Topic Guide: Judicial Corruption

Opinion no. 3 on the principles and rules governing judges’ professional conduct. Consultative Council of European Judges, 2002. https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.js...  

The Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) adopted this opinion on standards of professional conduct, in particular ethics, incompatible behaviour and impartiality in 2002 for the attention of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. It proposes standards of conduct applying to judges on issues regarding the exercise of their functions, extra-judicial and other professional activities of judges.  

Compendium of the judiciary's ethical obligations. Supreme Council of the Judiciary (Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature), 2010. http://www.conseil-superieur-m...  

The objective of these principles, comments and recommendations is to establish ethical references for the French judiciary. This compendium, created by the French Supreme Council of the Judiciary, does not constitute a disciplinary code but rather a guide for judges and prosecutors, specifying the ethical requirements of their office. Matters of judicial ethics are presented in a concrete manner and organised thematically, followed by comments concerning the same obligations or situations and recommendations. Principles discussed in this compendium include independence, impartiality, integrity, probity, loyalty, strictly upholding to the law, attention to others, discretion and reserve.