We are an independent, apolitical and self-governing association of Polish judges.
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.

Declaration of the judges of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw

Declaration of the judges of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw

Warsaw 16 January 2023

Declaration

of the judges of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw

We, judges of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, express our adamant objection to the position of the President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, Piotr Schab, refusing to implement the interim measure issued by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in the cases of judges of our Court: Appeal Court Judge Ewa Leszczyńska-Furtak (application no. 39471/22), Appeal Court Judge Ewa Gregajtys (application no. 39477/22) and Appeal Court Judge Marzanna Piekarska-Drążek (application no. 44068/22). In its decision of 6 December 2022, the Court ordered the suspension of the implementation of the decision to transfer the above from the Criminal Division to the Labour and Social Insurance Division. In a letter of 13 December 2022, the President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw declared that he would not implement the interim measure that was ordered, acknowledging that the decision of the Court in Strasbourg is of a non-binding nature. This position breaches the obligations of the Republic of Poland arising from the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and constitutes a blow to the authority of our Court. We therefore call on the President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw to immediately implement the interim measures ordered by the European Court of Human Rights.

Agnieszka Ambroziak

Paulina Asłanowicz

Katarzyna Capałowska

Bernard Chazan

Alicja Fronczyk

Marzanna Góral

Marcin Graczyk

Edyta Jefimko

Anna Kalbarczyk

Ewa Kaniok

Aleksandra Kempczyńska

Ewa Klimowicz – Przygódzka

Magdalena Kostro – Wesołowska

Beata Kozłowska

Grażyna Kramarska

Małgorzata Kuracka

Przemysław Kurzawa

Bożena Lasota

Danuta Malec

Anna Michalik

Małgorzata Micorek-Wagner

Joanna Mrozek

Teresa Mróz

Robert Obrębski

Tomasz Pałdyna

Katarzyna Polańska-Farion

Anna Rachocka

Jacek Sadomski

Ksenia Sobolewska-Filcek

Anna Strączyńska

Marcin Strobel

Dorota Szarek

Renata Szelhaus

Marta Szerel

Bogdan Świerczakowski

Magdalena Tymińska

Dorota Tyrała

Agnieszka Wachowicz-Mazur

Marzena Wasilewska

Urszula Wiercińska

Joanna Wiśniewska-Sadomska

Agata Wolkenberg

Agata Zając

Anna Zdziarska