7. Anti-Corruption: Reducing the level of perceived and actual corruption in
the courts is a lynchpin for other anti-corruption initiatives. The focus for this
program, to a great extent, will be on those areas of Rule of Law that support
the following principles:
a. That citizens expect government to exist to serve society.
b. That citizens have a right to expect and demand a rule of law, not rule
by laws.
c. That the legal system must serve as the honest, fair and impartial
arbiter, interpreter, and implementer of the Rule of Law.
d. That the legal system must be independent and self governing, but
also accountable to the body politic.
e. That the Rule of Law must be transparent, widely accepted, and its
basic principles clearly understood by all.
f. That without an honest, fair and effective judicial system, other
efforts to control or eliminate corruption will fail.
8. Coordination with European institutions: integration with