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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ECHR gives notification to Poland of another case raising an issue related to changes in the judiciary

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The European Court of Human Rights decided on 2 September 2019 to communicate1 to the Government of Poland the application Xero Flor w Polsce sp. z o.o. v. Poland (application no.4907/18), and requested that it submit observations. The case concerns proceedings brought by the applicant company claiming compensation for damage to its property, and its complaint about the appointment of one judge in particular to the Constitutional Court which examined its case. This is the second applicatio...

Raport: Current situation of judiciary in Poland

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Deputy Minister of Justice judge Łukasz Piebiak resigned after it was revealed in media, that he had stayed behind an organized hate on judges who do not want to submit to changes in the judiciary introduced by Law and Justice (PiS) political party. Piebiak justified his resignation "with a sense of responsibility for the success of the reforms" he was working on at the ministry. The resignation of Łukasz Piebiak meant that his delegation to the Ministry of Justice had been withdrawn...

Iustitia submits a draft law providing for the return of judges delegated to the Ministry of Justice to the courts, withdrawal of the right to appoint court presidents by the Minister of Justice and changes in the law of the National Council of Judiciary

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08/28/2019 At a press conference convened today (August 28, 2019), the National Board of the Polish Judges Association Iustitia called on all judges delegated to the Ministry of Justice to return to the courts immediately and to end work for politicians. The draft also provides that the Minister will have no longer the right to appoint court presidents introduce a democratic method of electing the members of the National Council of the Judiciary by all judges. Judges from Iustitia also postulat...

Resolution of the Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" National Board on August 21, 2019, - publication of The Onet.pl portal

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Resolution of the Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" National Board on August 21, 2019,  In reaction to the publications of the Onet.pl portal regarding the former Deputy Minister of Justice Łukasz Piebiak and his associate, Judge Jakub Iwaniec coordination of the organized hate action against judges, the Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" on behalf of Polish judges is demanding the prosecutor's office, other law enforcement authorities and the legislative and ...

Troll farm at the Ministry of Justice, or "we do not lock up for doing good"

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onet.pl investigation. Troll farm at the Ministry of Justice, or "we do not lock up for doing good" https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/sledztwo-onetu-farma-trolli-w-ministerstwie-sprawiedliwosci-czyli-za-czynienie-dobra/j6hwp7f  Magdalena Gałczyńska today 18:04 Deputy Minister of Justice and the right hand of minister Zbigniew Ziobro stays behind an organized hate towards judges who are opposed to changes in the justice system implemented by PiS (Law and Justice...