THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH AND
FAMILY JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES

 

 

Dr Willie McCarney, OBE, JP, President,

175 Andersonstown Road, Belfast BT11 9EA Northern Ireland

Tel: +44 28 9061 5164; Fax: +44 28 9061 8374

Email: w.mccarney@btconnect.com

 

 

 

Supporting

Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates in

Maintaining the Rule of Law

 

 

CORPORATE PLAN FOR THE PERIOD 2002-2006

 

 

 

The IAYFJM is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) with consultative status at the United Nations and the Council of Europe. It was founded in 1928 and registered in Brussels, Belgium. It represents worldwide efforts to deal with the protection of youth and family and with the criminal behaviour and maladjustment of youth. Its membership is comprised of national associations and committed individuals from all parts of the globe, who exercise functions as youth and family court judges or functions within professional services directly linked to youth and family justice or welfare.

 

AIM

 

To support youth and family judges and magistrates in maintaining the rule of law.

 

 

VISION

 

 

The IAYFJM represents worldwide judicial efforts to deal with the protection of youth and family. The IAYFJM aims to:

 

a)      promote the administration of justice and the maintenance of the rule of law, particularly as it affects children and their families;

 

b)      promote the protection of children’s rights;

 

c)      further knowledge of laws and practices as they affect children and their families within the various countries of the world;

 

d)      promote the development of the law affecting children and their families internationally;

 

e)      advance the understanding and development of international law and comparative law, particularly as it affects children and their families;

 

f)        promote uniformity internationally in these areas of law;

 

g)      further international understanding and goodwill amongst all those who provide professional services directly linked to youth and family justice or welfare;

 

h)      assist and cooperate with international, regional or other organisations having all or any of the above mentioned objects.

 

 

The primary role of the IAYFJM is to support judges and magistrates in applying the rule of law in the light of international conventions and local Sate and Federal laws. The IAYFJM aims to:

 

a)      focus on support, education and training of youth and family judges and magistrates to do their judicial job properly;

 

b)      advance legal education internationally in the area of youth and family law;

 

c)      support the provision of advanced studies in these areas