It is the official position of the Board of the Polish Judges’ Association ‘Iustitia’ that the real purpose of this legislation (here also referred to as the New Law) is to ultimately subordinate the judiciary to the political power.
The legislation deprives judges of their independence, as under a threat of expulsion from the office, they are prohibited from applying the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of November 2019. This constitutes a breach of Poland’s commi...
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, hereafter the “CCBE”, representing the National Bars and Law Societies of 45 European countries, and through them more than 1.000.000 European Lawyers, underlines the value and importance of the rule of law, enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, as one of the common values upon which the European Union is founded and as part of the common constitutional traditions of all Member States.
Since 2015, the CCBE has issued alr...