ABOUT THE IAP
- Officers
- Membership
- IAP Secretariat & Executive Committee
- Organising Committee of the 13th Annual IAP Conference
The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) was established in June 1995 at the United Nations Office in Vienna and was formally inaugurated in Budapest at its first General Meeting in September 1996.
The main impetus leading to its formation was the rapid growth in serious transnational crime, particularly drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud. The need was perceived for greater international co-operation between prosecutors and for greater speed and efficiency in mutual assistance, asset tracking and other cross border issues.
The IAP is a non-governmental and non-political organisation. It is the first and only world association of prosecutors. The Association has 128 organisational members - including associations of prosecutors, prosecuting agencies and crime prevention agencies - and together with its individual membership it represents over 200,000 prosecutors in over 130 countries.
OBJECTS
- to promote the effective, fair, impartial and efficient prosecution of criminal offences;
- to respect and seek to protect human rights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948;
- to promote high standards and principles in the administration of criminal justice, including procedures to guard against or address miscarriages, in support of the rule of law;
- to promote and enhance those standards and principles which are generally recognised internationally as necessary for the proper and independent prosecution of offences;
- to assist prosecutors internationally in the fight against organised or other serious crime
in order to:
- promote international co-operation in gathering and providing evidence, in tracking, seizing and forfeiting the proceeds of serious crime, and in the prosecution of fugitive criminals;
- promote speed and efficiency in such international co-operation;
- to promote measures for the elimination of corruption in public administration;
- to promote the professional interests of prosecutors and to enhance the recognition of their crucial role in achieving criminal justice;
- to promote good relations between individual prosecutors and prosecution agencies;
- to facilitate the exchange and dissemination among them of information, expertise and experience; and, to that end, to encourage the use of information technology;
- to promote examination of comparative criminal law and procedure and to assist prosecutors engaged in justice reform projects; and
- to co-operate with international juridical organisations in furtherance of the foregoing objects.
OFFICERS
The IAP elects a President, six Vice-Presidents and a Secretary-General, and appoints a General Counsel, who are ex officio members of its governing body, the Executive Committee. The immediate Past President remains a supernumerary member for up to three years.
The Executive Committee also consists of not less than 10 and not more than 30 appointed members, generally reflecting the regions of the world where the IAP has members. There are at present 30 members from 25 countries.
The Secretary-General is the Chief Executive of the Association and manages its day-to-day affairs. The General Counsel provides advice, assistance and support for its professional work programme.
MEMBERSHIP
The present annual (calendar year) fee for an individual member is USD30. Organisations wishing to join the IAP should contact the Secretary-General, Henk Marquart Scholtz. Please visit the IAP website to find more information, contact details and application forms.
IAP SECRETARIAT
Hartogstraat 13, 2514 EP, The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone : +31 70 363 03 45 / Fax : +31 70 363 03 67
e-mail : sg@iap.nl.com / website : www.iap.nl.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
| President | |
| François Falletti | National Member for France at Eurojust, France |
| Immediate Past President | |
| Henning Fode | Private Secretary to HM The Queen, Denmark |
| Vice Presidents | |
| Minoru Shikita | Chairman Asia Crime Prevention Foundation, Japan |
| Retha Meintjes SC | Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, South Africa |
| Feng YE | Director General, International Judicial Cooperation Department, People’s Republic of China |
| Carlos Mariano Donoso Castex | Vice-President of the Association of Prosecutors, Argentina |
| James Hamilton | Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland |
| Wendy Stephen QC |
Crown Counsel, Canada |
| Secretary-General | |
| Henk Marquart Scholtz | Advocate General, The Netherlands |
| General Counsel | |
| Elizabeth Howe OBE |
Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for Kent, England |
| Members | |
| Wendy Abraham QC | Senior Counsel, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Australia |
| Ilie Botos | Counsel to the General Prosecutor, Romania |
| Richard Buteera | Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda |
| Nicholas Cowdery AM QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, New South Wales, Australia |
| Basile Elombat | Magistrat, Vice-Président Cour d'Appel du Nord, Cameroon |
| Alice Fisher | Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States |
| James P. Fox | President, National District Attorneys Association, United States |
| Sir Alasdair Fraser QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland |
| Vinette Graham Allen | Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Jamaica |
| I. Grenville Cross, SC | Director of Public Prosecutions, Hong Kong, China |
| Martin Herschorn QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Knut Kallerud | Senior Prosecutor, Norway |
| Michael G. Kennedy | Chief Operating Officer, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales |
| Joon Gyu Kim | Chief Prosecutor, Korea |
| Fikrat F. Mammadov | Minister of Justice, Republic of Azerbaijan |
| Javier Popolo Filgueira | Public Prosecutor, Venezuela |
| Oleksandr Shynalskyi | President, Ukrainian Association of Prosecutors, Ukraine |
| Raija Toiviainen | State Prosecutor, Finland |
| Làszlò Venczl | Vice-President, Hungarian Association of Prosecutors, Hungary |
ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE 13TH ANNUAL IAP CONFERENCE
| Chairman | |
| Lawrence Ang |
Principal Senior State Counsel, Criminal Justice
Division, Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore |
| Members | |
| Jennifer Marie | Deputy Principal Senior State Counsel |
| Daniel Koh | Deputy Principal Senior State Counsel |
| Lee Sing Lit | Deputy Principal Senior State Counsel |
| Jaswant Singh | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Lau Wing Yum | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Wong Kok Weng | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Ng Cheng Thiam | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Winston Cheng | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Mark Tay | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Anandan Bala | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Han Ming Kuang | Deputy Senior State Counsel |
| Amarjit Singh | Deputy Public Prosecutor |
| David Khoo | Deputy Public Prosecutor |
| Kalidass M | Assistant Public Prosecutor |
| Vincent Chua | Senior Assistant Director, Corporate Services Division |
| Chang Sy Fei | Internal Auditor, Internal Audit Unit |
| Henk Marquart Scholtz | Secretary-General, International Association of Prosecutors |
| Elizabeth Howe OBE | General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors |
IAP 2008 CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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305 Alexandra Road, #04-03, Vantage Automotive Centre, Singapore 159942
Tel: (65) 6353 9202
Fax: (65) 6353 9204
E-mail: enquiry@iap08.com
Website: www.iap08.com