General Assembly Agenda

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

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/

PLEASE CHECK THE CMJA’S WEBSITE FOR ANY UPDATES: https://www.cmja.org/generalassembly/

DRAFT AGENDA

As at  June 2025 

1.        MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING

The minutes of the last General Assembly meetings held in Accra,  Ghana in 2022 are attached for information

  

GA2025-1
2.      APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 
3.      PRESIDENT’S REPORT    GA2025.3
4.       HON. TREASURER’S REPORT

Copies of the audited accounts for the last three years are available
CMJA Trustees Report and Account 2022-2023
CMJA Trustees Report and Accounts 2023-2024

CMJA Trustees Report and Accounts 2024-2025 (to follow)

 GA 2025-4
5.      AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

The CMJA is proposing a number of amendments to the Constitution
Constitution 2022

Proposed Constitutional Changes:
Explanatory Note
Proposed Constitution

  GA2025-5
REPORTS FROM:   
6.     SECRETARY GENERAL   GA 2025-6
7.      REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS:

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

 GA2025-7
  Atlantic and Mediterranean GA2025-7AMED
  Caribbean GA2025-7CARIB
  East, Central and Southern Africa GA2025-7ECSAFR
  Indian Ocean GA2025-7INDOC
  Pacific GA2025-7PACIF
  West Africa GA2025-7WEAFR
     
8.     THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES GA2025-8
9.        THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE GA2025-9
10.   GENDER SECTION  GA2025-10
11.  EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL  GA2025-11
12.   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:
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
OTHER REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS
GENDER SECTION REPRESENTATIVES

 GA2025-12
13.   RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THE NAURU DECLARATION ON JUDICIAL WELL-BEING
Nauru Declaration on Judicial Well-Being 
CMJA Resolution on Judicial Well Being		 Ga2025-13
14.   SPEECH BY THE INCOMING PRESIDENT  
15.   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. 		  
16.    ANY OTHER BUSINESS   
17.   DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT CONFERENCE/ TRIENNIAL