Judges for Judges and three other European Associations of Judges together form the Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey.This partnership has published a letter with an appeal to the respect of basic human rights of detained judges and prosecutors. It gives special attention to the dramatic case of judge Sultani Temel, who has been imprisoned with her five-year-old daughter for years now.
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The National Board of Polish Judges Association “Iustitia” resolution on demanding the right disciplinary spokespersons to undertake explanatory actions.
Referring to the recent events and numerous media publications about the functioning of troll farm at the Ministry of Justice - a group of people under the leadership of the former Deputy Minister of Justice Łukasz Piebiak, whose aim was to create an organized hate campaign on long-term depreciation of other judges, including un...
Report on the current situation in the judiciary in Poland - 22.09. 2019
Judges Krystian Markiewicz, Bartłomiej Starosta, Dorota Zabłudowska, Monika Frąckowiak, Katarzyna Kałwak, Monika Ciemięga refused to appear at the summons of disciplinary spokesmen for judges. The Association of Polish Judges "Iustitia" published their statements.
Judge Krystian Markiewicz: "As an independent judge, I decided not to appear today at the call of disciplinary spokesmen Schab, Lasota and R...
At its meeting in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, on 15 September 2019 the European Association of Judges – “the EAJ”- adopted the following resolution concerning the situation of the judiciary in Poland:
1. At the outset the EAJ observes that the independence of the judiciary in Poland has been under attack since the end of 2015. During this period legislative and political measures which are aimed at making the judiciary completely dependent on the executive and legislative powers have been ado...