GOD'S COURT OF THE PEOPLE
INDEPENDENCE & ELIGIBILITY

Court Service Roles & Eligibility

This page records the proposed independence and eligibility framework for people seeking to serve the Court. The specific rules should be formally adopted through the Treaty, Court Rules or other lawful founding instruments before appointments are made.

Roles contemplated by the Treaty

The Treaty provides for judges, prosecutors and prosecution personnel, investigators, Court Enforcement Officers and other Court officials, employees, contractors and specialist personnel. Article 51 also provides for competency-based routes where knowledge and skills can be objectively demonstrated.

JUDICIARY

Judges

Judicial candidates should demonstrate competence, integrity, independence, impartiality, sound judgment and commitment to justice.

PROSECUTION

Prosecutors & Legal Officers

The independent Office of the Prosecutor may include the Prosecutor, deputies, assistants, legal officers and other necessary personnel.

INVESTIGATION

Investigators & Specialists

Investigative personnel may gather evidence and include legal, forensic, financial, digital and analytical specialists, subject to independence and professional standards.

ENFORCEMENT

Court Enforcement Officers

The Court Enforcement Service may include enforcement officers, investigators, transport, forensic, financial, safeguarding and technical personnel.

PROPOSED INCOMPATIBILITY RULE

Political, Governmental & Royal Independence

For Court service, the proposed rule is that a person must not hold any of the following positions while serving, and must complete a two-year cooling-off period after leaving such a position:

  1. Head of State
  2. Head of Government
  3. Minister
  4. Deputy or Assistant Minister
  5. Member of Parliament or equivalent
  6. Senator or equivalent elected legislator
  7. Elected local or regional government official
  8. Active political-party leader or officer
  9. Candidate for elected political office
  10. Senior political appointee
  11. Senior government official
  12. Monarch
  13. Working member of a royal family
  14. Anyone exercising governmental authority where the position creates a conflict with the independence of the Court

Ordinary political-party membership is not included in this proposed exclusion. The two-year period is intended to protect institutional independence and avoid immediate movement from political or governmental authority into Court service.

This page describes the proposed policy requested for the Court website. It should not be presented as an already-enacted Treaty amendment unless and until the relevant founding authority formally adopts it.