Global Judicial Integrity Network Updates Special Edition 'Views' Review | Page 24

VIEWS
fighting the corruption in their justice systems,
an assistance provided in a number of ways.
First, the Network will promote knowledge-
building by harnessing the experience and
expertise of judges, judicial associations and
other key stakeholders. Second, it will facilitate
members’ immediate access to thousands of
relevant resources and tools on various issues
relating to judicial integrity, which may not
have been otherwise easily available to all.
Third, it will promote peer learning and support
activities between judges, offering them a more
direct and efficient line of communication.
Finally, the Network will support the further
development and the effective implementation
of the principles of judicial conduct, helping to
prevent corruption within the justice system.
When we work together to address
existing challenges and bring
together judges from all over
the world we know that global
judicial integrity is attainable.
When judges in every country are able to
access pertinent legal and judicial resources, to
study good practices and to review a multitude
of other materials put at their disposition by
UNODC, within a network affording them
the opportunity to directly liaise and confer
with their peers in other jurisdictions, their
individual efforts in fighting corruption and in
protecting judicial integrity are immediately
reinforced by the power of consensus and
sustained by the strength of its universality.
Ultimately, and more importantly, these
steps will protect people’s right to justice. As
inspirational and idealistic as it may seem, this
is the goal of every honourable member of the
judicial system.
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As members of this Global Judicial Integrity
Network, and as Chief Justices who have
ourselves witnessed the obstacles and the
challenges faced by so many men and women
of integrity striving to serve the cause of
justice, we believe in the power of joining forces
across the borders to share our perspectives
and to encourage one another in our collective
aspiration for an independent, impartial and
ethical judicial system.
The more peers and colleagues around the world
join us in this unique international network,
the more potent and fruitful our joint efforts
will be, and the more accessible our courts will
be for citizens all around the globe.