Polish and international civil society organisations write to the President of the Commission and the commissioners responsible for the Rule of Law, requesting an infringement action as regards the National Council of the Judiciary.
Signatories: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland), Civil Development Forum (FOR Foundation) (Poland), Presidium of the Judges Cooperation Forum (Poland), Polish Judges’ Association “Iustitia”, Wiktor Osiatyński Archive (Poland), Free Courts (Poland), Association of Judges “THEMIS” (Poland), “Defensor Iuris” Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Poland), Polish Association of Judges of Administrative Courts, Cracow Institute of Criminal Law (Poland), Citizens Network Watchdog Poland (Poland), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights House Foundation, Eötvös Károly Policy Institute (Hungary), Civil Liberties Union for Europe, Human Rights Watch, Netherlands Helsinki Committee.
Full letter:
Open Letter to the European Commission regarding Polish National Council of the Judiciary