Judiciary and the Constitutional Tribunal

17 January 2020

Venice Commission opinion on the “muzzle law”

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17 December 2019

Helsinki Committee issues statement on proposed law disciplining judges

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12 December 2019

Open Letter to the President of the European Commission regarding Poland’s disciplinary regime for judges and the urgent need for interim measures

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29 November 2019

Statement of French, German and Polish bar associations regarding rule of law in Poland

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22 November 2019

Communication of Civil Development Forum 33/2019: The Disciplinary Chamber and the new National Council of the Judiciary under the EU pillory: the consequences of the CJEU judgment of 19 November 2019

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24 July 2019

The Time of Trial. How do changes in justice system affect Polish judges? Report of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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8 July 2019

Judges under pressure – report of the Iustitia Association on the methods of harassment of independent judges by the authorities

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28 June 2019

The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Poland following her visit to the country in March 2019

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25 June 2019

Report Amnesty International “Poland: Free Courts, Free People, Judges Standing for their Independence,

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20 March 2019

Under Siege. Why Polish courts matter for Europe, Report of the Stefan Batory Foundation, ForumIdei in cooperation with the European Stability Initiative

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5 March 2019

Judges under special supervision, that is “the great reform” of the Polish justice system, Report of the Association of Judges Themis

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28 February 2019

A country that punishes. Pressure and repression of Polish judges and prosecutors, report by the Justice Defence Committee (KOS)

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11 December 2018

Resolution of the National Board of the Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia”

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17 October 2018

Resolution of the European Association of Judges (EAJ) concerning Poland

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16 October 2018

Statement of American Bar Association regarding judicial reforms in Poland

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19 September 2018

MEDEL statement on the suspension of the Polish Judiciary Council by the ENCJ

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15 September 2018

The position of judges associations regarding the current situation of the system of justice in Poland

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6 September 2018

Supreme Court in Poland – recent developments, brief by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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23 August 2018

Appeal of CSOs to the Polish President to not appoint political judges of the Supreme Court

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26 July 2018

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights comments upcoming amendments to Supreme Court Act

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26 July 2018

Devastation of Poland’s Supreme Court and judicial independence: the situation now, analysis of the Stefan Batory Foundation and IdeaForum

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14 July 2018

Statement of the Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia”

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11 July 2018

Open letter of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) to the Polish President

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10 July 2018

Statement from the President of the CCBE (the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe) regarding the situation in Poland

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4 July 2018

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls for immediate reinstatement of forcibly retired Supreme Court justices

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28 June 2018

The Polish Law on the Supreme Court in light of rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union, analysis of the Stefan Batory Foundation

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11 June 2018

European Commission should uphold infringement procedure over Law on Ordinary Courts, Analytical Report, Stefan Batory Foundation

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7 June 2018

Appeal of 120 NGOs and 16 000 Polish citizens to the European Commission- Europe! Save Polish Supreme Court!

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29 May 2018

Where the law ends The collapse of the rule of law in Poland – and what to do, Analytical Report, Stefan Batory Foundation and the European Stability Initiative

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16 April 2018

Statement of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the Acts on the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal and the System of Ordinary Courts adopted by the Parliament

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3 April 2018

Comment of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on amended Supreme Court Act as it becomes effective

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16 March 2018

Response of the Polish Judges Association “Iustitia”to the White Paper compendium presented by the Government of the Republic of Poland to the European Commission

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27 February 2018

Report on the consequences of legislative initiatives on independence of judiciary in Poland

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19 December 2017

Communication of the The Civil Development Forum Foundation (Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju) 26/2017: Presidential Law on the Supreme Court – rolling unconstitutionality

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18 December 2017

Statement of the 50 civil society organizations – call upon the Polish President to veto the acts jeopardizing the independence of justice system in Poland

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22 November 2017

Statement of 28 NGOs on reforms of judiciary in Poland

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13 October 2017

Draft Act on the Supreme Court tabled by the President of Poland

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6 September 2017

OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on Certain Provisions of the Draft Act on the Supreme Court of Poland

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21 July 2017

A short explanation of the reform in judiciary and it’s stages prepared by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

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20 July 2017

Statement of the Group of Legal Expert at the Stefan Batory Foundation on the constitutionality of the provisions in the new law of the Supreme Court

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14 July 2017

Brief of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the context of changes and the role of the Supreme Court under the Polish Constitution

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13 July 2017

Statement signed by the members of the the Managing Board and the Board of Directors of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights as well as the Helsinki Committee in Poland

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10 July 2017

Statement of the Amnesty International regarding independence of the judiciary

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29 May 2017

Resolution of the Association of Prosecutors Lex Super Omnia

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5 May 2017

Legal Opinion on the draft amendments to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland:

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4 April 2017

Letter from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, to Mr Marek Kuchciński, Speaker of the Parliament of Poland, concerning the proposed reform of the National Council for the Judiciary

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22 March 2017

OSCE/ODIHR Preliminary Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary and Certain Other Acts of Poland

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1 March 2017

Smear campaign against courts continues, HFHR issues statement

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16 February 2017

Open Letter to the College of Commissioners regarding the situation in Poland

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22 July 2016

Constitutional Tribunal Act

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29 April 2016

Draft Constitutional Tribunal Act (Sejm Paper No 558)

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9 March 2016

Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal (sygn. K 47/15)

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22 December 2015

Law Amending the Constitutional Tribunal Law (December 22, 2015)

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15 December 2015

Draft Law Amending the Constitutional Tribunal Law (Sejm Paper No. 122)

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19 November 2015

Law Amending the Constitutional Tribunal Law (November 11, 2015)

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15 June 2015

Constitutional Tribunal Law (Journal of Law of 2015 section 1064)

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