Nigeria Judges admitted into International Association of Judges

The International Association of Judges (IAJ) has admitted the National Association of Judges successful Nigeria (NAJN) arsenic a subordinate of the body.

NAJN, which volition correspond Nigeria astatine the planetary judicial body, was admitted astatine the 67th yearly gathering of the IAJ holding successful Baku, Azerbaijan.

Mr Tobi Soniyi, the media adjutant to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, made this known successful a connection connected Monday successful Abuja.

According to the statement, the admittance of Nigeria into the satellite assemblage demonstrates planetary designation and assurance successful the Nigerian judiciary.

Responding to the development, Justice Kekere-Ekun said it was genuinely a infinitesimal of pridefulness and privilege for Nigeria to articulation the planetary assemblage of judges, dedicated to the regularisation of law, judicial independency and the extortion of quality rights.

“Nigeria embraces this rank with humility, commitment, and a heavy consciousness of responsibility.

“We recognise the values that this relation upholds, and we are determined to lend actively to its mission.

“We are committed to further strengthening the independency of our judiciary, upholding the regularisation of law, and ensuring the continued extortion and promotion of quality rights successful our country,” she said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IAJ was founded successful Salzburg (Austria) successful 1953.

It is simply a professional, non-political, planetary organisation, bringing unneurotic nationalist associations of judges, not idiosyncratic judges, approved by the Central Council for admittance to the association.

The main purpose of the relation is to safeguard the independency of the judiciary, which is an indispensable request of the judicial function, guaranteeing quality rights and freedom.

The Central Council of the IAJ is said to beryllium its enforcement body, with each subordinate relation having 2 representatives successful the council.

At the Taipei Central Council meeting, which took spot successful September 2023, Mr Duro Sessa, justice from Croatia, was elected President of the IAJ for the pursuing 2 years.

Mr Giacomo Oberto, justice of the Civil Court successful Turin, was confirmed the Secretary-General for a sixth mandate.

NAN observes that Nigeria has present go the 93rd subordinate of the association, which has members from 5 continents.

Before admitting NAJN, IAJ considered immoderate of the challenges Nigerian judiciary faces, but besides acknowledged the reforms being implemented by Justice Kekere-Ekun.

(NAN)

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