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.

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E-mail scandal: ‘Some journalist should ask me about it’. How the government’s narrative about ‘anarchy’ in the judiciary was created

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https://ruleoflaw.pl/e-mail-scandal-some-journalist-should-ask-me-about-it-how-the-governments-narrative-about-anarchy-in-the-judiciary-was-created/ 'I would very much like them to be shorter and very succinct, using words such as: we cannot allow legal chaos, conjugating this through all cases, and using the thesaurus, namely anarchy, disorder, inertia, mess,’ Morawiecki wrote. The text was published by Onet.pl in Polish.  Further messages exchanged between people from the Prime Ministe...

Joint Statement in support of the Polish Judges Letter

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https://www.iaj-uim.org/iuw/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EAJ_Platfom_Statement_30.05.2022.pdf Europe, May 30th 2022 The undersigned European associations of judges and prosecutors, having taken notice of the attached letter sent on 23rd of May 2022 by five associations of Polish judges: “IUSTITIA” Association of Judges, “Themis” Judges Association, Association of Family Judges in Poland, “Pro Familia” Family Judges Association and Polish Association of Administrative Court Judges (fu...

The polish judges letter

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https://www.iustitia.pl/images/1/Letter_ult.version_27.05.22.pdf Dear Madam President of the European Commission, Vice-Presidents and Commissioners.Dear President and Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.Dear Chairperson of the LIBE Committee. As Polish judges we once again address to you and ask to take any actions to restore the rule of law in Poland and to guarantee citizens of Poland and other Member States the right to an independent court. The Court of Justice of the European Unio...

23rd of May - Alert Day for the Independence of Justice

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Once again MEDEL marks the 23rd of May as the Alert Day for the Independence of Justice, remembering that the independence of the Judiciary is the cornerstone of any free and democratic society. Another year has passed and the challenges to the Rule of Law have increased in number and intensity. A terrible war has started in Europe and images we all thought had been forever relegated to history books are back in front of everyone’s eyes – innocent civilians suffering the horrors of war a...

Resolution of the Board of the Polish Judges Association IUSTITIA of 13 May 2022

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Courts and tribunals are a separate and independent branches of government from the others. The independence of the courts and independence of judges should be guarded by the National Council of the Judiciary (Article 187 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland). Today, the ruling party, by selecting compromised judges for the new composition of the National Council of the Judiciary, contrary to the Constitution and the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Europ...