Poland: joint declaration
News of the IAJ
The Association of Judges “Themis” is presenting the unprecedented joint declaration of 46 active judges of the Polish Supreme Court, supported by a declaration of 32 retired judges, expressing the utmost concern about the recent actions of the authorities intended to politically subordinate the judiciary and the preosecutor’s office.
We emphasie that all the judges who signed the declaration were elected with the participaton of the properly elected National Council of the Judiciary, i.e.before the introduction of the procedure in 2018 for selecting its members in conflict with the Polish constitution.