SURVEY ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE October 28,2018
SURVEY ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE (October 28,2018) The editorial staff of „Rzeczpospolita” daily[1] organized a survey on judicial independence. The questionnaire was addressed to judges of ordinary courts. 1122 judges answered the questions (which constitutes more than 11% of the total number of Polish judges) until the results of
Read MoreResolution of the Assembly of Kraków Appellate Judges passed on 22 October 2018
Resolution 1 As Polish judges, we are also EU judges, just as citizens of Poland are also citizens of the European Union, which gives them the ability to freely travel and take up work throughout Europe. Such a system operates on the principle of communicating vessels. An area without internal
Read MoreRESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES CONCERNING POLAND
The European Association of Judges (EAJ) notes and echoes the concerns recently expressed, especially by the judges of the Courts of Appeal in Poznań, in Krakow and in Katowice, concerning the situation of the judiciary in Poland. The EAJ notes that particular concern has been expressed about threats to the
Read MoreCourt of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 159/18 Luxembourg, 19 October 2018
Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 159/18 Luxembourg, 19 October 2018 Order of the Vice-President of the Court in Case C-619/18 R Commission v Poland Poland must immediately suspend the application of the provisions of national legislation relating to the lowering of the retirement age for
Read MorePosition of the associations of judges on the referral of the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU to the Constitutional Tribunal and the start of the actual POLEXIT of 18 October 2018
We, the judges of the Republic of Poland, declare that we shall remain EU judges until Poland’s official exit from the European Union. The recent actions of the Minister of Justice, who is simultaneously the leader of one of the political parties, are leading to the non-recognition of Polish judgments
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