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European Court of Human Rights has issued a precedent-setting interim measure protecting Polish judges.

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European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] stops Schab and Radzik! Court banned repression of Warsaw appellate judges - article by Mariusz Jałoszewski OKO.press https://oko.press/etpcz-zatrzymuje-schaba-i-radzika-trybunal-zakazal-represji-wobec-sedzi-apelacyjnych-z-warszawy ECHR has issued a precedent-setting interim measure protecting Polish judges. Based on it, three judges are to be reinstated in their old division. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued a precedent-setting in...

A chamber for special tasks. This is how power entrenches itself in the Supreme Court - Krystian Markiewicz, Bartłomiej Przymusiński

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A chamber for special tasks. This is how power entrenches itself in the Supreme Court Krystian Markiewicz Bartłomiej Przymusiński https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,29236877,izba-do-zadan-specjalnych.html Public opinion has focused its attention at the Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber, which prosecuted judges. Meanwhile, the authorities have another tool in the Supreme Court that is less talked about. Krystian Markiewicz is the president and Bartłomiej Przymusiński is the spokesman for the ...

Prosecutors and judges announce continued fight for their salaries (Patrycja Rojek-Socha on prawo.pl)

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Prosecutors and judges announce continued fight for their salaries - translation of the article by Patrycja Rojek-Socha JUSTICE NEWS, date added: 05.12.2022 https://www.prawo.pl/prawnicy-sady/wynagrodzenia-sedziow-i-prokuratorow-pozwy,518623.html The battle for judges' and prosecutors' salaries in 2023 has ended in defeat. They are to be calculated through the basis indicated in the Approximate Budget Act, and not as it appears in the Law on the System of Common Courts and the Law on the Publi...

Judgment of the The Constitutional Tribunal of Poland - K 6/21

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JUDGMENT dated 24 November 2021 Ref. No. K 6/21* Judgment in the name of the Republic of Poland The Constitutional Tribunal, composed of: Julia Przyłębska - Presiding Judge Zbigniew Jędrzejewski Bartłomiej Sochański Wojciech Sych - Reporting Judge Michal Warciński, Recording Clerk: Michał Rylski, having considered, at the hearing on 24 November 2021 – in the presence of the applicant and the President of the Republic of Poland, the Sejm, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Polish O...

Judge`s chain...

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Judge`s chain...  When Judge Tuleya was suspended, he also did not know what was going to happen to his court office, what was going to happen to his belongings.- Judge Piotr Gąciarek began his speech yesterday, while welcoming Judge Igor Tuleya, returning to work after more than 2 years suspension. Piotr Gąciarek went on to say: He gave me back the most important thing, the dearest thing, for every judge, he gave me back his judge`s chain. The judicial chain that the presiding judge has o...