Prominent personalities from the legal and business world have joined the leadership of the global campaign to promote the Rule of Law carried out by the World Law Foundation, the executive arm of the World Jurist Association. Chaired by Javier Cremades, the Board of Trustees of the World Law Foundation (WLF) is made up of […]
Adapted from the article: Fuente en español Guillermo Salas, a Physicist, is one of the few people on Earth who has studied in-depth the Venezuelan electronic voting system. In his new book, “The Power of Mathematics, the electronic voting system of Venezuela that has spread around the world” (El Poder de las Matemáticas, el Sistema de […]
On May 9, the Rule of Law Digital Center Madrid of the World Law Foundation hosted the Presentation of the book «Venezuela: Politics & Environment» by Antonio Ledezma, politician and former Mayor of Caracas currently in exile. The work portrays the country’s rich environment and resources and proposes a plan for a future that, in […]
Diego Solana, international advisor of the World Law Foundation and coordinator of the World Law Congress program, organized by the World Jurist Association, participated in the Asma Jahangir Conference held in the city of Lahore, organized by the Asma Jahangir Foundation and the Pakistan Bar Council under the theme «Safeguarding Civil Rights in South Asia». […]
The next edition of the World Law Congress will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on May 4-6, 2025. During these days, world leaders, including heads of State, presidents and judges of supranational and national high courts, authorities, policy makers, academics, lawyers, activists, and students, will debate a wide variety of current issues to […]
On March 18, the Rule of Law Digital Center, headquarters of the World Law Foundation, hosted the presentation of the book “Jeanine, de puño y letra” (Jeanine, With My Own Hand), written by Jeanine Añez, former constitutional president of Bolivia and political prisoner for three years, and prefaced by Andrés Pastrana. Alone with Andrés Pastrana, […]
On March 8, 2024, the World Jurist Association awarded its medal of honor to the Legal Service of the European Commission for its transcendental role within the European Union, especially ensuring the protection of fundamental rights. The award was collected by the Director-General of the Legal Service and EU Commission’s General Counsel, Daniel Calleja Crespo, […]
The World Jurist Association (WJA) awarded Anthony M. Kennedy, Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, with its Medal of Honor. For two days, presidents of supreme and constitutional courts from around the world, as well as lawyers, guild, and religious leaders from different continents, gathered in Madrid at the headquarters of […]
On February 8, Teodora Toma, World Jurist Association (WJA) Executive Director, and Teresa del Riego, World Law Foundation (WLF) Deputy Director, presented the WJA & WLF projects at the International Scientific Conference «Transformation in Times of Transition: European Integration and the Eastern Partnership Initiative«, organized by the European Integration Research Center of the Georgian National […]
Law News magazine is now a reality that we are launching to continue our efforts to promote peace through law. On a quarterly basis, we will present all the information concerning the World Jurist Association. Issue number one, which is already available, begins with a letter of introduction from Javier Cremades, President of the World […]
The WJA was formed in response to an international outcry for a free and open forum where judges, lawyers, law professors and other professionals from around the world could work cooperatively to strengthen and expand the Rule of Law and its institutions through the nations of the world.
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