Sentences with phrase «ensure judicial independence»

Thanks to the IPKat blog I've become aware of an official response by the UK Government to a member of parliament (liberal democrat Dr. Julian Huppert, from Cambridge) who asked a question about what measures would be taken to ensure judicial independence at the EPO.

To guarantee the right to an independent and impartial judiciary, the law in Canada has constitutional protections or «essential conditions» that ensure judicial independence.

Romania: According to this article, Romania also has serious issues to ensure judicial independence:

Not exact matches

It's also meant to ensure it doesn't «give the appearance of compromising judicial impartiality and independence (including independence from the political process)» while keeping a judge from taking a position on issues that might ultimately wind up before the courts, he argues in the memo.

Judicial independence is obviously a bedrock of our legal system, required to ensure the autonomy and function of the courts without outside interference.

In short, judicial independence ensures that judges are free from external pressure and influence.

However, if the principle of complementarity is to be applied, states must ensure that their own judicial systems and trials are consistent with international standards of independence and fairness, the ICC must be willing to actively support, embrace, and implement the principle, and the international community must provide the financial, technical, and professional resources that many struggling states need in this endeavour.

Through its commitment to judicial independence and impartiality, and its efforts to ensure access to justice, it stands today as one of the primary bastions of the rule of law in Quebec.

According to the government's press release: «He [Geoff Cowper] will identify the top issues that are affecting the public's access to timely justice and what can be done to ensure the efficiencies already underway have the desired impacts while respecting the independence of the judicial system.»

As to the role of the lord chancellor, the committee says this is central to the maintenance of judicial independence and the rule of law: «Prime Ministers must therefore ensure that they continue to appoint to the post candidates of sufficient status and seniority» (HL, para 71).