Meeting held with Marco Teixeira, Senior Programme Officer UNODC and Head of the Doha Declaration Global Programme and the Judicial Integrity Network Board Members.

Judicial Immunity protects judges and society at large

There is global consensus that the core conduct characteristics necessary for an effective and principled judiciary are independence, impartiality, integrity, propriety, equality, competence and diligence. Most judiciaries have formally pledged to uphold these principles, laid out in detail by the  Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, one of the basic documents through which the Global Judicial Integrity Network promotes the rule of law.

Despite many judiciaries’ best efforts to sustain lawfulness, however, potential impediments can hinder judges’ ability to carry out their functions; this can come through pressure of various kinds, both intended (as a deliberate attempt to influence judges) and unintended (through circumstances which may lead judges to be restrained in their decisions).

 

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