By Obywatele RP In 2015 the Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) Party came to power in Poland and gradually started to undermine independence of courts, and to threaten freedom…
By Marta Lempart, Polish Women's Strike On Wednesday, 18 December, over 200 cities in Poland stood in civic protest for judiciary independence. The direct reason for protests, that were held…
This report documents the most important aspects in the breakdown of the system for the protection of human rights. The report is not exhaustive and does not constitute any…
(Rule of Law - 19 November 2019) CALL FOR ACTION "Following the delivery of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on the National…
(Hungarian Helsinki Committee) On 12 November 2019, the Hungarian Government submitted a Bill to the Parliament which, if adopted, will have a significant negative impact on judicial independence, however, in…
(Council of Europe) The independence of the judiciary underpins the rule of law and is essential to the functioning of democracy and the observance of human rights. The fundamental right…
Amnesty International Hungary published a report jointly with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee with regard to the independence of the judiciary in Hungary. The report relies for its analysis on findings…
(OHCHR) GENEVA (18 July 2019) – UN human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings in Italy against the German captain of the migrant rescue…
(Translated from Polish with DeepL - Polityka) Judge Łukasz Biliński, who is famous for establishing a settled case law, in which the distributed control of constitutionality is being exercised by…
UPDATE: On 30 May, Gergely Gulyas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said the launch of the new administrative court system is suspended. Read more here: https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-drops-courts-plan-opposed-by-eu-rights-groups/a-48978758 **** (Hungarian Helsinki…