International Project of judicial independence
Mt Scopus Standards Conferences Series
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Jointly sponsored by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of law and the University of Cambridge Centre of Public Law
Officers and Conferences of the International project on judicial independence
General Coordinator, International Project on Judicial Independence
Professor Shimon Shetreet, Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, former Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law

I. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence in International Law Jerusalem 26-27 June 2007
Professor Shimon Shetreet , Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
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Professor James R. Crawford, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
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II Officers of the international conference on Judicial Independence for the Drafting of the International Standards of Judicial Independence Zurich Area Conference 30 November -1st of December 2007
Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor Marcel Storm, Emeritus Professor, Ghent University, Past President of the World Association of Procedural Law , Leader of the Discussions
HE Markus Buechel ,Chair of the Local Organising Committee
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III Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence and the Constitutional Position of the Judiciary Jerusalem March 18-20 2008
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Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law
University of Cambridge
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IV. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence :the Challenge of implementing the international Standards Krakow November 2008
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Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, Faculty of Law ,Jagelonian University ,Krakow
V. Co Chairs of the international conference on the The Culture of Judicial independence Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges University of Cambridge 14-16 August 2009

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,
Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law ,University of Cambridge
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VI. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial independence; Challenges For Judicial Independence
Implementing judicial independence in multi cultural societies and in times of crisis, University of Utah 1-3 October 2010
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Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,
Dean Hiram Chodosh , Co Chair of the Conference Dean School of Law ,University of Utah
Prof. Wayne McCormack , Co Chair of the Conference Dean School of Law ,University of Utah
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VII. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial independence
University of Vienna 20-22 May 2011
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Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,
Prof Walter Rechberger , Co Chair of the Conference ,Faculty of Law ,University of Vienna
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VIII Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence and Globalisation
City University of Hong Kong 21-23 March 2012
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Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law
Professor Anton Cooray ,Associate Dean , City University of Hong Kong
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IX. Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence: Impartiality and fairness of the judicial process
University of Ghent 18-20 October 2012
Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law
Professor Marcel Storme, University of Ghent, Belgium, Honorary President, international association of procedural law
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X. Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace
University of San Diego August 2013
Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law
Professor Maimon Schwartzchild , Co Chair of the Conference ,University of San Diego
XI. International Conference on Judicial Independence: Moscow State University of Law; Judicial Independence as Essential Foundation of Justice and Peace, May 2014.
XII. International Conference on Judicial Independence: Osnabruck University; Ensuring Fairness in Cases Invovling Foreign Parties in Domestic Courts, October 2014.
XIII. International Conference on Judicial Independence in a Globalized Legal Culture: The Use of Foreign and Transnational Precedents by National Supreme Courts. Bologna and Milano, June 2015.
XIV. International Conference on Judicial Independence in Times of Transition of Government and Impartiality for Foriegn Parties in Domestic Courts. Krakow, Poland, at the School of the Judiciary, January 2016.
