{{short description|Principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Partiality|Patriality}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} '''Impartiality''' (also called '''evenhandedness''' or '''fair-mindedness''') is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons.
==Legal concept== The BBC (guided by Reithianism as its foundation) has, as its principles, impartiality, in respect of media bias in broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title=What does impartiality mean? BBC no-bias policy being pushed to limits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/12/what-does-impartiality-mean-bbc-no-bias-policy-being-pushed-to-limits |work=The Guardian |date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
European Union law refers in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to: * A right to good administration: :"Every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled '''impartially''', fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union."<ref>{{cite book| chapter= Article 41| publisher= Council and Commission, European Parliament| url= http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT&from=EN |title= Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union| via= europa.eu| date= 26 October 2012| language= en| access-date= }}</ref> * A right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial: :"Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and '''impartial''' tribunal previously established by law."<ref>{{cite book| chapter= Article 47| publisher= Council and Commission, European Parliament| url= http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT&from=EN |title= Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union| via= europa.eu| date= 26 October 2012| language= en| access-date= }}</ref>
== See also == * {{annotated link|Equity (law)}} * {{annotated link|Fairness (machine learning)}} * {{annotated link|Justice}} * {{annotated link|Neutrality}} * {{annotated link|Objectivity (philosophy)}} * {{annotated link|Procedural justice}}
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== Further reading == * {{cite journal|last=Gert|first=Bernard|year=1995|title=Moral Impartiality|journal=Midwest Studies in Philosophy|volume=XX|pages=102–127|doi=10.5840/msp1995207 }} * {{cite book|last=Dworkin|first=Ronald|year=1977|title=Taking Rights Seriously|publisher=Harvard University Press}} * {{cite book|last=Occhiogrosso|first=Peter|chapter=Buddhism|title=The Joy of Sects: a spirited guide to the world's religious traditions|year=1991|page=84}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{Wiktionary}} * {{cite web|first=Troy|last=Jollimore|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/impartiality/ |title=Impartiality|website=Stanford Online Encyclopedia of Philosophy|date=2002-03-25}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.openbible.info/topics/impartiality|title=38 Bible Verses about Impartiality|website=OpenBible.info}} * {{cite web|url=https://quranicteachings.org/equality-law/|title=Equality Before the Law|website=The Quranic Teachings|date=2013-12-08|first=Tanveer|last=Hussain}}
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