The International conference on Judicial Independence Jerusalem Israel 2007
The international conference on Judicial Independence for the Drafting of the International Standards of Judicial Independence Vadouz, December 2007
International conference on Judicial Independence and the Constitutional Position of the Judiciary Jerusalem Israel March 2008
International conference on Judicial Independence: Comparative Analysis and Challenges of Implementation Jagelonian University Krakow October 2008.
International conference on the Culture of Judicial independence Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges University of Cambridge UK August 2009.
The international conference on judicial independence; challenges for judicial independence, implementing judicial independence in multi cultural societies and in times of crisis Utah law School Salt Lake City, Utah October 2010.
International conference on judicial independence: Culture of Judicial Independence: Essential Element for Economic Order University of Vienna May 2011.
International conference on judicial independence Hong Kong City University March 2012.
International conference on judicial independenceUniversity of San Diego August 2013
International Conference on Judicial Independence: Moscow State University of Law; Judicial Independence as Essential Foundation of Justice and PeaceMoscow May 2014
International Conference on Judicial Independence: Osnabruck University; Ensuring Fairness in Cases Involving Foreign Parties in Domestic CourtsOsnabruck October 2014
International Conference on Judicial Independence in a Globalized Legal Culture: The Use of Foreign and Transnational Precedents by National Supreme CourtsBologna and Milano, June 2015.
International Conference on Judicial Independence in Times of Transition of Government and Impartiality for Foriegn Parties in Domestic Courts. Krakow, Poland, January 2016
International Conférence on Judicial Independence: Global Challenges and Appropriate Remedies; and Measuring Justice and the Rule of Law. London, June 2018.
Conference of the International Association of Judicial Independence will be on Measuring Justice and the Rule of Law. Claremont, March 2019
International Association of judicial Independence and World Peace: Contemporary Challenges of Judicial Independence. Potsdam, February 2020.
International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace
Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Mt. Scopus on January 4-6, 2022.
This conference marked the 40th anniversary of the first international conference on judicial independence held in 1981 in Jerusalem. That conference approved the draft Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence, which was adopted in New Delhi in 1982.
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Co Chairs: Professor Shimon Shetreet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Hiram Chodosh, President, Claremont-McKenna College and Professor Eric Helland.
Legal Comparativism in Legislative-Political Discourse: Legality or Abuse
Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland, on 19 December 2022.
This 19th conference of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace (JIWP) was hosted by the Warsaw School of Law at Kozminski University and the European Legal Studies Institute of Osnabrück University, in cooperation with the International Project on Judicial Independence. The conference examined the use of legal comparativism in legislative and political discourse, exploring when comparative arguments promote legality and when they risk being misused or abused.
Co-Chairs:
• Prof. dr hab. Fryderyk Zoll, Professor at Osnabrück University / Jagiellonian University
• Dr Elwira Macierzynska-Franaszczyk, Assistant Professor, Kozminski University, Warsaw
Honorary Co-Chair:
• Professor Shimon Shetreet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, President of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace
Organisers:
• Kozminski University, Warsaw School of Law
• Osnabrück University, European Legal Studies Institute
in cooperation with the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace – International Project on Judicial Independence.
Judicial Independence and Liberal Democracy Under Threat: The Challenge of Implementing the ELI Mt Scopus Standards on Judicial Independence
UNESCO Amphitheatre, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, December 10–12, 2025
This conference of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace (JIWP), organised in cooperation with the Procedural Law Unit of the University of Nicosia, will focus on the challenges of implementing the ELI Mt Scopus Standards on Judicial Independence in an era of liberal democracy under threat.
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Co-Chairs:
- Prof. Shimon Shetreet, President JIWP, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
- Dr Nicolas Kyriakides, Director, Procedural Law Unit, University of Nicosia;
- Prof. Hiram Chodosh, President of Claremont McKenna College, Vice President JIWP.
The Judiciary: Contemporary Challenges of Implementing the ELI Mt Scopus European Standards on Judicial Independence
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, 15–17 February 2026
This 21st JIWP International Conference of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace (JIWP), organised in cooperation with the Institute of East European Law, Faculty of Law, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, will focus on contemporary challenges in implementing the ELI Mt Scopus European Standards on Judicial Independence within modern judiciaries.
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Co-Chairs:
- Prof. Shimon Shetreet, President, International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace (JIWP); Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alexander Trunk, Director, Institute of East European Law, Faculty of Law, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
- Prof. Hiram Chodosh, President, Claremont McKenna College; Vice President, International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace (JIWP).