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Statement of ABA President Judy Perry Martinez Re: Polish judiciary

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2019 – The American Bar Association welcomes the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Poland, which found that the court’s Polish Disciplinary Chamber and the National Council of the Judiciary are not sufficiently independent from executive and legislative authorities. Both entities have been criticized by Polish civil society and international rule-of-law organizations for exerting improper political influence on Poland’s judicial system.  On Nov. 19, the ...

Night-time attack on the independence of the courts in Poland

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"Proposed legislation would effectively prohibit any dissent from judges, prosecutors, and barristers who criticize changes into judiciary and prosecution that the governing majority has been implementing in Poland since 2015"

https://oko.press/night-time-attack-on-the-independence-of-the-courts-in-poland/

Open Letter to the President of the European Commission regarding Poland’s disciplinary regime for judges and the urgent need for interim measures in Commission v Poland (C-791/19)

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Ever since the European Commission initiated a third infringement procedure in respect to the recurrent attacks on the rule of law by Polish authorities last April, the situation has continued to seriously deteriorate. We have now reached the unprecedented and frightening stage where Polish judges are being subject to harassment tactics in the form of multiple arbitrary disciplinary investigations, formal disciplinary proceedings and/or sanctions for applying EU law as interpreted by the ECJ or ...

Commissioner for Human Rights Concerned by 55 disciplinary actions against judge K. Markiewicz & suspension of district judge Juszczyszyn.

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https://twitter.com/CommissionerHR/status/1202277638359920640 https://rm.coe.int/report-on-the-visit-to-poland-from-11-to-15-march-2019-by-dunja-mijato/168094d848 48. The Commissioner was alsoconcerned by the numerous reports she received of disciplinary proceedings being instituted against judges and prosecutors formatters such as: speaking out in public on the topic of the government’s reform of the justice system; requesting preliminary rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Unio...

P. Radzik Deputy Disciplinary Comissioner pursues the President of Iustitia for public statements and makes 55 charges

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December 4, 2019 Disciplinary Commissioner of the Judges of Common Courts Piotr Schab issued a communiqué in which he announced the initiation of disciplinary proceedings and the submission of 55 disciplinary charges by his deputy Przemysław Radzik. Below the link to the message.http://rzecznik.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Komunikat-Krystian-M.pdfANNOUNCEMENT OF The Disciplinary Commissioner of the Judges of Common Courts regarding the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against Kryst...