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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The UN representative asks about Judge Alina Czubieniak's discipline

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https://vaaju.com/poland/the-un-representative-asks-about-judge-alina-czubieniaks-discipline/

As a Polish judge, I know what happens when you resist the government’s grip on the judiciary

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"One of the most serious threats to the right to a fair trial in Poland is the targeting of judges with disciplinary proceedings for the content of their rulings." - Dorota Zabłudowska Judge on the Gdańsk District Court in Poland https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/22/as-a-polish-judge-i-know-what-happens-when-you-resist-the-government-s-grip-on-the-judicia...

The Iustitia statement regarding another attempt to dismiss legitimate judges of the Supreme Court

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Iustitia – Polish Judges Association - calls for Polish and international institutions attention. In the days ahead, another attempt will be made to remove the legitimate Supreme Court judges from adjudicating and to take control over the Supreme Court by representatives of the ruling party. Just recently we have seen new measures taken by lawyers unlawfully appointed to the Supreme Court. They illegally seized the case file from the Civil Chamber, transferring it to the government - dependen...

Opinion of the Justice Defence Committee – KOS  (no 18 (5) / 2019) regarding the false statement of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, which took place during a press conference in Washington on June 13 , 2019.

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Warsaw, June 18, 2019. Opinion of the Justice Defence Committee – KOS (no 18 (5) / 2019) regarding the false statement of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, which took place during a press conference in Washington on June 13 , 2019.   The Committee for the Protection of Justice KOS strongly protests against the false statement of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda during a press conference in Washington on June 13, 2019. Responding...

The President is defying CJEU and the European Commission. Starts a new recruitment to the Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber

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President Andrzej Duda launched the appointment procedure regarding 6 vacancies in the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court. http://www.monitorpolski.gov.pl/MP/2019/675 Iustitia reminds, that ECJ has recently described the Disciplinary Chamber as follows: “The newly created Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court does not meet the requirements of judicial independence established by EU law.” https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2019-06/cp190083en.pdf ht...