6. Institutional Independence and Accountability
6. Institutional Independence and Accountability The review body shall operate independently of any developer, deployer, operator, data controller or other party proposing an action under this article. Its members shall be appointed through a transparent process by an independent public authority or legally independent institution. Appointment, tenure, removal and funding arrangements shall protect against improper influence. Members shall disclose actual, potential and reasonably perceived conflicts of interest and shall recuse themselves where impartiality may reasonably be questioned. The review body's decisions shall include written reasons and shall be subject to independent audit and appropriate appeal mechanisms. No review body shall have exclusive or unchallengeable authority over its own conduct. An independent authority shall have the power to investigate allegations of procedural misconduct, improper interference, evidence suppression or conflicts of interest, subject to...