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Judicial integrity is a pre-condition to maintaining trust in the judiciary. It is important to safeguard judicial independence, and manage the risks associated with dysfunctions within the court system and within the body of judges. The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)—the Council of Europe anti-corruption body—devoted its 4th Evaluation Round, in part, to the prevention of corruption in the judiciary. It highlighted the shortcomings in its member states related to judicial integrity and made country-specific recommendations for improvements. Fully implementing this body of recommendations is essential to maintaining judicial independence and securing judicial integrity—both sides of the same coin.
Gianluca Esposito is Executive Secretary of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Council of Europe or its bodies.
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Council of Europe European Convention on Human Rights and the Strasbourg Court case-law, Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 on judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities, and the standards developed by the Venice Commission, the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), and GRECO.
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Esposito, G. (2019). Judicial Integrity and Judicial Independence: Two Sides of the Same Coin. In: Pinto de Albuquerque, P., Wojtyczek, K. (eds) Judicial Power in a Globalized World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20744-1_11
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