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Reissner of the Austrian Association of Judges, Judge Robert Fremr of the HighCourt in the Czech Republic, President Alain Lacabarats of the Cour d'Appel deParis in France, Judge Otto Mallmann of the Federal Administrative Court ofGermany, Magistrate Raffaele Sabato of Italy, Judge Virgilijus of the LithuanianCourt of Appeal, Premier Conseiller Jean-Claude Wiwinius of the Cour d'Appel ofLuxembourg, Judge Conseiller Orlando Afonso of the Court of Appeal of Portugal,Justice Dusan Ogrizek of the Supreme Court of Slovenia, President JohanHirschfeldt of the Svea Court of Appeal in Sweden, and Lord Justice Mance of theUnited Kingdom (Chairman). The published comments of CCJE-GT on theBangalore Draft, together with other relevant Opinions of the Consultative Councilof European Judges (CCJE) – in particular, Opinion No.1 on standards concerningthe independence of the judiciary – made a significant contribution to the evolvingform of the Bangalore Draft.The Bangalore Draft was further revised in the light of the draft Opinion ofthe CCJE on the principles and rules governing judges' professional conduct, inparticular ethics, incompatible behaviour and impartiality; and by reference to morerecent codes of judicial conduct including the Guide to Judicial Conduct publishedby the Council of Chief Justices of Australia in June 2002, the Model Rules ofConduct for Judges of the Baltic States, the Code of Judicial Ethics for Judges of thePeople's Republic of China, and the Code of Judicial Ethics of the MacedonianJudges Association.VI. The Bangalore Principles of Judicial ConductA revised version of the Bangalore Draft was next placed before a Round-Table Meeting of Chief Justices (or their representatives) from civil law countriesheld in the Japanese Room of the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands - the seatof the International Court of Justice - on 25 and 26 November 2002. The meetingwas facilitated by the Department for International Development of the UnitedKingdom, supported by the United Nations Centre for International CrimePrevention, Vienna, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,Geneva; and organized with the assistance of the Director-General of the CarnegieFoundation at The Hague.Judge Weeramantry, former Vice-President and Judge Ad-Hoc of theInternational Court of Justice, presided at the meeting at which the participantsincluded Judge Vladimir de Freitas of the Federal Court of Appeal of Brazil, ChiefJustice Iva Brozova of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Chief JusticeMohammad Fathy Naguib of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt (assistedby Justice Dr Adel Omar Sherif), Conseillere Christine Chanet of the Cour deCassation of France, President Genaro David Gongora Pimentel of the SupremaCorte de Justicia de la Nacion of Mexico, President Mario Mangaze of the SupremeCourt of Mozambique, President Pim Haak of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden,Justice Trond Dolva of the Supreme Court of Norway, and Chief Justice Hilario14