Judicial Transparency Checklist Key Tranparency Issues and Indicators to Promote Judicial Independence and Accountability Reforms

Abstract

The following checklist is intended to provide multiple constituencies, such as judges,reformers, civil society, researchers and donors, with many of the key indicators neededto assess, report and monitor the level of transparency of judiciaries and judicialprocesses, to develop concrete action plans, recommendations and programs and todevelop strategies for coalition building around priority reforms. The JudicialTransparency Checklist contains many of the indicators developed for the Model State ofthe Judiciary Report, both of which incorporate international norms, lessons learned andemerging best practices.