Anti-Corruption
Because corrupt practices are endemic in many of the countries in which we have worked, virtually all of our international court administration activities have had substantial anti-corruption components.
For example, in Albania, we contributed to efforts to heighten the scrutiny of judges and their finances by designing a Microsoft-Access database of information on the reported assets and income of judges. In Morocco, where we put new cash control systems into place, we made sure that standard financial safeguards were included, especially for employees who handle large amounts of money.
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More broadly, we believe improvements in case management (such as those we have helped to foster) are a crucial part of an effective anti-corruption strategy because they facilitate the identification of corrupt practices, limit opportunities for malfeasance and make judicial procedures and outcomes more transparent and accessible to the bar and the public. |
