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Call for Speakers - Annual Conference 2025 - Singapore

The 30th Annual Conference and General Meeting of the IAP will take place in Singapore from 07-10 September 2025.

The theme for the conference is The Versatile Prosecutor and the Administration of Criminal Justice.

The themes for the Plenary Sessions are:  
i.  Turning the tables on new forms of crime
ii.  Strengthening international cooperation – Best practices and innovative approaches to tackle barriers to effective international cooperation
iii.  Future-proofing prosecutors.
The themes for the Workshops are:
i.  Technological advancements and the presentation of evidence 
ii.  Obtaining and using expert digital evidence 
iii.  Asset tracing and seizure
iv.  International cooperation to tackle cyber offences – Practical examples
v.  Legal education and training 
vi.  Mental wellness and resilience 

In addition to the Plenary Sessions and Workshops, there will also be a range of Specialist Network Sessions and Special Interest Group Sessions – the themes will be confirmed in due course.

The IAP and the Professional Programme Committee are inviting proposals from all IAP members who are interested in giving a presentation during the Plenary Sessions or Workshops of the conference to submit an abstract for consideration for inclusion in the programme by the Professional Programme Committee.  

Please find full details of the plenary sessions in the attached document here.  Please also note the guidance on how to submit an abstract and details about what must be included in your submission on page 2 of the attached document.  The conference website and registration will open this week.

Proposals must be submitted to gc@iap-association.org.   The deadline for submissions is Friday 02 May 2025.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts!

Call for Speakers - Regional Conference - Mongolia

The 10th Eastern Europe & Central Asia Regional Conference of the IAP will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 04-06 June 2025.

The theme for the conference is The Evolving Role of the Prosecutor:  Challenges and Best Practice in Tackling Cybercrime.

The sub-themes are:
i.  The evolution and trends of social media and its impact on crime
ii.  Emerging threats in the digital landscape – The evolving nature of cybercrime targeting children
iii.  Technological advancements in combatting cybercrime
iv.  Trafficking in persons:  Regional trends, strategies and victim protection.

The IAP and the Professional Programme Committee are inviting proposals from all IAP members who are interested in giving a presentation during the plenary sessions of the conference to submit an abstract for consideration for inclusion in the programme by the Professional Programme Committee.  The Regional Conference is open to all IAP members, regardless of which IAP region you are based in, and the themes of the conference impact on all jurisdictions worldwide.

Please find full details of the plenary sessions in the document here.  Please also note the guidance on how to submit an abstract and details about what must be included in your submission on page 3 of the document.

Proposals must be submitted to iap2025mgl@prosecutor.mn and iap2025mgl@gmail.com.   The deadline for submissions is Friday 25 April 2025.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
 

Recruitment of new General Counsel

The recruitment campaign for the IAP General Counsel is being put on hold with immediate effect. Please do not submit any applications for the role at this time.  We will provide a further update as soon as possible.


The position of General Counsel of the IAP will be vacant from 1 January 2026. You will find the Call for Applicants here.

The General Counsel is IAP’s leading legal adviser and is responsible for IAP’s professional programme. Together with the Executive Director, Janne Holst Hübner, the General Counsel reports to and supports the President and Secretary General. The General Counsel and Executive Director are part of the Bureau of the Secretary General, together with several other staff members.

The Bureau of the Secretary General is located in The Hague, the Netherlands. However, the General Counsel does not have to be based in The Hague and can work from another location, as long as he or she is available for regular stays in The Hague. 

The IAP General Counsel's job description provides more information about the position's nature and requirements. The successful candidate is expected to start on 1 January 2026.

If you are interested in learning more about the nature and requirements of the job which are not addressed in the job description, please email the IAP Secretary General at sg@iap-association.org

Closing date
Applications will close at 23:59 hours CET on April 1st, 2025. Please note that applications received after that date/time will not be considered.

Following the closing date, the IAP Leadership Planning Sub-Committee will review the applications received and produce a short list of selected candidates. The shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview either at the Secretariat in The Hague or through a virtual platform in May or June 2025.

Call for applications for the 2025 Granting Programme

IAP Newsletter - January 2025

The newsletter, which has been distributed quarterly since September 1997, informs Association members about recent developments, provides details and reports about its annual and regional conferences and other conferences and seminars and gives updates on the domestic affairs of the Association.

Edition 95 - January 2025

• Message from the IAP President
• Secretary-General’s Editorial
• Theme articles: The prosecution of money laundering
• Special Article: Intervention of the Legislative Power in the Independance of Judiciary in Bulgaria - Vicious Practices
• The 58th Executive Committee Meeting of the IAP
• Call for nominations of candidates for Executive Committee membership
• IAP participation in global events
• The 18th IAP European Regional Conference, Malta
• The 11th IAP Regional Conference for Asia and Pacific, Hong Kong
• The 30th Annual Conference and General Meeting of the IAP, Singapore
• Call for IAP Awards and the IAP Granting Programme
• The IAP Cybercrime Network
• Message from the General Counsel
• Upcoming IAP Global Training Academy webinars
• Precius IAP Global Traning Academy webnar recordings
• Call for newsletter articles and webinar topics
• Editorial Board and IAP staff and contact information

Visit by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Moldova

The IAP Secretariat were delighted to welcome a delegation from Moldova to the IAP offices in the Hague on 09 April 2024.  The delegation, which comprised of twelve prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office and district prosecution offices, along with officers from the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, were visiting The Hague for a week as part of a ‘Model Prosecution Office Study Tour’ as part of the ABA’s Supporting Criminal Justice Reform and Strengthening Anticorruption Efforts Program in Moldova.  

The overall objective of the program is to support the continued development of Moldova’s criminal justice system and actors, and to strengthen targeted anti-corruption efforts.

As well as the IAP, the delegation visited the Office of the Prosecutor General, the National Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rotterdam, Eurojust, the regional EPPO office and the ICC.

During the meeting at the Secretariat, a presentation was given to the delegation about the IAP, including our objectives and professional work programme.  There was an engaging discussion with the delegates about the various workstreams of the IAP, and the benefits of building personal networks to progress international cooperation.  

The IAP Secretariat would like to thank our colleagues from Moldova for taking the time to visit us whilst in The Hague, and we hope to meet many of them again at future IAP conferences.