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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COMMON POSITION on the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered on 19 November 2019 in Joined Cases A.K. (C-585/18), CP (C-624/18) and DO (C-625/18)

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COMMON POSITION on the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered on 19 November 2019 in Joined Cases A.K. (C-585/18), CP (C-624/18) and DO (C-625/18) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL POLSKA THE WIKTOR OSIATYŃSKI ARCHIVE (ARCHIWUM OSIATYŃSKIEGO) THE CIVIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM (FORUM OBYWATELSKIEGO ROZWOJU) THE FORUM FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN JUDGES (FORUM WSPÓŁPRACY SĘDZIÓW) THE STEFAN BATORY FOUNDATION (FUNDACJA IM. STEFANA BATOREGO) THE HELSINKI FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (...

Raport of the Current situation in Poland

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The Regional Court in Kraków suspends the delegation of prosecutor Mariusz Krasoń from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Kraków to the District Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław. Prosecutor Mariusz Krasoń is one of the signatories to the unanimously adopted resolution of the Assembly of Prosecutors in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Krakow in which he protested against the superiors 'violation of prosecutors' independence by manipulating investigations. The resolution had no precedent: ...

ECBA Statement on the judicial independence in Poland

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The ECBA has received recently alarming information concerning the current situation of judges in Poland. According to this information, there are multiple ongoing disciplinary proceedings and other repressive measures against judges.  In this Statement the ECBA expresses grave concerns regarding the repression and obstructions facing judges in Poland. http://www.ecba.org/extdocserv/20191030_ECBAStatement_Poland.pdf...

Call to respect human rights of detained judges and prosecutors in Turkey

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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. more: https://www.rechtersvoorrechters.nl/call-to-respect-human-rights-of-detained-judges-and-pr...