On 8-10 May, 2025 the mid-year meeting of the European Association of Judges, European Regional Group of the IAJ, took place in Yerevan (Armenia) with the attendance of the President of the IAJ Mr. Duro Sessa, the First Vice-President and President of the IBA Group Mr. Walter Barone, IAJ Honorary President Mr. Geri Reissner, the EAJ President and IAJ Vice-President Mr. Mikael Sjoberg, the IAJ Vice-Presidents Ms. Sabine Matejka and Mr. Roland Kempfle, the IAJ Secretary-General Mr. Giacomo Oberto and the IAJ Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Raffaele Gargiulo. In attendance were representatives of 34 European Member Associations of the IAJ. The meeting was hosted by the Armenian Association of Judges.
The debates focused on several items of the agenda. Among them the situations of the judiciary in Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Montenegro.
The assembly heard and discussed as well the reports from the three permanent Working Groups of the EAJ: the Working Group on the situation of Member Associations, the “Ways to Brussels” Working Group and the Working Group on “Judicial Salaries and Pensions”.
The event was preceded by an international conference, on 8th May 2025, on the subject “Justice for Judges Safeguarding Judicial Independence”.
