About the WJA - World Jurist Association

About Us
The World Jurist Association is a global platform built on integrity and independence, where the legal community works cooperatively to strengthen the Rule of Law across all nations.
History and Impact

Our Mission and Vision

Our Big Bets

Our History
Our Historic Events

Our Team
What We Do
Our work is guided by a foundational conviction: that peace, stability, and freedom cannot endure unless political power remains accountable to legal order. The Rule of Law is not a theoretical abstraction; it is a living structure that must be renewed and defended in every generation.
What We Do

Convening the global legal community

Elevating legal leadership

Strengthening global legal dialogue

Sustaining a living commitment to peace through law

Judicial Programs and Institutional Partnerships
Awards

Since 1965, Charles Rhyne, founding president of the World Peace Through Law Center, today known as the World Jurist Association, establishead as our association’s policy, to recognize outstanding worldwide personalities, of the legal and human rights-defense field.

Awards

World Peace & Liberty Awards

WJA Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WJA Medals of Honor

Rainer Arnold Awards
News & Insights
Latest News

The World Jurist Association’s Opening Session to the World Law Congress in Tirana Opens the Road to 2027: A Global Call to Strengthen the Rule of Law

University of Tirana awards Honorary Doctorate to Javier Cremades in ceremony attended by Prime Minister Edi Rama

World Jurist Association Attends International Conference on the Future of the Marketplace of Ideas

SHOW ALL
Photo Gallery

Retreat - Opening Session of the World Law Congress Albania 2027

Honoris Causa Ceremony by the University of Tirana to Javier Cremades

Meeting of the World Law Foundation at the Opening Session of the World Law Congress

SHOW ALL
Videos

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of

Luis Abinader, President of the

Una canción en español - Carlos Vives

SHOW ALL
Podcasts

Conversación con Diego Arria

Conversation with Malgorzata Manowska

Gresa Caka-Nimani: The importance of the

SHOW ALL
Contact Us
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC 1100 New York Ave. NW | Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005

info@worljurist.org

Instagram Twitter Linkedin Youtube Facebook Flickr

The World Law Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Madrid dedicated to promoting the Rule of Law as a guarantee of freedom and peace, and to strengthening democracy and institutional frameworks worldwide.
It serves as the executive arm of the World Jurist Association.

About Us

Our Team

World Law Congresses

2027 ALBANIA

2025 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

2023 NEW YORK

2021 COLOMBIA

2019 SPAIN
Contact Us

Calle de Jorge Juan, 30. 6ª Planta. 28001 Madrid

Phone: +34 914 26 40 50

executive.director@worldlawfoundation.org

Engage with the
World Law Foundation

Donate