OSCE Urgent Interim Opinion on the Recent Bills for Reform of the Judiciary in Poland

The OSCE has approved an Urgent Interim Opinion on the Recent Bills for Reform of the Judiciary in Poland.

The Opinion has benefited from contributions made by Ms. Marta Achler, LL.M., PhD Candidate, Department of Law, European University Institute; Professor Andras Sajo, Central European University in Budapest and former judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights; and Mr. Jan van Zyl Smit, Acting Deputy Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law.

The Opinion was peer reviewed by Professor Deirdre Curtin, Head of the Department of Law, European University Institute; Professor Gàbor Halmai, Department of Law, European University Institute; and Mr. José Igreja Matos, President of the European Association of Judges and First Vice-President of the International Association of Judges; and Professor Laurent Pech, Head of the Law and Politics Department at Middlesex University London and Professor of European Law.

The Opinion represents the position of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

The text of this document is available in our web site at the following URL:

https://www.iaj-uim.org/iuw/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/osce-opinion-on-poland.pdf