ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence

The ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards on Judicial Independence provide standards against which to measure judicial independence in a particular country and are intended to be relied upon by judges, civil society, and public authorities in European states. They build upon well-considered rules and practices commonly found in the constitutions and case law of liberal democracies and in international law to describe the fundamental components of judicial independence as understood and expected in European liberal democracies. 

The Standards are directed toward the pressing and contemporary needs of European judiciaries. The Standards both describe and prescribe how to protect judicial independence and to ensure access to impartial courts. They seek to foster open and transparent discussion among stakeholders and encourage the adoption of practices protecting judicial independence.