The UIHJ Board of Directors and the Scientific Council of the International Union of Judicial Officers have unanimously approved the appointment of Prof. Dr. Nikolaj Fischer to the Scientific Council of the UIHJ for the 2024-2027 term of office. This is the first time in several years that Germany has been represented. The Council now consists of the following persons

• Françoise Andrieux (France), Honorary President of the UIHJ
• Mathieu Chardon (France), Secretary General of the UIHJ
• Robert Emerson (USA), Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida
• Frédérique Ferrand (France), Professor at the University Jean Moulin Lyon III
• Nikolaj Fischer (Germany), Director of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure, Institute of Economic Law, University of Kassel
• Natalie Fricero (France), Professor at the Universities, University Côte d'Azur
• Patrick Gielen (Belgium), Secretary of the Board of the UIHJ
• Aida Kemelmajer de Carlucci (Argentina), Professor at the University of Mendoza
• Mayatta Ndiaye Mbaye (Senegal), Permanent Secretary of the OHADA
• Paula Meira Lourenço (Portugal), Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon
• Leo Netten (the Netherlands), Honorary President of the UIHJ
• Guillaume Payan (France), Professor at the University of Toulon
• Marc Schmitz (Belgium), President of the UIHJ
• Adrian Stoica (Romania), Dean of the Law and Administrative Sciences Faculty of the Ovidius University of Constanta
• Dimitrios Tsikrikas (Greece), Professor at the University of Athens
• Jos Uitdehaag (The Netherlands), 1st Vice-President of the UIHJ
• Sjef van Erp (the Netherlands), Professor Emeritus at the University of Maastricht
• David Walker (Scotland), Treasurer of the UIHJ