On 13 May 2022, the Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ) and the US National Conference of Administrative Law Judges (NCALJ) - American Bar Association (ABA) - concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a framework for their friendly transatlantic relations. The... [Read full post]

AEAJ 2025 Work Programme and President's Wishes

Mo, 13.01.2025, 17:24 AEAJ 2025 Work Programme AEAJ releases its 2025 Work Programme, which summarises its activities for the coming year.   The seminars of the AEAJ Working Groups will be: - WG Independence and Efficiency, 15 & 16 May 2025, Ljubljana: Towards the Cyber-Administrative Judge - WG ... [Read full post]

Lauch of the seminar "Judges Upholding the Rule of Law" in Strasbourg

Mo, 23.12.2024, 09:05 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... [Read full post]

Former Turkish judge Mehmet Tank is "Breaking an 8-Year Silence"

Fr, 13.12.2024, 15:23 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 ... [Read full post]

ELI releases the ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence

Fr, 13.12.2024, 10:44 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 Administrativ... [Read full post]

EJTN launches its fully digital 2025 Catalogue of Training Activities

Fr, 13.12.2024, 09:50 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 an... [Read full post]

AEAJ represents administrative judges at the 25th plenary meeting of the CCJE

Su, 08.12.2024, 16:30 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... [Read full post]