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The Biennial Conference tradition of the silent auction will continue! All delegates are invited bring an item to put in the auction mindful that people will have to transport the items back home in their luggage.

The Biennial Conference tradition of the silent auction will continue! All delegates are invited bring an item to put in the auction mindful that people will have to transport the items back home in their luggage.

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Roll call of Nations

Welcome by IAWJ Executive Director and IAWJ President

Welcome by Union of Moroccan Women Judges and the Moroccan Judiciary

In Memoriam

Entertainment

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Description: Since the IAWJ last gathered in person four years ago, much has changed. Members have innovated, broken glass ceilings, and thrived. In this panel we will hear from members about successes in their courts or their careers; listen to their reflections on how that success was achieved; and discuss the lessons that were learned for the future. We will also hear about innovations that arose from COVID-19 and other crises and those that led to long term change.

Moderator: Brenda Hale

Speakers:

• Salima Rouhi, Morocco
• Annah Tawana, Botswana
• Stacie Beckerman, USA
• Katarzyna Gadja, Poland
• Ana María Muñoz Segura, Colombia

Panelists Bios

Brenda Hale: Prior to her 2020 retirement from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, living legend Baroness Brenda Hale served as that court’s third president – the first, and to date, only woman to have held that position.  She is a past President of the IAWJ (2010-2012), and hosted the 2012 Biennial in London, organized around the theme “Keeping Safe, Keeping Well.” In retirement, she devotes herself to speaking, writing and good works – her memoir, Spider Woman, was published in 2021. Baroness Hale may be the only member of IAWJ to have her own Coat of Arms – and certainly is the only one whose Coat of Arms draws inspiration from her collection of ceramic frogs. The frogs in question (“Vert crowned Or”) support a lozenge surmounting the motto “Omnia Feminae Aequissimae” – "Women are Equal to Everything.”  

Annah Tawana: The Honourable Justice Annah Raisibe Tawana ( formerly Mathiba) is a Judge of the Industrial Court of the Republic of Botswana with 31 years of experience on the bench. Justice Mathiba holds a Master of Laws degree from the University College of London, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Botswana. Justice Petje began her career as judicial officer in August 1991 at Magistrate Grade 1 level and rose to the rank of Regional Magistrate in 2004 thus becoming the first woman in Botswana to occupy this position in the Magistracy. In her distinguished career as a judicial officer, Justice Tawana has presided over a wide range of legal issues such as adoption of children, corruption, extradition and those in her current arena, labour law. Justice Tawana is a Judicial Educator and fellow of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.

Stacie Beckerman: The Honorable Stacie F. Beckerman has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for eight years. She is responsible for managing a high-volume civil litigation docket and presiding over preliminary criminal proceedings. She currently serves as a re-entry court judge and participates in her district’s pretrial diversion program for low-risk offenders and a problem-solving court for high-risk offenders. Prior to joining the federal bench, Judge Beckerman served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting federal child sex trafficking and exploitation and other violent crimes. She also served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Oregon Department of Justice, and worked as a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for many years.

Katarzyna Gajda-Roszczynialska: She is a judge, a member of the Polish Judge Association IUSTITIA https://www.iustitia.pl/en/. She is an adjunct professor, PhD habil. at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), Department of Civil Procedure, Faculty of Law and Administration, and Deputy Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature Silesia University (https://us.edu.pl/centra-badawcze/icbws/en/ ). She is also a member of the Board of the Scientific Association of Procedural Law (Poland), the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL), the European Law Institute (ELI), and the Social Codification Commission. She was a member of the panel of the Civil Law Codification Commission for entities taking part in civil proceedings in the period of 2012–2015 (till March of 2015) and a permanent team of the Civil Law Codification Commission for the term of office of 2015–2020 (from March to December of 2015).

Ana María Muñoz Segura: Lawyer Universidad de los Andes, PhD in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Professor University of Los Andes. She is currently a Magistrate of the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.

