A/HRC/44/27 addressing existing and emerging judicial integrity-related challenges and facilitating the identification of technical assistance needs. The ultimate purpose of the Network is to strengthen judicial integrity and prevent opportunities for corruption in the justice system. The Network has addressed several issues that might affect the integrity of the judiciary, such as the use of social media by judges, gender-related judicial integrity issues, codes of judicial conduct and the role of judicial immunities in safeguarding judicial integrity. The Network has also developed a comprehensive training package on judicial conduct and ethics. Specialized training can be a useful means of addressing potential challenges posed to human rights by anti-corruption efforts. Such challenges may occur, for example, during searches and when resorting to special investigative techniques, such as wiretapping and other means of intercepting communication, which may affect the right to privacy. 29. Several submissions contained information on reforms undertaken with a view to increasing transparency and accessibility. North Macedonia, for example, reported on reform measures taken to combat corruption in the judiciary, for example by specifying the criteria to be used for the appointment, selection, promotion and dismissal of judges and prosecutors, improving the codes of conduct and revising the method used to distribute court cases. The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights expressed concern about the decrease in human resources in the prosecutor’s office dedicated to corruption cases. OHCHR-Cambodia reported on the technical support it had provided to help the Government of Cambodia to roll out a criminal case management system. OHCHRCambodia also advocated for the publication of judgments in order to enhance access to justice, transparency and accountability and for the publication of a study on integrity in the judiciary. C. Public procurement and management of public finances (art. 9) 30. Article 9 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption highlights the importance of transparency and accountability in public procurement and the management of public finances. These principles have also been highlighted by human rights mechanisms in the context of public budgets. The Committee on the Right of the Child, for example, has found that corruption and mismanagement of public resources in State revenue mobilization, allocation and spending represent a failure by the State to comply with its obligation to use the maximum of available resources. 11 The Committee has therefore recommended that States parties should develop and maintain public financial management systems and practices that are open to scrutiny and that information on public resources should be freely available in a timely manner. 12 It has observed that transparency contributes to efficiency and combats corruption and mismanagement of public budgets and that it is a prerequisite for enabling meaningful participation of the executive, legislatures and civil society, including children, in the budget process. 13 31. Mauritius reported that, since 2015, it had adopted a corruption risk mapping tool developed by the World Customs Organization to develop targeted and preventive measures against corruption. Furthermore, the Mauritius Revenue Authority regularly conducted surveys to assess the perception of integrity in the revenue collection departments. D. Public reporting (art. 10) and participation of society (art. 13) 32. Transparency is a fundamental principle of good governance and important to both anti-corruption and human rights. Access to information emanates from this principle. The right to freedom of expression (as enshrined, for example, in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) includes the freedom to seek, receive and impart information. It also constitutes a measure to prevent corruption (article 13 (1) of the United Nations Convention against Corruption). Promoting the right of the public to access information is therefore a good practice for upholding human rights while fighting 11 12 13 General comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights, para. 34. Ibid., para. 62. Ibid. 7