April 23-25, 2007
President of the
Hungarian Supreme Court Meets Chief Justice Roberts
Dr.
Zoltán Lomnici, President of the Supreme Court and the National Council of
Justice of Hungary made an official visit to Washington April 23-25, 2007.
He was received by the Hon. John Roberts Jr., Chief Justice and Anthony
Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
During the meeting they especially underlined the importance of promoting
the rule of law and envisioned the cooperation of the Hungarian and American
judiciaries for that purpose. Dr. Lomnici, who is also presiding over the
Hungarian judicial administration, got extensively acquainted with the
functioning of the Judicial Conference and its executive arm, the
Administrative Office of US Courts.
Dr.
Lomnici met with Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of the Department of
State for Democracy and Global Affairs. They discussed the importance of the
rule of law and democratic values as well as the growing experince the
Hungarian judiciary has gained in that respect through its active
cooperation with judiciaries of other countries.
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Photograph by Franz
Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States |
