According to the article 28 of the Statute, and by implementing the Decision of 2nd Regular Assembly of AJF BiH, members of the Association of Judges' in FBiH hereby adopt

THE ETHICS' CODE FOR JUDGES IN FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

By respecting the importance of judicial role for life of citizens of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
By acting in supporting ideals of democracy, pluralism and rule of law,
By efforts to strengthen the independence of judiciary in the entire Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
By hoping for judges in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to act in accordance with norms accepted in Europe and elsewhere in International Community,
By acknowledging the universality of moral norms that judges need to implement, without consideration of their legal tradition, and further more, by adopting the Recommendation of the Council of Europe number R (94) 12 of Committee of Ministers of Member countries regarding independence, efficiency and role of judiciary,
On behalf of there organization, signed below have agreed to respect this Ethics' Code for judges in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Article 1
Independence of judges
Judges shall work independently of executive and legislative authorities, and shall not be influenced by directions of any other branch of government. Judges shall fulfill their duties based on facts and laws, applicable in each and every case. Judges shall respect the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Judges must be immune on local, entities or national political influence of any kind.

Article 2
Fundamental impartiality
Judges shall fulfill their duties impartially and shall always act on a way that is equitable to each party in a process. Judges shall never allow their personal feelings or prejudice or favoritism to affect their work in any way. Judges must fulfill their duties by respecting dignity of each and every party in a process.

Article 3
Conflict of interests
Judges must avoid any possible conflict of interests based on family connections, friendship, and/or financial or professional ties. They shall inform all parties in a process of existence of any such relation that judge might have toward any party or witness in a process. Judges must avoid both real disproportions of any kind and anything that might be considered disproportional in a way of their work. Judges are required to withdraw from a case if basic reasons that might be considered as a conflict of interests exist.

Article 4
Professionalism and training
Judges must always maintain the highest standards of professionalism and legal profession. Judges must work hard in maintaining and improvement of their legal knowledge and be in track of its development. Judges are expected to be actively involved in on-going training in legal field.

Article 5
Activities on a side
Judges shall not be members of any political organization. They could be members of professional and other social organizations that are not involved nor support discrimination based on, but not excluding, ethnicity or nationality, sex, religion or physical defect. Judges might be involved and publish articles of academic or other investigative activities in their professional domain, but shall always consider applicability of a subject they work on, ways of presentation and professional dignity.

Sarajevo, June 1999

President of AJFBiH
Hajrudin Hajdarević