Absence of Corruption In the Judiciary

This sub-sub-indicator assesses the extent to which government officials in the judicial branch do not use public office for private gain. This is based on the following criteria: the extent to which judges, magistrates, court personnel, commercial arbitrators or labour inspectors are likely to take bribes to perform their duties or expedite the process; poor people do not use courts to settle disputes due to corruption of judges and judicial officers; criminal organisations, private parties, or the government, exercise improper influence over members of the courts, trials and court cases; prosecutors receive bribes to investigate a crime, prosecute a criminal, drop or reduce charges, grant a bail, destroy or tamper with evidence or expedite a court case; judges decide cases according to what the law says.