Association of Judges in Bulgaria

The Association of Judges in Bulgaria was founded in 1997 as a not-for-profit organization by 30 founders from the Supreme Court of Cassation, district and regional Courts from the whole country to consolidate the efforts of judges for reform, improvement and development of the judiciary in Bulgaria. At present 260 judges from different courts all over the country are members of the Association

The objectives of the Association are:

• to consolidate the judges’ efforts for reform, improvement and development of the judiciary in Bulgaria
• to increase and defend the social and professional prestige of judges
• to defend judges’ professional, intellectual, social and financial rights
• to increase judges’ qualification
• to support the legislative process
• to cooperate for improvement of judges’ activities
• to establish international relations and joint activities with similar organizations
• to support legal traditions in Bulgaria.

You can read more on the website http://www2.online.bg/ajb/