COMMONWEALTH MAGISTRATES’ AND JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO BE HELD ON Thursday 25 September 2025
BETWEEN
13.30hrs -15.30hrs
AT THE
The Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre
DRAFT AGENDA
Click on the links highlighted below to access the documents.
For the Forms for Nomination to Council or to the Gender Section, Proxy Votes and of documents please go to: www.cmja.org/generalassembly/
Member Associations and Individuals are reminded that elections to Council will take place during the Regional Meetings and the General Assembly. Please be reminded that only those associations or individuals that are fully paid up can nominate or vote at the Regional Meetings and only the Member Associations that are full paid up can nominate and vote at the General Assembly
PLEASE CHECK THE CMJA’S WEBSITE FOR ANY UPDATES: https://www.cmja.org/generalassembly-agenda/
Updated JULY 2025
| 1. | MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING
The minutes of the last General Assembly meetings held in Accra, Ghana in 2022 are attached for information |
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| 2. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE | |
| 3. | PRESIDENT’S REPORT | GA2025-3 |
| 4. | FINANCIAL REPORT
The Financial Report 2022-2025 is attached Copies of the audited accounts for the last three years are available |
GA2025-4 |
| 5. | AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
The CMJA is proposing a number of amendments to the Constitution Proposed Constitutional Changes: |
GA2025-5 |
| REPORTS FROM: | ||
| 6. | SECRETARY GENERAL | GA2025-6 |
| 7. | REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS: (taken as read)
Reports received from Regional Vice Presidents and Council Members taken as read are attached or will follow: |
taken as read |
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Atlantic and Mediterranean | GA2025-7AMED |
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Caribbean | GA2025-7CARIB |
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East, Central and Southern Africa | GA2025-7ECSAFR |
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Indian Ocean | GA2025-7INDOC |
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Pacific | GA2025-7PACIF |
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West Africa | GA2025-7WEAFR |
| 8. | THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES taken as read | GA2025-8 |
| 9. | THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE taken as read | GA2025-9 |
| 10. | GENDER SECTION taken as read | GA2025-10 |
| 11. | EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL taken as read | GA2025-11 |
| 12. | RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THE NAURU DECLARATION ON JUDICIAL WELL-BEING Nauru Declaration on Judicial Well-Being CMJA Resolution on Judicial Well Being |
GA2025-13 |
| 13 | HONOURS COMMITTEE PROPOSALS | |
| 14 | OPEN DISCUSSION This session will include any feedback from the Regional Meetings and issues which Members wish to raise with the Secretariat or Executive Officers. |
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| 15 | ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Please note the Deadlines for Submission of Nomination forms which are available on the CMJA’s website: https://www.cmja.org/generalassembly/ The Guidelines for Procedure for Council Elections (GA/A) are available on the CMJA website: https://www.cmja.org/generalassembly/ The General Assembly are invited to vote for the PRESIDENT; And note the election of the following: |
GA2025-12 |
| 16. | REMARKS BY THE INCOMING PRESIDENT | |
| 17. | ANY OTHER BUSINESS | |
| 18. | DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT CONFERENCE/ TRIENNIAL |