As the members of the Better Justice Association, we hereby declare and undertake that:

We shall work to improve our Judicial System, which is one of the essential pillars of democracy, and is a keystone to lead our country to a better future, as well as to its functioning;

During our activities to that effect, we shall make every effort to embrace all stakeholders in the Judicial System, including related official and private bodies, non-governmental organizations, judges, prosecutors, advocates, other judicial officers, and academicians and representatives from the business world, to have them meet on common ground, as well as to generate innovative, progressive and reformative solutions, through multi-voice thinking and harmonizing different ideas, and to put these theoretical solutions into practice;

We shall contribute to the Constitution and law-making activities by bringing forward proposals aimed to reform the Judicial System;

Within the scope of our activities:

1. We shall abide by the fundamental and universal judicial principles;

2. We shall safeguard our country’s greatest interests;

3. The Rule of Law, Honesty, Transparency and Accountability are our highest priority values;

4. We shall take a stand against misconduct in judicial proceedings, and shall make every effort towards honesty, as well as full and frank disclosure of all facts of disputes and evidence;

5. We shall take a conciliatory position in every kind of public dispute;

6. We shall make concerted efforts to ensure that our Association embraces all segments of society;

7. We shall be impartial and treat equally all public, private institutions and organizations, non-governmental organizations and political parties;

8. We fully support the ten fundamental principles addressing matters of Human Rights, Environment, Fight against Corruption and Labour Law, which constitute the basis for the UN Global Compact initiative.