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serving the knowledge, policy and advocacy needs of the global TI Movement and global stakeholder community on judiciary-related corruption issues and solutions multiply the impact of the TI Chapters’ domestic work by creating change at the national level, facilitating collective advocacy train interested stakeholders and assist judicial institutions in order to increase their know-how and expertise in the fieldGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY WORK
COUNTRY PROJECTS
TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Either comprising only judges, or both judges, prosecutors and other officials, judiciary is perceived in most of the countries as the last remedy to inequalities, human rights violations and abuses against the most vulnerable.
But when judicial independence hides political interests or corruption, it ruins people`s lives and undermines democracy and rule of law.
To ensure a fair adjudication of each and every case, judiciary has to be independent, accountable and act with integrity.
We have identified 40 international documents setting over 110 standards and requirements for an independent, accountable and acting with integrity judiciary, and compiled them into a comprehensive document. We published the practical guide in August 2015 to serve as a reference framework to judicial officials and decision makers for consolidating integrity, where require. National civil society and international partners can equally use them as benchmarks against which to keep judiciaries accountable.
We have identified two typologies in judiciary`s failures to ensure justice for all. Those generated by systemic vulnerabilities that allow corruption to affect judiciary itself, and legal and practical gaps or loopholes that hinder the normal flow of corruption cases through prosecution and adjudication, leaving the afflicted with no answer.
To enhance knowledge, national research is undertaken to engage practitioners into identifying specific causes and formulate appropriate redress from inside the system. We look towards peer to peer engagement to enhance trust in judiciary and improve its performance.
Build on the existing and newly available knowledge we work together with our international, regional and national partners to scale up on the governments` and donors` agenda the importance of independent and accountable judiciaries to safeguard human rights, rule of law and democracy, and to curb corruption.
Corruption undermines justice and ruins lives in many parts of the world. However, we believe that engaging a diverse spectrum of actors – judicial practitioners, decision makers, international donors, civil society, the business community and regular citizens – to demand an independent and honest judiciary, we can break this vicious circle.
To build functioning judiciaries that can effectively limit the devastating impact of corruption a change of attitude and practice is needed. To achieve a sense of achievability and urgency:
Corruption undermines justice and ruins lives in many parts of the world. However, we believe that engaging a diverse spectrum of actors – judicial practitioners, decision makers, international donors, civil society, the business community and regular citizens – to demand an independent and honest judiciary, we can break this vicious circle.
To build functioning judiciaries that can effectively limit the devastating impact of corruption a change of attitude and practice is needed.
The Centre of Expertise Programme aims at strengthening the TI Movement’s advocacy capacity on the integrity, independence and accountability of the judiciary. Its focus is on strengthening the integrity, independence and accountability of the judiciary as a key prerequisite for reducing impunity for corruption.