EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION)
Strasbourg, 3 October 2013
I. Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
II. Chapter 2 GENEChapter 1 RAL REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF JUDGES
III. Chapter 3 PRINCIPLES AND RULES GOVERNING THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF JUDGES
IV. Chapter 4 PRINCPLES AND RULES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF JUDGES IN EXTRAJUDICIAL ACTIVITIES
V. Chapter 5 FINAL PROVISIONS
Introduction:
Legal protection of human rights and freedoms cannot be ensured unless there is a competent and independent system of justice, administered according to the principles of fairness and impartiality. Such a justice system requires that every judge observe the rules of professional ethics, discharge their duties in an honest and conscientious manner and show proper concern for the preservation both of their own honour and dignity and of the dignity and authority of thejudiciary.
State guarantees with respect to the independence, inviolability and irremovability of judges, non-interference in their activities and a high level of material and social support are not apersonal privilege of judges but rather a means of securing the aims of the justice system, namely to deliver rulings which are lawful, well-founded and fair.
The judges of the Republic of Tajikistan, being guided by the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, the constitutional law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On courts of the Republic of Tajikistan”, international legal principles and norms recognised by the Republic of Tajikistan, developing and elaborating on them for the purp ose of safeguarding the right of every person to have their case dealt with in a fair and timely manner by a competent, independent and impartial court, and likewise for the purpose of establishing standards of judicial conduct as the basis for public trus t in the judiciary and the quality of justice, mindful of their responsibility to society for the proper dispensation of justice, hereby adopt the present Code of Judicial Ethics.
