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 […]
“International Conference on Judicial Communication, Santo Domingo 2023» was the tittle selected by the World Jurist Association and the Dominican Judicial Power to present the World Law Congress Dominican Republic 2025. Justice Henry Molina, president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Council of the Dominican Republic, opened the event highlighting the commitment […]
The World Jurist Association (WJA) will celebrate the 28th edition of the World Law Congress, under the motto «Peace Through Law», coinciding with the 60th anniversary of its foundation. Going back to his roots in the United States, this event will take place in New York on July 20 and 21. On the 20th, at […]
The new headquarters of the World Law Foundation, the Rule of Law Digital Center Madrid, hosted a fashion event that fused art, social responsibility, and human rights on the catwalk, with the presence of designer Carlos Zapata and artist Pedro Sandoval. Painter and sculptor Sandoval pioneered creating art in the metaverse over a decade ago. […]
It is the most prestigious award that the World Jurist Association presents, and it recognized the work of Young being “a leader in the fight for civil rights and part of modern history for the United States and the world in the fight for human rights”. During the day, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medals of […]
It is the most prestigious award that the World Jurist Association presents, and it recognizes the work of Young being “a leader in the fight for civil rights and part of modern history for the United States and the world in the fight for human rights”. Andrew Young, the closest collaborator to Martin Luther King […]
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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