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Violation of the independence of the Constitutional Tribunal

by user | Jan 16, 2024 | Status of Constitutional Court judges

The Constitutional Tribunal is a judicial authority with the purpose of, among other things, assessing the compliance with the Constitution of other normative acts and eliminating unconstitutional acts from the legal system. Judges of the Constitutional Tribunal are...

Conviction of two Polish MPs in violation of presidential clemency law and principle of separation of powers

by user | Jan 16, 2024 | Extinguishing parliamentary mandates

On December 20, 2023, The District Court in Warsaw, as a court of second instance, issued a verdict sentencing former Chief of Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Michal Wąsik to two years in prison. Kaminski and Wąsik were elected as...

Unlawful attack on public media

by user | Jan 16, 2024 | Public media

An unlawful attack on public media took place based on a resolution of the Polish Sejm of December 19, 2023 on the restoration of legal order and the impartiality and integrity of public media and the Polish Press Agency. On the same day, the acting Minister of...

“Test of Independence” – a means to make judges dependent

by user | Jan 16, 2024 | Independence of judges

The reason for the controversy and confusion regarding the issue of the legality of the functioning of the National Judiciary Council is the unfounded claims of opposition politicians and some representatives of the legal doctrine, according to which, after the...