Toutes les garanties l'indépendance des juges, l'inamovibilité, la sécurité financière et l'indépendance administrative reposent sur le principe selon lequel un juge devrait pouvoir s'exprimer en toute liberté, sans avoir la crainte de subir un préjudice ou sans espérer tirer un gain quelconque de ce qu'il pourrait dire.
Part of the reason for all the protections the guarantees of independence of judges, security of tenure, remuneration, and certain guarantees in terms of the administration of justice is based on the proposition that a judge should be able to speak his or her mind, without fear of prejudice or hope of some sort of gain because of what they might say.