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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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BBC : Poland lower house approves controversial judges law

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"Poland has approved a controversial law which makes it easier to dismiss judges critical of the governing party's judicial reforms. The legislation passed by 233 votes to 205 in the lower house of parliament in Warsaw on Friday. It came just hours after the European Commission urged Poland to reconsider the proposed changes. Demonstrators rallied in their thousands across Poland earlier this month to protest against the law. On Wednesday, the country's Supreme Court warned that Poland ...

The Wall Street Journal : Polish Parliament Backs Judicial Bill Opposed by EU

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"WARSAW—Poland’s parliament passed a law giving a judicial disciplinary panel the power to fine and dismiss judges for political activities, overriding complaints from European Union officials and protesters who have called the law authoritarian. The law also empowers the panel, known as the Disciplinary Chamber at the Supreme Court, to mete out penalties for judges that question the panel’s political independence. Already, 100 judges have been proposed for such penalties, according ...

12/18/2019 The Polish Judges Association "Iustitia" National Board`s position on the draft act - on amending the Act - Law on the system of the common courts, the Act on the Supreme Court and some other acts of law

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On the night of December 12-13, 2019, the Sejm (first chamber of the Polish Parliament) a group of MPs from Law and Justice political party presented a draft of the so-called act on judges disciplinary. However, the real purpose of this project is to ultimately subordinate the judiciary to political power. The proposed regulation deprives judges of independence, under the threat of expulsion, prohibits them from enforcing the November 19, 2019 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Uni...

P. Radzik Deputy Disciplinary Comissioner pursues the President of Iustitia for public statements and makes 55 charges

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December 4, 2019 Disciplinary Commissioner of the Judges of Common Courts Piotr Schab issued a communiqué in which he announced the initiation of disciplinary proceedings and the submission of 55 disciplinary charges by his deputy Przemysław Radzik. Below the link to the message.http://rzecznik.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Komunikat-Krystian-M.pdfANNOUNCEMENT OF The Disciplinary Commissioner of the Judges of Common Courts regarding the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against Kryst...

The Polish Cabinet's statement on the situation in the judiciary, submitted by the Minister of Justice.

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The rule of law means independent courts. It also means the independence of the judges that are subjected only to the Polish Constitution and the law. To undermine the status of the judges and the validity of the judgements questions the constitutional foundations of the State. It leads to legal chaos in Poland. It evokes anxiety in Polish citizens as to the validity of Polish courts’ judgements. Therefore, the Polish Cabinet expresses its concern regarding the actions of judges who -- throu...