Salima Rouhi: Honorable Salima ROUHI Magistrate at the Trade Court of First Instance Casablanca city, previously Magistrate at the Court of first Instance, El Jadida city Morocco. In 2020, I became the President of Chamber of tort cases In 2018/2019, I was President of the Chamber of Violence against women and children and President of the Chamber of the Labor Law. With experience in education by teaching criminal law at the International University of Casablanca. I serve as the general Secretary of the Union of Moroccan women judges, the association hosting the biennial in Marrakesh. I’m member of the international association of women judges. I received my master's degree in business law (French section)– Law School at Hassan II University, I’m preparing my PhD in private law. At the invitation of the Pope Francis, I participated in the summit of women judges on Human Trafficking held in the headquarters of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. I advocate women issues: violence against women, child mariage, Sextortion, and human trafficking.

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Description: In the 30 years since the IAWJ was founded, much has changed for women in the judiciary, but work remains to be done. Women have become Chief Justices, from Australia to Zambia; they have achieved roles that once seemed unimaginable. Yet IAWJ members in many countries still report instances of being held to a different standard than their male colleagues. They still report a dearth of family-friendly policies, and gaps in support from their judiciaries. Associations of women judges have played an important role in facilitating the networking, information sharing, professional opportunities, and solidarity that enable women judges to thrive, advance, and lead. This panel will explore the challenges that women judges still face on their leadership journeys and the role that the IAWJ and its affiliated associations can play in enabling their success.  

Moderator: Nancy Hendry, USA

Speakers:

• Saida Chebili, Tunisia
• Cecilia Palomo Caudillo, Mexico
• Agnes Murgor, Kenya
• Maria Filomena D. Singh, Philippines
• Alalatoa Rosella Viane Papalii, Samoa 

Panelists Bios

Nancy Hendry: Nancy Hendry has served as Senior Advisor for the IAWJ since 2010. Her particular interest is in abuse of power for purposes of sexual exploitation and the relationship between gender inequality and corruption. In addition to leading the IAWJ’s work on sextortion, she has focused on projects promoting gender equality, inclusive justice, access to justice, and women's judicial leadership. A graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School, Ms. Hendry has broad experience in government and the non-profit sector, including as General Counsel of the Peace Corps and Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Public Broadcasting Service. Her previous experience also includes legal work with the Children’s Law Center, the U.S. Department of Education, and the law firm of Wald, Harkrader and Ross, teaching as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in St. Louis, Senegal.   



Saida Chebili: After studying at the Faculty of Economic and Political Science of Tunisia she obtained her law license, and then began her Masters in private law in Paris (obtained in 1986). She also has a diploma in advanced fiscal law studies. She joined the magistrature in 1988 as a tribunal judge of first instance in Bizerte. Now, she is President of the tribunal of First Instance of Sousse. She specialises in civil and fiscal law. Since 1988, she has presided in many civil, commercial, prudhomme (employment contract), and local personal status law and fiscal tribunals. She has worked as a councillor in an appeals court for 6 years and a court of cassation for 3 years. She has pursued training with Unicef for 3 years and she has become a specialist in mediation. She also teaches on the subject of trafficking in persons and the fight against torture. In 2016, she founded the Tunisian Association of Women Judges and was elected IAWJ regional directore of North Africa, Europe and the Middle East for a second term (2021-2023).

Agnes Murgor :Hon. Lady Justice Agnes Murgor was appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal in December 2012. She was admitted to the Roll of Advocates in 1987 and began career at Hamilton Harrison and Mathews Advocates as Legal Assistance. Thereafter, she served as a State Counsel in the Attorney General's Chambers in the Treaties and Agreements Departments between 1988 and 1992. She practiced as a partner at Murgor & Advocates legal firm, specializing in corporate and commercial business transaction between 1992 and 2007. She later joined the East African Breweries Limited as Legal Counsel/ Group Company Secretary, responsible for EABL and its subsidiary companies covering six countries within East African region. In addition to her judicial role, she serves as Chairperson of the Performance Management and Measurement Steering Committee (PMMSC), whose mandate includes inter Alia, institutionalizing performance management in the Judiciary for the enhancement of performance and productivity. Hon. Lady Justice Murgor is the current President of the International Association of Women Judges, Kenya Chapter.

