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.

The suspension of Judge Chmielewski was unlawful

The suspension of Judge Chmielewski was unlawful. On 7 February 2023 the Chamber of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court overturned the Disciplinary Chamber's January 2022 decision to indefinitely suspend Judge Chmielewski. The Chamber ruled that Judge Krzysztof Chmielewski of the Regional Court in Warsaw could not be suspended for implementing the judgments of the ECtHR and the CJEU. It therefore overturned the January 2022 decision of the illegal Disciplinary Chamber to suspend hi...

Response from the EU Justice Commissioner to the letter from the Judges' Associations

Response from the EU Justice Commissioner to the letter from the Judges' Associations. EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, replying to the Presidents of the Judges' Associations on behalf of the President of the European Commission, indicates that concerns about the independence of the NCJ in its current form have not been allayed, despite the fact that in a number of judgments the European Court of Human Rights has found the process of appointing judges to the Extraordinary and Public Acc...

OSCE critical of Supreme Court bill in interim opinion. 

Communication No. 2/2023 of 8 March 2023.                                 Dear Colleagues, we present another communiqué on the activities of the Association of Polish Judges Iustitia. In this communiqué we will present the events of February 2023. OSCE critical of Supreme Court bill in interim opinion.  In its urgent interim opinion on the draft law on the Supreme Court and certain other laws (as of 16 January 2023), the OSCE highlights that: - 'while every...

European Association of Judges' Bord statement on recent developments in israeli judicial system

Rome, February 22nd 2023                         EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES' BORD STATEMENT                         ON RECENT  DEVELOPMENTS IN ISRAELI JUDICIAL SYSTEM The recent legislative activities in Israel aim to interfere seriously in the position of the judiciary - one of the equal and independent branches of government - towards the other two state powers. Those developments are closely followed in the European Association of Judges ...

EU withholds all funds from Poland, not just National Recovery Plan. The government is silent on that matter

Since the beginning of February 2023, the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy has been announcing further competitions under EU cohesion policy programmes for 2021-2027. However, it fails to mention that the disbursement of these funds is currently impossible due to Poland's violation of the rule of law Paulina Pacuła oko.press 7th February 2023 The competitions of the new EU programmes 2021-2027 are starting!" - announces the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy on its website. And i...