Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
29 lutego 2020
Report on repression against Polish judges and prosecutors
„Justice under pressure – repressions as a means of attempting to take control over the judiciary and the prosecution in Poland in 2015-2019” report was prepared by the Association of Polish Judges „Iustitia” and association of prosecutors „Lex Super Omnia”. In 2017, as part of a package of legal changes to the judiciary, a disciplinary […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
27 lutego 2020
Rule of Law: „Ziobro’s prosecution service wants to charge Judge Tuleya for a judgment critical of PiS party”
„The National Prosecution Office has applied for the waiver of Judge Igor Tuleya’s immunity because he ordered an investigation into the Law and Justice vote in the Sejm’s Column Hall. Tuleya will be the first judge to whom the muzzle act will be applied. Because the illegal Disciplinary Chamber will make a decision as to […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
5 lutego 2020
Rule of Law: „Disciplinary Chamber tries to shut Juszczyszyn up by suspending him and reducing his salary”
„The Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court has suspended Paweł Juszczyszyn indefinitely for his attempt to review the legality of the new National Council of the Judiciary and the status of a judge that body appointed. The Disciplinary Chamber ruled that he had no right to do so. The judge’s defenders announced that he would […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
24 stycznia 2020
Rule of Law: „Duda shocks with hate speech attack on Polish judges”
„Polish President Andrzej Duda’s recent remarks on judges have provoked a fierce response. “The suggestion that judges are irresponsible and ‘should be eliminated’ because otherwise ‘Poland will never be a normal country’ is an example of hate speech, which can lead to violence directed against individual judges,” writes Iustitia, the largest association of judges in […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
10 stycznia 2020
Rule of law: „Judges under fire: 43 judges already targeted by disciplinary officer and prosecutors”
„More than 40 judges are being targeted by people loyal to Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro for their rulings, defence of judicial independence, meetings with citizens, criticism of “good change”, or implementation of CJEU judgments. 2019 was a difficult year for judges, in which Law and Justice (PiS) sought to break their resistance through repressions. […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
3 stycznia 2020
Rule of law: „The Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court as an exceptional court”
„The Disciplinary Chamber satisfies features of an exceptional court, despite its nominal inclusion in the structure of the Supreme Court. As a result, fundamental doubts arise as to whether the rulings issued by this chamber are judicial decisions in the meaning of the Constitution – argues prof. Włodzimierz Wróbel (Jagiellonian University).” „Article 175, para. 2 […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
22 lipca 2019
EuroNews: „As a Polish judge, I know what happens when you resist the government’s grip on the judiciary ǀ View”
„As a judge, my job is to ensure that justice is done both for the victims of crime and those who commit it. The people who come through my courtroom have suffered unfairness and injustice in a variety of circumstances. But I never expected that I, too, would experience such injustice in my role as […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
17 lipca 2019
„European Commission takes new step to protect judges in Poland against political control”
„Today, the European Commission decided to take the next step in an ongoing infringement procedure against Poland, by sending a reasoned opinion regarding the new disciplinary regime for Polish judges.” „On 3 April 2019, the Commission launched this infringement procedure on the grounds that the new disciplinary regime undermines the judicial independence of Polish judges […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
12 lipca 2019
Rule of Law: „Forced transfer as harassment and “disciplinary measure”
„The forced transfer of acclaimed prosecutor Mariusz Krasoń from the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Cracow to a lower-ranked office in Wroclaw has generated controversy among prosecutors and other legal professionals in Poland. The decision was issued after the prosecutor Krasoń participated in the drafting of a document highlighting defects in the current system earlier this […]
Komitet Obrony Sprawiedliwości KOS
4 lipca 2019
Politico: „Amnesty International calls on Poland to stop targeting judges”
„Polish authorities must “immediately stop” cracking down on judges and prosecutors and reinstate judicial independence, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.” „The report, titled „Poland: Free Courts, Free People,” documents the impact of reforms implemented by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) in 2015, which the human rights watchdog describes as „a near wholesale […]