Maria Filomena D. Singh: Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law with Second Honors distinction. She pursued further studies at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., USA for a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies. She earlier obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English major in Imaginative Writing, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. She practiced law for 10 years before joining the Judiciary in October 2002 as the Presiding Judge of Branch 31 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City. In June 2007, Justice Singh was promoted to the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City as Presiding Judge of Branch 85 . Justice Singh was bestowed the Don Antonio Madrigal Award as MostOutstanding First Level Court Judge of 2007 by the Society for Judicial Excellence of the Supreme Court. On 18 May 2022, Justice Singh took her oath before Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo as the 194th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe. Justice Singh is only one of two female Justices sitting in the Philippine Supreme Court.

Cecilia Palomo Caudillo, Mexico: Cecilia Palomo Caudillo is a Professor and Lecturer specialized in human rights and gender perspective, PhD Candidate at the International University of La Rioja, Spain; Master's Degree in Legal Argumentation from the University of Alicante in Spain; Master in Legal Sciences from the Panamerican University, Campus Aguascalientes; Expert Degree in Legal Argumentation from the University of Palermo, Italy; Specialty in Political, Economic and Social Sciences from the Phoenix Institute at the University of Notre Dame, United States; Specialty in Constitutional Justice from the University of Castilla La Mancha, Toledo, Spain; Diploma in Human Rights from the Henry Dunant University Institute in Geneva, Switzerland; Diploma in Legal Comparison Methodology, Constitutional, Supranational and Electoral Justice Models, University of Bologna, Italy; Diploma in Family Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Vice President of the Mexican Bar Association in Aguascalientes, associated with the UNESCO Chair in Literacy for the Future and member of the IAWJ, as well as its chapters in Spain and Mexico, she has been a Professor in the Mexican Federal Judiciary for more than 8 years.



Alalatoa Rosella Viane Papalii, Samoa: She was appointed and sworn in as a District Court Judge of Samoa in 2017; she sits on all proceedings within the District Court jurisdiction including criminal, civil, traffic, family, family violence and youth court and she is also the principal presiding judge for the therapeutic Alcohol and Drugs Court (District Court) of Samoa. Prior to her judicial elevation, she practiced law for 12 years in the private sector operating her own law firm (RV PAPALII LAW) whilst at the same time serving on the executive council of the Samoa law Society for more than 10 years. She graduated with a masters in law degree in 2004 from Waikato University in Hamilton New Zealand but also holds 3 other degrees from the same university including a bachelor of laws.

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Description: The women judges of Afghanistan have long risked their lives to uphold the rule of law. With the return of the Taliban to power in the country and the fall of Kabul, their position became untenable; leaving Afghanistan was a life-saving necessity. In this panel you will hear from some of the Afghan women judges about their experiences and from the IAWJ Afghan Women Judges Committee about the efforts to rescue and support them.

Moderator: Robyn Tupman (Australia)

Speakers:

• Susan Glazebrook, NZ
• Raihana Attaee, Afghanistan/NZ
• Farah Atahee, Afghanistan/NZ
• Vanessa Ruiz, US
• Mona Lynch, Canada
• Ita Farrelly, UK

Panelists Bios

Robyn Tupman: Judge of the District Court of NSW, President of the Australian Association of Women Judges. Robyn Tupman has been a Judge of the District Court for 19 years and was a solicitor and barrister in private practice from 1978. She currently presides over criminal trials in Sydney and occasionally in regional NSW. She is the current President of the Australian Association of Women Judges and plays an active role in the International Association, which promotes women’s judicial leadership worldwide and advocates for gender equity and training programmes in its member jurisdictions, especially involving issues of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Susan Glazebrook: Justice Susan Glazebrook is a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand/Te Kōti Mana Nui and the President of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ). Since becoming a judge, Justice Glazebrook has served as a member of the Advisory Council of Jurists for the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (from 2002 to 2010) and from 2007 to 2012 chaired the Institute of Judicial Studies, the body responsible for judicial education in New Zealand. She currently chairs Tomo Mai, a cross-bench committee looking at ways at make the courts in Aotearoa/New Zealand more inclusive.

Raihana Attaee : Raihana Attaee studied law and political science at the law faculty of Kabul University and graduated in 2013. From 2014 to 2015 she worked as a legal trainer with the Human Rights Support Organization in Afghanistan (HRSOA). In 2015, she attended the national exam conducted by Afghanistan supreme court for judicial training to be judge and was appointed as judge on August 2017. She worked for almost three years as a judge at the Primary Court of Elimination of Violence against Women in Herat province and almost one year at the same court in Nangarhar province. She is currently enrolled at the University of Auckland to continue her law studies in order to work as a lawyer in New Zealand.

