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PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: âTransparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donorsâ
Speeches Strasbourg 11 May 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page
Rapporteur: Mr Konstantin Kuhle, Germany, ALDE.
Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a preliminary draft resolution and/or a preliminary draft recommendation
Thank you, Mr Chairman, for inviting me to make a statement on what is a very important topic.
Thank you also to Mr Kuhle for his interesting introduction and I would like to thank him for having prepared such a comprehensive draft report.
on the prevention of corruption amongst judges defines corruption of judges in a broader sense to include dishonest, fraudulent or unethical conduct by a judge in order to acquire personal benefit or benefit for third parties. It comprises a set of recommendations on measures that member states need to take to prevent corruption inside the judiciary. These include a regulatory framework relating to decisions on judges’ careers; a set of rules, principles and guidelines on ethical conduct of judges; a robust system for declaring assets; rules concerning recusal and self-recusal of judges; and adequate criminal, administrative or disciplinary penalties for a judge’s corrupt behaviour to enhance transparency and thereby public trust in the judiciary.