146 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW CONFERENCE REVIEW JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AS ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF JUSTICE AND PEACE By Vladimir Zhbankov Author PhD (Law), Kutafi n Moscow State Law University, 2009 Associate Professor, Kutafi n Moscow State Law University E-mail: vladimir.a.zhbankov@gmail.com Abstract The Conference on Judicial Independence held by the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace took place in Moscow on May 29 – June 1, 2014 in Kutafi n Moscow State Law University. <...> Many world-renowned scholars and legal practitioners took part in the Conference as speakers. <...> They were discussing the problems associated with the institution of the Judicial Branch in modern states in an attempt to fi nd some ways of resolving those problems. <...> Keywords Judicial Independence, International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace, legal conference The Conference on Judicial Independence as an Essential Foundation of Justice and Peace held by the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace took place in Moscow, Russia on May 29 – June 1, 2014. <...> The Conference was organized with the assistance of Kutafi n Moscow State Law University (Moscow, Russia), Russian Academy of Justice (Moscow, Russia), University of Cambridge – Centre for Public Law (Cambridge, United Kingdom), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Faculty of Law, Sacher Institute (Jerusalem, Israel), and Russian law fi rm ART DE LEX. www.kulawr.ru Volume 1 September 2014 Issue 1 Vladimir Zhbankov Judicial Independence as Essential Foundation of Justice and Peace 147 The organizers of the Conference underline that, in spite of untoward conditions in some parts of Russia, foreign participants have optimistic views and are ready to cooperate and share their experiences in the legal fi eld. <...> Many world-renowned scholars took part in the Conference as speakers. <...> Among them were: — Professor Shimon Shetreet (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) — Dr. Sophie Turenne (University of Cambridge) — Professor Christopher Forsyth (University of Cambridge) — Sir Louis Jacques Blom-Cooper (QC FKC) — Professor Marcel Storme (University of Ghent) — Professor Irina Reshetnikova (Ural State Law Academy, Chair of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Ural Federal District) — Professor Vladimir <...>