Farah Atahee:



Vanessa Ruiz: Judge Vanessa Ruiz is the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Women Judges and a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court of the District of Columbia (Washington DC). Appointed by the U.S. President in 1994, she is the longest serving woman judge on the court. Prior to her judicial appointment, she was the Chief Legal Officer for the District of Columbia and engaged in the private practice of law for twenty years. She is a Past President of the (U.S.) National Association of Women Judges and former Trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Mona Lynch: In 2002 Justice Mona Lynch was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Canada. She serves as the International Director for North America from Canada on the Board of the IAWJ and is a member of the Afghan Support Committee. She is the International Director and former President of the Canadian Chapter of the IAWJ. She is Vice-President of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association (CSCJA) and Chairs the Judicial Conduct Committee of the CSCJA.

Ita Farrelly : Judge Ita Farrelly is Acting Principal Judge of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, UK National Jurisdiction.  She has sat on the Special Educational Needs Tribunal, and on Civil/Remand cases.  At the time of her appointment, she was the youngest salaried full time female UK judge.  She has served as the UK Judicial representative at multiple European Judicial Training Network Events, and her volunteer work has involved Israeli legal professionals as well as Afghan women judges.

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Description: How have the courts responded to the needs of persons for whom they were not designed? In this panel, we will hear about initiatives from around the world designed to ensure inclusive justice for such persons, including those from minority groups, unrepresented litigants, youth, parties and witnesses affected by disability, and litigants who do not speak the court language.

Moderator: Lisette Shirdan-Harris 

Speakers:

• Nidia Alicia Billinghurst, Argentina
• Mai Matar, Bahrain
• Tapiwa Boingotlo Moleele, Botswana
• Sung Young Kang, South Korea
• Fadwa El Bahraoui, Morocco

Panelists bio

Lisette Shirdan-Harris: Judge Lisette Shirdan-Harris was elected to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2005. In November 2020, she was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve as Administrative Judge of the court’s Trial Division overseeing the Civil, Criminal, and Commerce sections. Prior to her current appointment, Judge Shirdan-Harris served in the Family and Trial Divisions’ Civil and Criminal sections and served as Supervising Judge of the Civil section. She is a frequent speaker and panelist and has presented at the United Nations and twice at the Vatican. She is actively involved in training new and seasoned judges as a faculty member at Pennsylvania’s New Judge School and as past co-chair of Philadelphia’s Judicial Education Committee and as an appointed member of the State’s Judicial Education Committee. She currently serves on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Jury Instruction Committee. 

Mai Matar: HON. Mai Matar obtained her law degree from University of Bahrain (2006) and holds LLM in International dispute resolution from the university of London (2013). She is a head high court Judge with over 14 years of experience in the judiciary and is also a fellow member in the CIArb. HON. Matar has been a chairman of the civil and commercial court, hearing disputes concerning constructions, commodities, commercial and joint venture, banking and finance, and investor-state disputes in addition to civil law disputes. In her years of experience, she severed as a member of the committee in charge of selecting the new judges and public prosecutors. HON. Mai Matar has strong interest in developing court administrations and has accordingly taken part in several related projects.

Tapiwa Boingotlo: Tapiwa Moleele is a Judge of the Industrial Court of Botswana. She graduated from the University of Botswana with an LLB in October 1988, and was called to the Bar the same year. She served as State Counsel in the Prosecution Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers for a year, before joining private practice in August 1989. Moleele was in private practice until June 1996, and her areas of practice were conveyancing, litigation, administration of estates and other areas of commercial practice. In October 1996, Moleele was appointed to the Lower Bench as Senior Magistrate and progressed up the ranks to Chief Magistrate. She was appointed Registrar of the Industrial Court in May 2006, where for two years she was responsible for the strategic management of the court, before she was appointed Judge in May 2008, a position she holds to date. In addition to her official duties, Judge Moleele is a certified judicial trainer and fellow of the Commonwealth Judicial

