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ENHANCING JUDICIARY`S ABILITY TO CURB CORRUPTION - A PRACTICAL GUIDE
35
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
UNCAC
UNCAC - Technical guide
Bangalore principle for judicial conduct
33
Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
34
Procedures for Basic Principles
35
Strengthening Judicial Integrity against Corruption
36
Guidelines on the role of prosecutors
37
UN Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime
GRECO Evaluation
International
Covenant on Civil
and Political
Rights
Montreal
Declaration
38
Ibero-American Summit
39
American Declaration of the Rights
and Duties of Man
Mt. Scopus Standards
40
IBA Minimum Standards
41
Beijing Statement
42
European Charter
43
Recommendation No. R (94) 12
44
CM(2010)147
45
Opinion no. 3 of CCJE
46
Opinion no. 1 (2000) of CCJE
47
Limassol
Conclusions (CMJA)
48
Council
Framework Decision
2001/220/JHA
49
New Delhi
Standards
50
Siracusa Principles
51
The Cairo Declaration
52
Commonwealth principles on the three branches of
Government
African charter on human and
peoples’
Rights
Plan of action for Africa on
53
African union convention on preventing and combating
corruption
Combating corruption in Judicial
Systems
Asian Human Rights Charter
EC Green Paper
54
The Universal
Charter of the judge
Beirut Declaration
European Convention of Human Rights
ECHR -Civil Limb
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ECHR – Criminal Limb
56
GCR 2007
57
Advocacy Toolkit
58
B17. Disciplinary procedures
regarding judicial officials should
be undertaken only with regard
to their conduct or breaches of
the code of conduct, and not
with regard to the content of the
cases they judge […]
A. 22
R2: Part2:
GPC10 5;
P. 15, p. 77
(ii), (iii)
B18. Disciplinary sanctions
cannot be applied for divergent
decisions in different cases, or
for decisions diverging from the
ones of the superior court, if they
are properly motivated.
R1: Part 1:
2.1.;
P. 15, p. 77
(i), (vi)
B19. The investigation of judges
and prosecutors shall be subject
to special rules in order to avoid
misuse motivated by revenge
of those affected by the judge’s
decisions […]
R1: Part1:
1.2;
2.1;
2.6.;R2
Part3:
1.3.1.;
R4:16
P. 15, p. 77
(i), (vi)
A. 51
B20. The decisions issued
by the Judicial Council in
disciplinary matters shall be
the subject of review by an
independent court.
A 17,
18,
19,
20
A 21,
22
P. 2
B21. Judges and prosecutors
cannot be civilly or criminally
liable for the decisions they
issue, unless there is proved
corruption.
R1: Part 1:
1..2.
Financial independence
B22. Judicial official salaries
should be established by
law issued by the legislative
and shall not be subject to
adjustments unless there are
major fiscal reforms.
A 11 Proce
dure 5
A6
2.22 A.15 31
P. 8, p. 56
A. 61
A. 10
P. 18
, 2.
P. 3
, art
13
B23. Judicial official salaries
cannot be subject to adjustments
by the executive.
2.07b,
c
38
A. 15
(b)
A.25
B24. Judicial salaries
and pensions should be
proportionate to the serious
responsibility tasked to them [..]
II.3.
pg.15
pg. 9 A. 6
2.2
31
P. 8,
p. 6.1,
6.2,
6.4
P. 3, p. 1
III (b)
P. 6, p.
41; P. 8,
p. 57
A. 10
(ix),
(xi)
A. 14
P. 23
, II; P.
35 ,4
pg. 18
B25. The judiciary shall have
its own budget, ideally a
fixed portion of GDP, which it
administers independently.
A. 10,
13
P. 2 P. 18
, 2.
First
, 2.
pg.
25
B26. The judiciary shall have
a sufficient budget in order to
ensure the appropriate number
of competent judicial officials
and a digitalized system that
allows for speedy resolution of
judicial cases and for dealing
efficiently with heavy caseloads.
pg. 10
R3: Q2:
Point 6
P. 3, p. 1
III (d)
P. 6, p. 42,
p. 44
P. 5, p. 26
A. 10
ix),
(xi)
pg. 18
B27. The budget shall be
sufficient to ensure the
judiciary`s independence
to engage any mechanism
necessary to establish the
truth – the need for expertise
or experts’ opinions, witnesses
hearings, valuations, seizure of
assets, interpretation etc.
A. 7 Proce
dure 5
R3: Q2:
Point 6
P. 6,
p. 1.6
P. 3, p. 1
III (d)
P. 5, p. 26
A. 10
(ix),
(xi)
A.25
P. 4,
2.2.2.