Affiliation: Doctor of Law, Professor of The European University

Abstract: The article deals with the standards of judicial independence, institutional and individual independence, their interrelationships, their role and importance for the existence of democracy and the rule of law, the article discusses the elements of individual independence of the judiciary, existing and expected external and internal threats to judicial independence. The article analyzes and outlines the courts, both external and internal forces, the dangers of impact, such as the legislative and executive branches of government, political parties, society, the press, the judiciary itself, and sets out standards for what both judicial and judicial independence standards must meet. The article also offers readers the ways to solve the problems that arise.