Sung Young Kang: KANG, Sung Young is currently a judge at the Busan District Court, Republic of Korea. She was first appointed as a judge in 2012 and served in the Seoul Central District Court and the Suwon District Court for over 10 years, dealing with civil, criminal and family cases. She received a bachelor’s degree in Law from Korea University and a master’s degree in International Law from Seoul National University. From 2021 to 2022, she was an Academic Visitor at the Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. She is also a member of the Judges’ Society of Gender Law and International Criminal Law Society under the Supreme Court of Korea. (see publications on application)

Fadoua El Bahraoui:  is a Judge, and advisor to the general secretary of the ministry of justice. After receiving her Master degree in private Law from Abdel Malek Assadi University in Tangier, she has passed the access contest at the Higher Institute of the Judiciary of Morocco. She graduated major of her specialized promotion in commercial law. Judge Bahraoui has served as a judge in the commercial court of Tangier. Judge Bahraoui has published articles about Judicial administration. 

Sandra Verónica Guagnino: Founding member of the Association of Women Judges of Argentina. Master in Spanish Law (UVA); Master in Administration of Justice (La Sapienza), Specialist in Gender and Juvenile Justice (UBA). Member of the Judiciary since 1985. Since 2004 Specialized Prosecutor of Chamber with competences in Gender Violence, Juvenile Criminal Regime of the City of Buenos Aires. Distinguished with the highest recognition-Gold Level- of the National Award for Quality in Justice, 2017 edition, granted by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Argentine Nation. In its 2017 and 2018 editions, she also obtained the Silver and Gold Medals of the National Quality Award, granted by the Ministry of Modernization of the Argentine Nation. Distinguished with the Second Judicial Training Award 2018, from the Judicial Training Center of the Superior Court of Justice of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, for the work on Gender Compliance System. Tutor of the Gender Attitudinal Transformation Course (2019) of the National Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, and trainer of the Judicial Education Project "Towards a Jurisprudence of Equality: women, judges and human rights laws", organized by the International Foundation of Women Judges and the Inter-American Development Bank (between 1998 and 2000).

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Description: Many of those appearing before our courts as both witnesses and parties are suffering from trauma. This trauma can be individual, collective (such as from the long-term effects of colonization), or both. The most recent of our anti-human trafficking grants, in Kenya and Uganda, have focused on the impact of trauma on witness testimony and the strategies for making courts more accessible to traumatized parties and witnesses. This panel will share some of the lessons learned from those projects as well as hearing about how trauma has been accommodated in other contexts.

Moderator: Bernadette D’Souza, United States

Speakers:

• Soumaya Serghini, Morocco
• Melinda Broek, New Zealand
• Hannah Okwengu, Kenya
• Jane Charles-Voltaire, USA

Panelists bios

Bernadette D'Souza:



Hannah Okwengu: Justice Hannah Magondi Okwengu, EBS is a Judge of Appeal in the Kenya Court of Appeal with over 38 years’ experience. She is committed to the administration of justice, the Rule of law and implementation of human rights. She holds an LLB (Hons) (University of Nairobi), Post graduate Diploma (Kenya School of Law) and LLM (Queen Mary University of London). Judge Okwengu is an ardent member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), and has been President of the IAWJ Kenya Chapter (2015 to 2019), and President of the IAWJ Africa Region (2017- 2019). She is currently serving her second term as a member of the Board of Directors of IAWJ representing the East and Central Africa Region.

Soumaya Serghini : Hon. Soumaya Benrahhal Serghini is a Judge at the first instance penal court in Casablanca. She is a founding member of the Union of Moroccan Women Judges. She is a member of the international association of Women Judges. She obtained a Master’s degree in business law, French section, at the Faculty of Law of Hassan II University, Mohammedia, Morocco

Jane Charles-Voltaire: Jane Charles-Voltaire, Esq. is the IAWJ Director of Programs. Jane has over ten years of experience in international law and international program management. Jane provides strategic leadership and oversight to IAWJ programs, which support women justice sector actors in advancing human rights initiatives and promoting gender equality within courts around the globe. Jane earned her B.A. in Romance Languages and Literature from Wesleyan University and her J.D. from Temple University.

