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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An Independent Supreme Court Will Survive in Each of Us - every common court in this country, every judge, will from today, be like the Supreme Court

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Dear Madam First President, Ladies and Gentlemen, The term of office of the current President, Professor Małgorzata Gersdorf, is coming to an end. We can already call this term historic because it was undoubtedly one of the most difficult in the more than 100-year history of the Supreme Court. Never before in the historay of the Polish judiciary has there been such an unpardonable, brutal attack on the Supreme Court by politicians of a ruling party and the Prosecutor's Office. It can only be...

Statement of the National Board of the Polish Judges Association „IUSTITIA” over prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf`s the First President of the Supreme Court

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In a few days the term of office of the First President of the Supreme Court Professor Małgorzata Gersdorf will end. The Supreme Court, independent and not subordinated to political influence, is one of the last national institutions supporting the trust in justice. An ordinary citizen`s trust, that there is someone able to defend his/her rights and freedoms without fearing the possible consequences. Today, we want to make it absolutely clear, that the situation, when the omnipotent prosecutor...

Statement of President of European Association of Judges (EAJ) 23.04.2020

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European Association of Judges Regional Group of the International Association of Judges A “Marshall Plan” for Rule of Law in Europe   We should be anticipating not merely all that commonly happens but all that is conceivably capable of happening, if we do not want to be overwhelmed and struck numb by rare events as if they were unprecedented ones. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)   1. In the past weeks, the European judges have been confronted in multiple ways...

🐣 Easter wishes from IUSTITIA

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José Igreja Matos: Access to Justice in Times of Judicial Lockdown

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“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...