ECON-1006EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: United Nations Human Rights Committee, Judicial Independence, International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights
12 Oct 2020
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Nonprofessional members of the court should be designated by a procedure assuring their independence from the parties, the dispute, and other persons interested in the resolution. They are mentioning this due to the issue of the judges are only hired in temporary contracts. This can be argued to affect their judicial independence. A judge or other person having decisional authority must not participate if there is reasonable ground to doubt such person"s impartiality. There should be a fair and effective procedure for addressing contentions of judicial bias. As referring to a state of mind or attitude of the tribunal in relation to the issues and the parties in a particular case . Case valente v. the queen: not about the relationship of parties but more on the behaviour of the court. Re-affirmed by human rights committee that the notion of impartiality in article.