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Description: This panel will cover innovations in dealing with gender-based violence in the courts, including in both criminal and family law cases. Topics to be discussed include the institutional abuse of those in care and cyberviolence.

Moderator: Binta Nyako, Nigeria



Speakers:  

• Sheila Ray, Canada
• Chia-Chien Wen, Taipei

Panelists bios

Binta Nyako:

Chia-Chien Wen: I’ve served in the judiciary for totally 16 years so far and worked as a prosecutor for 8 years before transferring to serve as a judge. I was assigned to the Women and Children Division at the Taipei District Prosecutors Office and mainly dealt with sexual assault and domestic violence cases. After transferring to the Taipei District Court, I was assigned to the Sexual Assault Division of the Criminal Court and mostly handled sexual assault cases as well as sexual harassment cases. Meanwhile, I was also appointed as a spokesperson of sexual assault cases and released judicial news regarding sexual assault and relevant cases as well as speaking out on behalf of the Taipei District Court. After leaving the Taipei District Court, I worked at the Chinese Taipei High Court and dealt with a variety of cases, including corruption, fraudulence, narcotics and so on. Currently I serve at the Criminal Department of Judicial Yuan and am responsible for drafting bills and promoting judicial policies as well as in charge of sexual assault and citizen judges affairs.



Sheila Ray: I am a member in good standing of the IAWJ and the Canadian Chapter of the IAWJ. The first IAWJ conference that I attended was held in Rome in 1992. The women I meet at these conferences are an inspiration, and the work that the IAWJ and the Canadian Chapter have done to support Afghan Women Judges is invaluable. It is a privilege to belong to this group and to have played a small part in the Afghan Women Judges Initiative.

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Description: Human trafficking can take place in a single country, but often migration and human trafficking are interrelated. Migrants may become trafficking victims at the hands of those they pay to get them across a national border and often lack the protective networks that might shield them from trafficking. This panel will examine how judges have responded and should respond to the intersections of migration and human trafficking and to trafficking more generally.

Moderator: Tess Arcega, Philippines

Speakers:

• Amina Oufroukh, Morocco
• Michal Agmon Gommen, Israel
• Rabaa ALZreqat, Syria (living in exile)
• Maria Josefina G San Juan Torres, Philippines

Panelists Bios

Amina Oufkrouch:

Dr. Michal Agmon-Gonnen: Dr. Michal Agmon-Gonnen is a presiding Judge in the Israeli Federal District Court (Commercial Division). Born in 1961, Agmon-Gonnen studied law at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LLB. and Ph.D.). She held visiting academic positions at several institutions, including the London Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (2006), Harvard Law School (2018) and at The University of Oxford’s Law School. Throughout her career as a judge Agmon-Gonnen has been a pioneer in defending human rights, and, more specifically, has made substantial impact concerning women’s rights. She wrote several seminal decisions on domestic violence and women refugees. As a scholar, she specializes in the fields of gender and law, Women's rights, gender-based poverty and corporate law. Her most recent publication, co-authored with Anat Alon-Beck and Darren Rosenblum, discusses women in corporate boards ("No More Old Boys’ Club: Institutional Investors’ Fiduciary Duty to Advance Board Gender Diversity", UC Davis Law Review 445 (2021)).

Rabaa ALZreqat: Am the Syrian judge Rabaa first- degree civil reconciliation court. I am married, I have four children, I hold a law degree from Damascus, I worked as a lawyer for 15 years, and after that I entered the judiciary. As a result of the crisis and the war in my country, Syria. I have been forced to leave my country , I live in the Netherlands now And I hope that we will return after this crisis eind and have a pioneering role in judicial work and also have an active role in the work of women judges in my country, Syria, with what we were able to have from our effective experience with women judges around the world The result of attending such conferences and the extent of influence of their experience and their effective role in the judicial work, as well as our role with them.



Maria Josefina G San Juan Torres: Graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law with the degree of Juris Doctor; Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1994; cross-cultural and legal experience, research studies on international law with specialized interest and training on human rights, refugees and statelessness, women and children; presently Presiding Judge of Branch 79 and Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Morong, Rizal; extensive training in the preparation of the court agenda, legal research and internal records management of the court while working at the Supreme Court and at the Court of Appeals and a pioneer on the institutionalization of a case management information system for the Court of Appeals; Professor of Law, Institute of Law, Far Eastern University and the University of Asia and the Pacific; Member of Inter-agency Committee for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Other Persons of Concern, Resource Person, Member of the Advisory Council on Special Concerns of the Philippine Judicial Academy and Corp of Professors.

