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 Piotr Schab's statement of the 19th of August, 2022

In early August 2022, Ewa Leszczyńska-Furtak and Ewa Gregajtys, two experienced Justices of the 2nd Criminal Department of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, were transferred to the Labour and Social Insurance Department without their consent in virtue of the snap decisions by Piotr Schab, the President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw. Małgorzata Manowska, acting as the First President of the Supreme Court, urged Piotr Schab, the President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, to reverse these decisi...

Join to Statement of judges adjudicating at the Court of Appeal in Warsaw

Statementof judges adjudicating at the Court of Appeal in Warsaw With reference to the letters of the Vice President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw dated 5 August 2022 regarding the reassignment and transfer of SSA Ewa Leszczyńska-Furtak and SSA Ewa Gregajtys from the 2nd Criminal Division to the 3rd Labour and Social Insurance Division, we express our deep objection to this unprecedented decision, including the circumstances and motives for its adoption. This action blatantly violates the...

Position of the National Board of the Polish Judges` Association Iustitia on the actions of Przemysław Radzik and Piotr Schab in the Court of Appeal in Warsaw

Warsaw, 6 August 2022. POSITION ON THE ACTIONS OF PRZEMYSŁAW RADZIK AND PIOTR SCHAB IN THE COURT OF APPEAL IN WARSAW In letters dated August 5 2022, Vice President of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw Przemysław Radzik, acting in the place of Piotr Schab, informed the judges of the Second Criminal Department of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw: Ewa Gregajtys and Ewa Leszczyńska - Furtak, about their transfer, against their will, to the Third Department of Labour and Social Insurance. The decision...

Reply of European Union Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders to the list of judges' associations to the European Commission

DIDIER REYNDERS Rue de la Loi, 200 B-1049 Brussels MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Phone: +32-2 295 09 00  JUSTICE This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak3eb5b8ec54a7e7af76934f852c1fae73').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy3eb5b8ec54a7e7af76934f852c1fae73 = 'Did&a...

Polish Judges Association draft of the amendment of the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary, the Act on the Supreme Court and on certain other Acts

Polish Judges' Association draft of the amendment of the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary, the Act on the Supreme Court and on certain other Acts. which (as the only one) has fully implemented the judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. draft ACT dated   on the amendment of the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary, the Act on the Supreme Court and on certain other Acts[1]) Article 1. The following amendments ar...