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(To: National Office for the Judiciary (OBH) (To: National Judicial Council (OBT) (Copy: Hungarian Association of Judges)  At its meeting in Marrakech on 14 October 2018 the European Association of Judges (EAJ) was informed by a letter from the president of the Hungarian Judges Association and by the delegate  of the Association about recent developments in the Hungarian judiciary. The EAJ is concerned by failures or anomalities in the functioning of the relationship betw...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2018 — The American Bar Association is concerned about rushed efforts to implement the Polish law governing its Supreme Court enacted earlier this year. The ABA expressed concern before its adoption that the law would lead to the politicization of the court, and we believe that irregularities in the proceedings to select new judges for the Supreme Court will further undermine judicial independence in Poland.  On October 10, the Polish government appointed 27 new ...

Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) decided in its meeting of September 17th, 2018, to suspend the membership of the Polish Judiciary Council (KRS - Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa). The ENCJ concluded that currently the KRS is not "independent of the executive and legislature" and therefore is not capable of ensuring "the final responsibility for the support of the judiciary in the independent delivery of justice". Although deeply regretting that the situation had to reach this ou...