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Reports on programmes

Presidential Address

Presentation of Awards

Introduction of new board members

In this session you will hear from our Executive Office staff about the IAWJ programs and other projects they are working on, honor the recipients of IAWJ awards and be introduced to your new IAWJ officers and regional directors. Our President, Justice Susan Glazebrook, will present her Presidential address.

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Description: Judicial diversity at all levels of the judiciary is critical for perceptions of the constitutional validity of the courts and to ensure judges understand the parties appearing before them. This session will examine the innovative ways judicial diversity is being encouraged around the world and suggestions for future action.

Moderator:

Speakers:

• Nani Indrawati, Indonesian
• Gresa Caka-Nimani, Kosovo
• Sandra Verónica Guagnino, Argentina
• Elizabeth McMahon, UK

Panelists Bios

Moderator (TBC):

Nani Indrawati: The Hon. Indrawati is a Justice in the civil chamber of the Supreme Court of Indonesia. She is a career judge and served in several court leadership positions including the Chief Judge of Selong District Court, the Semarang District Court, and Vice Chief Judge of South Jakarta District Court - one of the most high-profile courts in Indonesia.  As an appellate judge, Her Honour was a leader of the high court holding the position of Vice Chief Judge of the Palangkaraya Appellate Court in Central Kalimantan. She was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia in the Civil Chamber on her first application, which is considered quite rare in the selection process of justices in Indonesia. Her Honour obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in law from Gadjahmada University and her doctoral degree from the University of Airlangga. Her Honour’s expertise is in environmental law and she is considered an expert on women's perspectives in the case handling process.

Gressa Caka-Nimani:

Elizabeth McMahon: I grew up thinking people like me weren’t “natural” lawyers. No-one in my family had been to university, we had no disposable income and becoming a lawyer would mean stepping into another world. Even when qualified, the idea of being a judge never crossed my mind. I was fortunate that I was determined (stubborn), had a family who just believed I could do anything and met people along the way who encouraged me but so many talented people, from “non traditional” backgrounds don’t have such good fortune. When I became a lawyer in 2004, and then a judge in 2011, I was determined to share with others what I had learned to try to encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply and succeed. I became a lawyer, then judge mentor, and spoke at various events about my career, offering encouragement and support. I’ve been a DCRJ for 8 years and attended countless events to show people of all backgrounds who we are and what we do, encouraging greater diversity. I also write articles about D&I. I am now a leadership judge – Regional Tribunal Judge in the Social Entitlement Chamber.

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Description: In this session we will hear about alternative sentencing models and other innovations in how criminal cases are dealt with, including solution focused judging, the role of specialist courts such as drug and homeless courts and the involvement of communities in rehabilitation.

Moderator: Anne Goldstein, USA

Speakers:

• Fatima Ouggadoum, Morocco
• Ivy Vanity D. Velasco, Philippines

Panelists Bios

Anne Goldstein: Anne Tierney Goldstein is a Senior Advisor to the IAWJ. Over many years she has had the honor of working with IAWJ members from all over the world to develop and implement judicial training curricula involving discrimination and gender-based violence, property rights, rights within families, employment discrimination and sexual harassment, sextortion, human trafficking, and the rights of LGBTQI persons. She has taught international women’s human rights law at the graduate and undergraduate level at Georgetown.

Fatima Ouggadoum

Ivy Vanity D. Velasco: Hon. Lady Velasco, LL.M. is among the youngest female appointees to the first-level courts as Municipal Trial Court Judge-at-Large. She possesses an extensive working background in Philippine and international settings, having practiced law, engaged in development initiatives, and led anti-corruption investigations alongside a team of elite international investment. A highly respected lecturer for criminology at various institutions. Earned MA of Law from Columbia Law School in NYC and her JD from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. 

*LOCATION: KENZI ROSE GARDEN*

*LOCATION: KENZI ROSE GARDEN*