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Statement of the Board of Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" concerning the words of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

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Prime Minister of Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki Dear Sir, As patriots and judges, hereby we express our deep indignation at your words spoken in the last days in New York. In our judgement, they insult the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. Your short expose consists of a mix of manipulations, false statements and we consider it a sign of defamation of our own country and of our allies. Below we provide explanation to our position and we demand immed...

Another amendment (8th in lat 3 years) to the Act on the Supreme Court.

New KRS and the Supreme Court
Repeal of the judge`s immunity: After the amendment comes into force, the members of a special court - the Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber, elected by the politicized National Council of Judiciary with the majority of former prosecutors with connections with the Minister of Justice - Prosecutor General, will decide upon the judges` arrested and prosecution. The repeal of the judge`s immunity will be the competence of the supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber in both instances – single judge ...

Advocate General Tanchev: the Court should rule that the provisions of Polish legislation relating to the lowering of the retirement age for Supreme Court judgesare contrary to EU law

New KRS and the Supreme Court

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-619/18 Commission vs Poland - here (pdf).

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/04/11/world/europe/ap-eu-poland-judiciary.html

A detailed summary of the Judge Alina Czubieniak`s case.

Disciplinary proceedings
March 22, 2019 was a breakthrough day for the Polish judiciary. On this day the government has indeed crossed the Rubicon River, shatteringly violating the rule of law and breeching the sphere of tie judicial independence of the judge. Alina Czubieniak the judge of the Regional Court (second level of the three level system of the common courts in Poland) in Gorzów Wlkp was convicted in the disciplinary proceeding by the judges of the new Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court for issuing the...

When Polish judges become human rights defenders (euronews.com)

Disciplinary proceedings
“There is a danger when politics enters the judiciary,” warned Judge Sławomir Jęksa in his summing up of his decision to accept the appeal of a woman who had been charged for using offensive language at a rally. More: https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/04/when-polish-judges-become-human-rights-defenders-view?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554368345...