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Strasbourg, 31 December 2019     S T A T E M E N T   for the attention of the Association of Polish Judges “IUSTITIA”, International Association of Judges and other national and international associations and institutions concerned with the independence of the judiciary in Poland   The Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) has been informed that Polish judges are organising, on 11 January 2020 at 15.00 in Warsaw, a silent march in support ...

Dear Colleagues Lawyers!For the last couple of years in Poland the government and the legislature have systematically attempted to limit the independence of courts and the independence of judges. They also did much to expand their influence on functioning of the judiciary. December 2019 has brought a quite new set of challenges for judges in Poland. They can be called the most difficult in the entire history of the judiciary so far after 1989. Those are: the intense activity of the Disciplinary...