{"id":13633,"date":"2019-09-02T07:13:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T07:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=13633"},"modified":"2019-09-02T07:13:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T07:13:54","slug":"bujumbura-bar-association-denounces-corruption-in-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/bujumbura-bar-association-denounces-corruption-in-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Bujumbura Bar Association denounces corruption in justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a workshop held on August 30th, Bujumbura Bar Association has said corruption is the main challenge that Burundian lawyers face in their daily job.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our lawyers and judges are corrupt,\u201d says Jean de Dieu Muhuzenge, President of Bujumbura Bar Association.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13625\" style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13625\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RENTREE-JUDICIAIRE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RENTREE-JUDICIAIRE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RENTREE-JUDICIAIRE-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RENTREE-JUDICIAIRE-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RENTREE-JUDICIAIRE-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean de Dieu Muhuzenge (on the left): \u201cA lawyer must be independent, just and trustworthy\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He says there are lawyers who know more judges than the laws. \u201cThey are always in contact with judges and schedule bribery-based appointments,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>For him, some judges corrupt lawyers and condemn innocent people. \u201cSome judges refuse to implement judicial decisions which have not been appealed against,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Muhuzenge calls on lawyers to work in accordance with the law and their professional code of ethics. For him, lawyers and judges should be punished in case they are found guilty of corruption.<br \/>\n\u201cA lawyer must be independent, just and trustworthy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvestre Banzubaze, a lawyer in Bujumbura Bar Association says lawyers and judges should learn about their professional code of ethics.<br \/>\n\u201cLawyers should know their rights and duties,\u201d he says adding that they should combat any kind of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption is a big problem to the justice and lawyers\u2019 profession,\u201d says a participant in the workshop adding that it should be ended.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are lawyers who confuse their work with that of commission agents,\u201d says Nadine Nsabimana, Chairperson for Bujumbura City Court of Appeal adding that some lawyers do not work diligently to satisfy their clients.<\/p>\n<p>She calls on the representatives of the bar to have careful supervision over the lawyers and punish those who break the law.<br \/>\nThe workshop was organized on the occasion of the opening of the 2019-2020 judicial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a workshop held on August 30th, Bujumbura Bar Association has said corruption is the main challenge that Burundian lawyers face in their daily job. \u201cSome of our lawyers and judges are corrupt,\u201d says Jean de Dieu Muhuzenge, President of Bujumbura Bar Association. He says there are lawyers who know more judges than the laws. 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