General Assembly Agenda

COMMONWEALTH MAGISTRATES’ AND JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO BE HELD ON Thursday 8th September 2022
BETWEEN
13.30hrs -15.30hrs
AT THE
Labadi Beach Resort, Accra, Ghana
AGENDA
As at 25 August 2022


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/

 1.        MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING
The minutes of the last General Assembly meetings held in Brisbane, Australia in 2018 is available at GA2022-1
 
GA2022-1
2.     APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
3.      PRESIDENT’S REPORT    GA2022-3
4.      HON. TREASURER’S REPORT
A copy of the Hon. Treasurer’s Report is available at GA2022-4
Copies of the audited accounts for the last four years are available online at:
CMJA Accounts 2018-2019
CMJA Accounts 2019-2020
CMJA Accounts 2020-2021
CMJA Accounts 2021-2022
GA2022-4
REPORTS FROM:
5.    SECRETARY GENERAL available at:  GA2022-5
 6.        REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS:

Reports received from Regional Vice Presidents and Council Members are attached or will follow

GA2022-6

 

Atlantic and Mediterranean Atlantic and Mediterranean Region Report- 2022
Caribbean GA2022- 6CARIB
East, Central and Southern Africa GA2022 – 6ECSAFR
Indian Ocean  available at:  GA2022-6INDOC
Pacific Australia Report 2022

New Zealand Reports 2018-22

West Africa GA2022-6WEAFR
7.      DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES available at: GA2022-7
8.     GENDER SECTION available at: GA2022-8
9.  EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL  available at:  GA2022-9
10.  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 At Regional Meetings -for Council Elections (GA/A) are available on the CMJA website.

The General Assembly is invited to vote for the PRESIDENT.

And note the election of the following:
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
OTHER REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS

 

GA2022-10

11.  AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Following approval from Council it is proposed to include the following amendment to the Constitution and the following amendments
GA2022-11
12.    SPEECH BY THE INCOMING PRESIDENT  
13.    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.
 
14.    ANY OTHER BUSINESS  
15.    DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT CONFERENCE