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Rule of Law in Poland is an English-language online resource on recent developments concerning all principles which fall within the scope of the rule of law, including the separation of powers, independence of the judiciary, respect to the Constitution and international commitments, civic participation and transparency. The website was founded by two distinguished civil society organisations:..
Rule of Law
1M ago
Adam Bodnar presented a plan to the European Commission for fixing the justice system after the PiS government. This is a package of 10 acts, which are intended to help end the disputes with Brussels, unblock the billions for the NRRP and truly reform the courts and the prosecution service. We have the details ..read more
Rule of Law
2M ago
Adam Bodnar announces 9 Acts reforming the justice administration. First, the NCJ, the Constitutional Tribunal and the prosecution service, and the solution of the problem of Ziobro’s nominees in the courts – Schab, Radzik, Lasota and Nawacki. He describes his relations with Tusk. He talks about the ‘shocking scale’ of the surveillance with Pegasus ..read more
Rule of Law
3M ago
‘Groundless’, ‘incorrect’ and often also ‘illegal’ detentions, police brutality, humiliation – demonstrators are being awarded from several to up to 20,000 zlotys by court order for that. Increasingly more activists are filing successive claims ..read more
Rule of Law
4M ago
Laws fixing the courts must be enacted and, if there are presidential vetoes, other solutions should be found. Hold those who broke the law accountable, tidy up the law after Ziobro. The prosecution service is to be reformed – this is what Senator Adam Bodnar, the favourite for the position of the new minister of justice, tells OKO.press about fixing the courts ..read more
Rule of Law
5M ago
ECtHR President Appoints Greek Judge for Key Role in Wałęsa v. Poland: A Commentary by Andrzej Drzemczewski ..read more
Rule of Law
5M ago
The PiS government has been trying to select a candidate for the position of judge of the Court of Justice of the EU for two years. The lost election accelerated the matter and the inter-ministerial group nominated Dr Hab. Dobrochna Bach-Golecka, a lawyer and theologian ..read more
Rule of Law
6M ago
I have recently read numerous opinions that democracy in Poland is in a good condition after PiS lost its power in the elections. What terrible nonsense. ..read more
Rule of Law
7M ago
PiS has harnessed the whole of the state apparatus to the battle for remaining in power. Krzysztof Izdebski analyses how those in power are using state resources in the election campaign and how public interest is being mixed with party interest. Are elections in Poland still equal, competitive and fair ..read more
Rule of Law
7M ago
According to the Electoral Code, all parties should have a level playing field in the election campaign. Including financially. The United Right is not bothered by that ..read more
Rule of Law
8M ago
‘This can be an instrument for initiating operational control, namely wiretapping, for conducting criminal proceedings and therefore for intimidation,’ Counsellor Marcin Wolny of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights tells Onet about the provision regarding disinformation in the PiS deputies’ so-called Spy Act, which has already been passed ..read more