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VII. Members of the Consultation Group of the International Project of Judicial Independence
Dr Cyrus Das, Former President of the Bar of Malaysia
Dr. Anat Scolnicov, Deputy Director, Centre of Public Law, University of Cambridge
Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, Faculty of Law ,Jagelonian University ,Krakow
Prof. Yuval Shany, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
H.E. Advocate Markus Buechel, Senior Lawyer, Liechtenstein
Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Prof. Yitzhak Hadari, Tel Aviv University, Natanya College Law
Professor Maimon Schwarzschild, Faculty of Law, University of San Diego
Professor Ada Pellegrini Grinover, Brazil
Professor Albert Chen, Professor of Law ,Hong Kong University
Professor Andreyj J. Zoll, Former President of Constitutional Court of Poland
Professor Anton Cooray, The School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
Professor Bernhard Ehrenzeller , Universität St.Gallen
Professor Bryant G. Garth, American Bar Foundation
Professor Chandra R De Silva, Dean, College of Arts and Letters at Old Dominion University
Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law University of Cambridge
Professor Daniel Thurer, Universität Zürich
Professor David Feldman, Chairman of the Faculty Board of Law, Faculty of Law University of Cambridge
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Professor Dmitry Magonya, Senior Advocate, ART DE LEX Law Firm, Moscow
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Professor Dmitry Maleshin, Moscow State Lomonosov, University Law Faculty
Professor Asher Maoz, Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Law
Professor Dr. Burkhardt Hess , University of Heidelberg
Prof Yoav Dotan , Dean Faculty of Law Hebrew University
Dr. Tomer Braude, Faculty of Law Hebrew University
Professor Dr. Francisco Ramos Mendez , Univ of Barcelona
Professor Dr. Paul Oberhammer , Universität Zürich
Professor Dr. Winfried Brugger , Universitat Heidelberg
Professor Frank Bates, School of Law, University of Newcastle Australia
Paul Morris, Barrister York UK
Prof. Sir Louis Blom Cooper, UK
Professor Judith Resnik, Yale Law School
Professor Federico Carpi , President of the World -Association of Procedural Law
Professor Garry D. Watson, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Professor Gary J Simson, Dean, Case Western Reserve University
Prof Joseph Weiler , New York University
Professor Walter Habscheid, Prof Emeritus, University of Zurich
Professor Hans Walter Fasching , Austria
Professor Hiram Chodosh, Dean, S.J. College of Law, the University of Utah
Professor Hoong Phun ('HP') LEE, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Professor James Nemeth, Eotvos Lorand University , Hungary
Professor James R Crawford, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor John Anthony Jolowicz, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Professor John Bell, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Professor Keith Uff, Executive Secretary General, International Association of Procedural Law, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham
Professor KK Venogopal, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court India
Professor Konstantinos D. Kerameus, University of Athens Greece
Professor Marcel Storme, Ghent University, Past President of the World -Association of Procedural Law
Professor Martin Friedland, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Professor Masahisa Deguchi, Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University
Professor Michel Rosenfeld ,Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Professor Moshe Hirsh, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Neil H. Andrews, University of Cambridge, Clare College,
Professor Neil James Williams, University of Melbourne,
Professor Nikolas Klamaris, University of Athens
Professor Oscar G. Chase, New York University School of Law
Professor Pelayia Yessiou-Faltsi, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Professor Per Henrick Lindblom, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University Juridicum
Professor Peter Gilles , Institut fur Rechtsvergleichung Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat
Professor Peter Gottwald , Universitat Regensburg, Secretary General World association of procedural Law
Professor John Anthony Jolowicz University of Cambridge
Professor Roger Perrot , Université de Paris
Professor Ruth Lapidot, Faculty of Law Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Sean McConville, Professor of Law and Professorial Research Fellow School of Law Queen Mary College , University of London
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Professor Sergey Nikitin, Russian Academy of Justice
Professor Shimon Shetreet, Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Stephen Goldstein, Emeritus Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Stephen Marks , Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights Department of Population and International Health Harvard School of Public Health.
Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University
Professor Walter H. Rechberger, University of Vienna
Professor Walther J. Habscheid ,Emeritus Professor ,University of Geneva and University of Zurich
Professor Yasuhei Taniguchi Tokyo Japan
Professor Yoav Dotan, Dean Faculty of Law Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Zhivko Stalev, Bulgaria
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Appendix 2
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International Law Association Study Group on the Practice and Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals on the Independence of International Judges
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Co-Chairs
Philippe Sands, Professor of Law, University College London; Co-Director, Project on International Courts and Tribunals
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Campbell McLachlan, Professor, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
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Members
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of International Law, University of Geneva
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Rodman Bundy, Frere Cholmeley Eversheds, Paris ,
James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, Cambridge University,
Hans van Houtte, Professor of International Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Mojtaba Kazazi, United Nations Compensation Commission ,
Francisco Orrego Vicuna, Professor of International Law, University of Chile ,
Alain Pellet, Professor of International Law, Université Paris X Nanterre
Davis Robinson, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae,
Soli Sorabjee, Attorney General of India,
Margrete Stevens, Senior Counsel, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Publications
Shimon Shetreet and Christopher Forsyth, Editors ,The Culture of judicial independence : Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenge ,Martinus Nijhoff , 2012