Commissions of Studies

General Coordinator: Vladimir Passos de Freitas

IACA President. 
Former President of the Federal Court of the 4th Circuit, Brazil

  

 

Advisor: Sidnei Agostinho Beneti

Former Justice of the Superior Court of Brazil

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN JUDICIARY AND SOCIETY
The work of this commission will focus on the best practices in how the judiciary could be better engaged with society and how the media could be used to achieve this goal.

Coordinator:
Oleg Shakov (CANADA)
[email protected]

Members:
Simon Jiyane (SOUTH AFRICA)
Safiya Mohammad Abdulrahman Samhan (DUBAI)
Tonya W. Anderson (US)
Kristin Immer Wood (US)
Javier Ballon Sarmiento (PERU)
Luis Maria Palma (ARGENTINA)
Julieta Marotta (NETHERLANDS)
Mary Jifon (CAMEROON)
Janet G. Cornell (US)
Klaudia Lozyk (POLAND)
Norman Meyer (US)
Ella Kataeva (UKRAINE)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN COURTS
The work of this commission will focus on the best practices in Courts to achieve environmental sustainability. The exchange of experiences between Courts of countries located in different continents can be a good way to reach this goal.

Coordinator:
Mariana Almeida Passos de Freitas (BR)
[email protected]

Members:
Tonya W. Anderson (US)
Ivete Rossoni (BRAZIL)
Hutch Floyd (US)
Kristin Immer Wood (US)
Duília Sgrott Reis (BRAZIL)
Mary Jifon (CAMEROON)
Daimar Cánovas González (CUBA) 
Larissa Milkiewicz (BRAZIL) 
Admir Belishta (ALBANY)
Tani Maria Wurster (BRAZIL)
Ganem Amiden Neto (BRAZIL)

 

JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
The aim of this Commission is to analyze the crisis situations to which the Judiciary is submitted today by the increasing demand for its services, and also by the new situations of an internationalized and changing world.

Coordinator:
Nevenka Ivanovska (Macedonia)
[email protected]

Members:
Imtiyaz Ali (KASHMIR)
Carlos Henrique Borlido Haddad (BRAZIL)
J. Richard Williams (US)
Mariana Almeida Passos de Freitas (BRAZIL)
Kerry Connelly (US)
Javier Ballon Sarmiento (PERU)
Admir Belishta (ALBANY)
Tonya W. Anderson (US)
Markus Zimmer (US)

 

JUDICIAL ARCHITECTURE + MEMORY OF JUDICIAL POWER
A Commission created to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences; the development of theoretical design and to evaluate practical applications, with an aim to publish information for the benefit of all court stakeholders interested in the field of Judicial Architecture and Memory of Judicial Power.

Coordinator:
Klaudia Lozyk (POLAND)
[email protected]

Members:
James McQuillan (AUSTRALIA)
Roger Bilodeau (CANADÁ)
Cláudia Patterson (BRAZIL)
Javier Ballon Sarmiento (PERU)
Daniel J. Hall (US)
Safiya Mohammad Abdulrahman Samhan (DUBAI)
Pamela Harris (US)

 

JUDICIAL EDUCATION
The work of this commission will focus on the best experiences in the Courts of all continents, about the training of judges and staff of the Judicial Power, in order to achieve more efficiency.

Coordinator:
Marcos Lima Porta (BRAZIL)
[email protected]


Members:

Klaudia Lozyk (POLAND)
Safiya Mohammad abdulrahman Samhan (DUBAI)
Helestron Costa (BRAZIL)
Ana Cristina Monteiro A. Silva (BRAZIL)
Kristin Wood (US)
Job Serebrov (US)
Julieta Marotta (NETHERLANDS)
Carlos Henrique Borlido Haddad (BRAZIL)
Duília Sgrott Reis (BRAZIL)
Daimar Cánovas González (CUBA)
Luis Maria Palma (ARGENTINA)
Ivete Rossoni (BRAZIL)
Fernanda Lage (BRAZIL)

 

JUDICIARY BUDGET
The independence of the Judiciary Power depends directly on its financial independence. This Commission was created to study the Judiciary budget around the world through discussions about the subject, with theoretical support and practical experience.

Coordinator:
Daniel J. Hall (US)
[email protected]

Members:
Luciana Ortiz Tavares Costa Zanoni (BRAZIL)
Luis Maria Palma (ARGENTINA)
Erwin Rooze (NETHERLANDS)
Simon Jiyane (SOUTH AFRICA)
Tonya W. Anderson (US)
Kristin Immer Wood (US)
Javier Ballon Sarmiento (PE)
Helestron Costa (BRAZIL)
Roger Bilodeau (CANADA)
Nevenka Ivanovska (Macedonia)
Kate Harrison (US) 
Admir Belishta (ALBANY)
Paulo Cezar Neves Junior (BRAZIL)

SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
The rationale behind this commission is to discuss one of the most debated topics of international law, its diversification and how it can be implemented by supporting and creating international tribunal(s).

Coordinator:
Imtiyaz Ali (KASHMIR) 
[email protected]


Members:

Markus Zimmer (US)
Danielle Pamplona (BRAZIL)
Duília Sgrott Reis (BRAZIL)
Javier Ballon Sarmiento (PERU)
Tiago Gagliano Pinto Alberto (BRAZIL)

 

Electronic Court Filing Commission

Coordinator: 
Sahira J. Abdool, MPA- e.mail: [email protected]
Chief Administrative Officer/Principal
PPG Global LLC 
Houston – Texas - USA

Members:
Marilyn Bromberg - Australia
Fabrício Bitencourt Cruz - Brazil
Kristin Wood  - USA
Tiago Gagliano  -  Brazil
Evaristo J. Garcia – Spain
Kenneth Barden - Northern Marianas
Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer -  USA 
Costas POPOTAS- Luxembourg
Pim Albers - Netherlands
Abdulla AJ. Al-Majid -  United Arab Emirates
Marcos de Lima Porta - Brazil
Rodrigo Rolim -  Brazil
Mary Jifon - Cameroon
Nouhou Diallo - Tanzania
Richard Hoffman - USA
Flavia Podesta – Argentina
Hutch Floyd - USA
Imtiyaz Ali - India