The perception of the independence of the judiciary power in Burundian law: crossed views

Abstract

Any person is always in search of social well-being. However, despite this aspiration, all people still face different problems. Some of these come from his fellow human beings and in modern States, everyone must be protected from acts that infringe his rights and freedoms. To avoid arbitrariness, States have long established various institutions to promote and protect human rights. Indeed, the judiciary is the keystone but to be effective, one of the conditions that it must fulfill remains independence. Despite both international and national instruments advocating the independence of the judiciary, this issue remains problematic in Burundi as elsewhere. This article has been prepared to analyze the Burundian population's perception of the independence of judiciary power by highlighting different points of view from the diverse representative sample. Intellectuals especially politicians, lawyers, and judicial practitioners fully understand the concept of the independence of the judiciary, the provisions that guarantee it, and their factors while Unintellectual people are less familiar with it. Nevertheless, all the people met doubt the effectiveness of the independence of the judiciary if they