130 domestic law. Likewise, they shall refrain from promoting the widespread or selective use (in specific cases) of pretrial detention. 3. In order to provide support and to strengthen institutionality for the the judicial authorities charged with ordering pretrial detention, the IACHR recommends, among other measures, to train officers of the court in how to perform in matters that are the subject of highlycharged public controversy and in which they can expect to face pressure from various quarters before reaching their decision, as well as criticism and questioning once their decision is made. 4. Guarantee the fundamental principle of the tenure of judges and magistrates. Judges and magistrates may only be removed from their functions (i) when the term or condition of their appointment is met or when they reach the mandatory retirement age, which are situations that constitute effective compliance with the guarantee of irremovability during the period of exercise of their position, or (ii) when the separation from their position is the result of a sanction issued by the competent authority, after a process that complies with due process guarantees and the principle of legality. 5. Disciplinary control mechanisms shall aim to assess the conduct and performance of the judge as a public official. Member States shall establish clearly and in detail the conduct subject to disciplinary sanctions, which should be proportional to the violation committed. Likewise, the decisions that order the enforcement of disciplinary sanctions should be public, based on solid grounds, susceptible to review and comply with due process. The information concerning the disciplinary proceedings shall be accessible and subject to the principle of transparency. 6. These disciplinary control mechanisms shall never be used as a means to exert pressure on or punish court authorities who have made pretrial detention decisions in which they were acting within their sphere of competence and in accordance with the law. 7. The following is recommended regarding the relationship between the justice system and the media: (a) devise a communication policy in each institution of the judiciary that includes the adoption of measures to make information accessible to the public; (b) create or reconfigure liaison mechanisms (press offices, for example) between the judicial branch and the media to provide objective, nonconfidential information concerning the progress or outcome of judicial proceedings; (c) arrange public spaces in which to provide instruction in how the institutions within the justice system function, the manner in which the most frequent judicial proceedings unfold, and the significance of the most important phases of those