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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]

AEAJ participates to the annual edition of the European of the Legal Professions

Th, 14.11.2024, 14:30 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. Sylvai... [Read full post]

Situation in Poland

We, 28.08.2024, 00:00 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.pdf Rule of Law Lawsuit: Grand Chamber dismisses actions as inadmissable //staging.aeaj.org/wfcms//uploads/2024-06-04_Joint_Pr... [Read full post]

Situation in Turkey

Mo, 15.07.2024, 00:00 Serious rule of law violations continue as attempted coup d'Etat marks 8th anniversary //staging.aeaj.org/wfcms//uploads/Statement_Turkiye_July_2024.pdf Arslan's request for conditional release: The Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey has sent a letter to the Turkish Minist... [Read full post]

Slovenia: Independence of Judges

We, 22.05.2024, 00:00 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.pdf ... [Read full post]

Bulgaria: Open letter on the situation of the judiciary

We, 20.03.2024, 00:00 Open Letter Bulgaria [Read full post]

judges@europe: "Good administration of justice and judicial accountability in the digital era: national and European perspectives"

We, 31.05.2023, 21:18 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.  Application is o... [Read full post]

High-Level Roundtable at the CJEU

Fr, 24.03.2023, 20:00 - 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. Talavera] ... [Read full post]

One-year aggression by Russia against Ukraine: Open Letter to our Ukraine colleagues

Fr, 24.02.2023, 08:00 We convey our full solidarity with Ukraine and express our highest respect to our Ukraine colleagues: Ukraine2023.pdf Ukraine2023_UK-final.pdf ... [Read full post]

American Bar Association and AEAJ become partners

Fr, 13.05.2022, 00:00 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 oth... [Read full post]

Statement of AEAJ on the crisis in Ukraine

Sa, 26.02.2022, 11:54 Ukraine declaration 25.02.2022 [Read full post]

epitaph for Dr. Heinrich Zens

Tu, 24.11.2020, 14:50 On 22. November 2020 the former President of AEAJ Dr. Heinrich Zens passed away in Vienna at the age of 63. He was one of the founding members, vice-president from 2004 to 2006, and under his presidency from 2006 to 2014 thanks to his efforts the Association continued to blossom by e.g... [Read full post]

CCJE Report situation judiciary 2019

Su, 07.06.2020, 21:49 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.  CCJE report ... [Read full post]

COVID-19-Pandemic

Su, 07.06.2020, 21:37 Declaration of the specialized organ of the Council of Europe, CEPEJ, on challenges faced by Judiciary and COVID-19-pandemic: CEPEJ Declaration Summary of conference call - 9 April 2020: "The Functioning of Courts in the Covid-19 pandemic" ODIHR: COVID-19 information ODIHR statement o... [Read full post]

Opinion of the CCJE Bureau in response to a request by the Romanian Judges Forum Association

Th, 09.05.2019, 13:53 Please find here the Opinion of the CCJE Bureau following a request by the Romanian Judges Forum Association as regards the situation on the independence of the judiciary in Romania: opinion ... [Read full post]

Opinion of the CCJE Bureau in response to AEAJ request

Mo, 08.04.2019, 14:58 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. opinion ... [Read full post]

press conference of Plattform Rechtsstaat 24th January 2019, Vienna

We, 23.01.2019, 09:30 PRESSEKONFERENZ   Solidarität mit Rechtsanwälten*innen sowie Richtern*innen in der Türkei   Plattform Rechtsstaat   Zeit: Donnerstag, 24. Jänner 2019, 10.00 Uhr Ort:  Österreichischer Journalisten Club – ÖJC         Vien... [Read full post]