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 request of the International Association of Judges to the United Nations to establish January 11 as the International Day of Judicial Independence – the 1000 Robes March

January 11, 2020. One Thousand Robes March. Thousands of lawyers and citizens marched the streets of Warsaw, demanding the right to independence, the right to Europe. The government in Poland has changed, but has the 1000 Robes March stopped? The Polish judiciary needs reforms. It requires the restoration of the National Council of the Judiciary to its constitutional role. It requires that the system of judicial appointments be put in order so that every citizen has the right to an independent...

Statement of the Board of the Warsaw Local Branch of the Polish Judges' Association "Iustitia" on 9th January 2024

The Board of the Local Branch in Warsaw of the Polish Judges" Association "Iustitia", in view of the wide media statements and comments against Mr. Tomasz Trębicki, Judge of the District Court for Warsaw - Śródmieście in Warsaw, in connection with his rulings issued in enforcement proceedings and the order for execution of the sentence in the case of the validly sentenced Mariusz K. and Maciej W. strongly opposes any attempts to impute any political intentions of Judge Trębic...

Iustitia Information Network - Communiqué No. 9/2023 dated December 29, 2023.

Communiqué No. 9/2023 dated December 29, 2023. Dear Colleagues, we present another communiqué on the activities of the Association of Polish Judges Iustitia. In this communiqué we will describe the events of November and most of December 2023. Supreme Court on judicial appointments involving neo-KRS. We see the consequences of the bad reforms of the dearest Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro. In yet another decision, the Supreme Court says that Supreme Court appointees cannot issue valid...

Statement of the Iustitia"s National Board of 1st August 2023 on the so-called Lex Raczkowski

The National Board of thePolish Judges' Association IUSTITIA in order to draw public attention to the unredeemed actions of the legislative and executive authorities aimed at removing Judge Piotr Raczkowski from the judicial office hereby declares: These actions are clearly contrary to the constitutional principle of non-removability of judges. Mr Piotr Raczkowski is a judge of the Military Regional Court in Warsaw. As a military judge, he was also a high rank officer on active duty. Until 201...

Letter from the Board of the European Association of Judges to the Armenian authorities on the violation of ECHR standards towards judges

Rome, July 14th 2023 His Excellency Vahagn Khachsturyan President of the Republic of Armenia Press @president.am Honourable Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia  chieffofstaff @gov.am Honourable Vladimir Vardanyan Chairman of the Standing Committee on State and  Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Republic of   Armenia Vladimir.vardanyan @parliament.am Her Excellency Marija Pejcinovic Buric Secretary General of Council of Europe His Excellency ...