Modernizing Judicial Independence Standards

Adopted in 2008, the Mt. Scopus Standards offer updated principles on judicial independence, reflecting contemporary challenges and global legal developments.

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The Mount Scopus Standards

The Mt. Scopus Standards were approved in Jerusalem on 2008, amended in Vienna at 2011 and approved in Ghent at 2012 after amendments in San Diego 2013, Moscow 2014, Osnabrueck October 2014, Bologna and Millan 2015, Krakow 2016, London 2018, Potsdam 2020, Jerusalem January 2022, Warsaw December 2022, Nicosia 2025, Kiel February 2026.

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Mt. Scopus Conferences

During 2007-2013 the Project organized 10 conferences: Jerusalem 2007, vaduz 2007, Jerusalem 2008, Krakow 2008, Cambridge 2009, Utah 2010, Vienna 2011, Hong Kong 2012, Ghent 2012, San Diego 2013, Moscow 2014, Osnabruck 2014, Bologna and Milano 2015 and Krakow 2016, and London 2018.

Conferences Page
List of the Conferences
Members & Publications
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Mt. Scopus Participants

Jurists, legal scholars, and justice system leaders from around the world actively contributed to the Mt. Scopus conferences. Their insights shaped the evolution of modern standards for judicial independence.

Officers of the conference
Participants List

ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence Discussed in Brussles

On 28 May 2025, the ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence took centre stage at a high-level conference held at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU in Brussels.

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Mt. Scopus Publications

Shimon Shetreet and Wayne McCormack (ed.), THE CULTURE OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN A GLOBALISED WORLD (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2016).
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Mt. Scopus Publications

Shimon Shetreet (ed.), THE CULTURE OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE: RULE OF LAW AND WORLD PEACE (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2014).
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Mt. Scopus Publications

Shimon Shetreet and C. Forsyth (eds.), THE CULTURE OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES, 637+xlix pp. (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012).
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