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Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Session of November 3 Is Invalid: Ordo Iuris Identifies Nine Defects in the Convening of the General Assembly
Conclusion of the opinion: the convening of the General Assembly of Judges of the Constitutional Tribunal (CT) (hereinafter: the General ...
Police Takeover of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal: Anatomy of a Coup
1. Background and timeline Since March 2024 the Prime Minister has refused to publish judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal (CT) ...
On the Seizure of the Seat of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal and the Attempt to Install Its Leadership Outside the Legal Order
On October 31, the Ordo Iuris Institute, together with ten other civil society organizations, issued a joint statement on the ...
Statement of the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture on the Forcible Seizure of the Seat of the Constitutional Tribunal
The Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture expresses its gravest concern at, and firm opposition to, the forcible takeover of ...
Judges Removed by Act of Parliament: Poland’s Ruling Majority Defies Its Own Constitution
Since March 2018—when the method of selecting the judicial members of the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ), the body ...
Advisory, Not Binding: How a Venice Commission Opinion Became a Pretext for Bypassing Poland’s President in Swearing In Constitutional Judges
The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, is a body of the Council of ...
Two Days after “Not a Single Step Back”: Polish Prosecutors Descend on the Constitutional Tribunal over a Former Minister’s Complaint
Two days ago, we reported that Maciej Berek, a former minister in Donald Tusk’s government, recited the oath of a ...
Charged with Impersonating Themselves: Poland’s Government Turns the Criminal Law against Lawfully Serving Disciplinary Prosecutors
In Poland, the Minister of Justice also serves as Prosecutor General. Since 2024, the government of Donald Tusk has sought ...
Bypassing the Head of State: Tusk’s Government Tries to Take Control of Poland’s Constitutional Court by Installing a Former Minister Without a Presidential Oath
Background: a former minister with disputed qualifications Since taking power in December 2023, Poland’s ruling coalition led by Prime Minister ...
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Constitutional CourtReports of the Ordo Iuris Institute
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Session of November 3 Is Invalid: Ordo Iuris Identifies Nine Defects in the Convening of the General Assembly
Conclusion of the opinion: the convening of the General Assembly of Judges of the Constitutional Tribunal (CT) (hereinafter: the General ...
Constitutional CourtReports of the association Lawyers for Poland
On the Seizure of the Seat of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal and the Attempt to Install Its Leadership Outside the Legal Order
On October 31, the Ordo Iuris Institute, together with ten other civil society organizations, issued a joint statement on the ...
Constitutional CourtVenice Commission
Advisory, Not Binding: How a Venice Commission Opinion Became a Pretext for Bypassing Poland’s President in Swearing In Constitutional Judges
The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, is a body of the Council of ...
