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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.

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A message from Turkish judiciary association head Murat Arslan sentenced to 10 years to prison

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Esteemed Colleagues/True Friends, I am writing this message to express my deepest gratitude for the unwavering support and tireless efforts that you have extended to me and other Turkish colleagues during our ongoing difficult times. You have been a beacon of hope and strength for all of us, and your contributions have made a significant difference in our life especially for those who have been in prison cells for years. MEDEL’s voice has been heard all over the world, and its efforts have p...

Letter of the Association of Polish Judges "IUSTITIA" to the protesters defending free courts in Israel

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Greetings to the Free People of Democratic Israel! For many days, we have been observing with admiration the great attachment of Israeli society to the tripartite division of power. We are reminded of the protests that swept through Poland in 2017, known as "chains of light", in defence of the independence of our courts. Because of those protests, we managed to secure the president's veto on two laws aimed at destroying the independence of the judiciary. Unfortunately, half a year lat...

The elections will be overseen by: court presidents from Ziobro, Piebiak supporters and neo-judges.

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The State Election Commission [PKW] has appointed new election commissioners to oversee the preparation and conduct of elections. They are mainly beneficiaries of the "good change in the courts. The new commissioners were appointed by the State Election Commission in a resolution dated March 27, 2023. There are 93 of them, and the list includes mainly judges who have been promoted under the current government. They are the presidents of courts appointed by the Minister of Just...

Supreme Court judges refer questions to CJEU over President Manowska`s secondment of them to the Civil Chamber

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The judges of the Supreme Court who were delegated to the Civil Chamber against their will are addressing questions to the CJEU. These are cases from a different area of substantive law. And there will no longer be any appeal against our rulings - Judge Bohdan Bieniek explains to OKO.press. Due to a large backlog in the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, President Małgorzata Manowska seconded judges from the Labour and Social Insurance Chamber and from the Extraordinary Control and Publi...

Resolution 2/23 of 26th March 2023 Permanent Presidium of the Forum for Cooperation of Judges on the harassment of judges for following the case law of the European Courts.

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Judge Piotr Gąciarek has been removed from adjudication - a criminal lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, by the decision of the President of the Warsaw District Court, he is to perform the duties of a court registrar. Protest against such harassment was expressed by the Permanent Presidium of the Forum for Cooperation of Judges. Resolution 2/23 of 26th March 2023 Permanent Presidium of the Forum for Cooperation of Judges on the harassment of judges for following the case law of the ...