The Polish government tightens its grip on judges and prosecutor independently upholding Polish and European law by the unheard step of threatening a judge with prison for the content of a ruling.
If judges can be punished with jail for a ruling on the initiative of a government, there is no independent legal system, and we have no-one to protect our rights from the most powerful actor in our society.
Polish courts are European courts – if we allow the first to abuse the basic principles of rule of law, the European system protecting us all can unravel.
Listen to appeals from Polish judges under persecution, from leading legal scholars and representatives of the legal profession in Europe. Post a selfie with #AWallBehindIgor #MuremZaIgorem to show your support. Make a virtual wall behind Igor and the courageous Polish judges fighting to uphold our rights!
Speakers
Judge Igor Tuleya’s plight will be presented
Judge Dorota Zabludowska, Gdańsk-Południe District Court, will speak of her experience of becoming the object of government persecution
Professor Laurent Pech, Head of Department of Law at Middlesex University, expert on European law and rule of law backsliding in Europe, will speak on why immunity from prosecution for rulings in court is not a privilege, but a condition for court independence
Statements of solidarity from European Association of Judges and Medel
The event is organized in cooperation with Rafto Foundation for Human Rights and Iustitia Polska – “Polish Judges”