{"id":1871,"date":"2022-12-13T07:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T07:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:55:50","slug":"serving-the-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2022\/12\/13\/serving-the-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving the Judiciary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The South African Judicial Service Commission 2009-2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the performance of the JSC up to scratch? FUL has examined the JSC\u2019s roles in appointing and disciplining judges and produced this report. It has also submitted to the JSC a <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FUL-JSC-submission-2022-11-25.doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">number of recommendations<\/a> for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report was launched virtually on 29 November 2022 \u2014 here is a video of the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Freedom Under Law - A Review of the Activities of the SA JSC 2009 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4xm6s9Fuv-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Judicial Service Commission 2009-2022 Is the performance of the JSC up to scratch? FUL has examined the JSC\u2019s roles in appointing and disciplining judges and produced this report. It has also submitted to the JSC a number of recommendations for the future. The report was launched virtually on 29 November 2022 \u2014 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2022\/12\/13\/serving-the-judiciary\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Serving the Judiciary?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Serving the Judiciary? - Freedom Under Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2022\/12\/13\/serving-the-judiciary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serving the Judiciary? - Freedom Under Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South African Judicial Service Commission 2009-2022 Is the performance of the JSC up to scratch? 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