The International Dimensions of Judicial Accountability, 2007

This document is part of Chapter 3 (Accountability and competence of judges) of Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2007, the focus of which is corruption in the judicial system.

The article relating to asset recovery, entitled "The international dimensions of judicial accountability", covers

• the role of local judiciaries in the repatriation of assets;
• the impact of a corrupt judiciary on the whole asset recovery procedure;
• case study: judicial corruption in Suharto case (Indonesia);
• case study: conditions attached to asset repatriation in the Marcos case (the Philippines);
  
• case study: prevention of the continuation of proceedings in the Mobutu (Zaire) and Duvalier (Haiti) cases;

• guidance in UNCAC on keeping the judicial system free of corruption.

The other articles in the chapter are

• judicial integrity: the accountability gap and the Bangalore Principles;
• corruption, accountability and the discipline of judges in Latin America;
• the professionalism of judges: education, salaries and career structure in Asia;

• professional qualifications of the judiciary in Italy, France and Germany.