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Our main mission is to defend freedom and civil rights, which are the democratic foundations of Poland - a member of the the European Union.
We have been operating for more than 25 years, also as part of different international organisations of judges. We associate over 3,500 judges, most of them in Poland.

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The position of the National Board of Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" on the statement of the Disciplinary Spokesman of the Judges of Common Courts

Disciplinary proceedings
On November 8, 2019, Przemysław Radzik - Deputy Disciplinary Spokesman of the Judges of the Common Courts brought disciplinary charges against the judges: Krystian Markiewicz, Monika Ciemięga, Monika Frąckowiak, Katarzyna Kałwak and Bartłomiej Starosta in connection with the alleged misconduct of the dignity of the judicial office according to the Spokesman in a way of ignoring the statutory obligation of these judges to attend the summons and testify as witnesses and other disciplinary tor...

Raport of the Current situation in Poland

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The Regional Court in Kraków suspends the delegation of prosecutor Mariusz Krasoń from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Kraków to the District Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław. Prosecutor Mariusz Krasoń is one of the signatories to the unanimously adopted resolution of the Assembly of Prosecutors in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Krakow in which he protested against the superiors 'violation of prosecutors' independence by manipulating investigations. The resolution had no precedent: ...

Statement of the Disciplinary Officer for the Judges of Common Courts

Disciplinary proceedings
In reference to the statement of October 25, 2019, I would like to inform, that based on the findings of explanatory actions resulting from justified suspicion of disciplinary offenses committed by several judges, including the conscious ignoring the statutory obligation to appear on summons and to testify as witnesses as well as other disciplinary torts, the Deputy Disciplinary Officer for the Judges of Common Courts, judge Przemysław W. Radzik, by decisions of November 8, 2019, initiated disc...

ECBA Statement on the judicial independence in Poland

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The ECBA has received recently alarming information concerning the current situation of judges in Poland. According to this information, there are multiple ongoing disciplinary proceedings and other repressive measures against judges.  In this Statement the ECBA expresses grave concerns regarding the repression and obstructions facing judges in Poland. http://www.ecba.org/extdocserv/20191030_ECBAStatement_Poland.pdf...

Call to respect human rights of detained judges and prosecutors in Turkey

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Judges for Judges and three other European Associations of Judges together form the Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey.This partnership has published a letter with an appeal to the respect of basic human rights of detained judges and prosecutors. It gives special attention to the dramatic case of judge Sultani Temel, who has been imprisoned with her five-year-old daughter for years now. more: https://www.rechtersvoorrechters.nl/call-to-respect-human-rights-of-detained-judges-and-pr...