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"Today's CJEU decision not only clearly prohibits the Polish government to illegally repress judges, by suspending the so-called Disciplinary Chamber, but has a much broader effect - it should close the way for abuse of the arbitrary recognition of the elections validity” - Professor Krystian Markiewicz President of the Association of Polish Judges Iustitia. Today, on 8 April 2020. The Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber)granted the Commission's application for interim ...

“What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.” ― Albert Camus, The Plague The terrible time we are living in with the coronavirus pandemic poses arduous challenges for those who work in the judicial system. The worldwide extent of the Covid-19 crisis has confronted us, again in our history, with the eternal fragility of humanity. The International Association of Judges (IAJ) represents associations of 92 countries from fi...

The European Commission has gone to the ECJ to challenge the legality of the disciplinary chamber that punishes judges, and has asked the court to suspend it while the case is pending. A decision is expected soon. Many in Brussels understand the threat: last month Vera Jourova, the commissioner for transparency, said Poland was “carpet bombing” its judiciary rather than reforming it. But time is short. link (pdf)Link and foto:  https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/03/22/as-polands...

The epidemic stops the judges' repression only for a moment The hearing at the Disciplinary Chamber scheduled for March 20 for waiver of immunity of judge Igor Tuleya will not take place. This is the result of the decision of prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf the First President of the Supreme Court, who canceled all the hearings due to epidemic spread. "We have no delusions that the disciplinary system has slowed down only for a moment. We expect a new date to be set at any time, "says pro...