Judicial Independence in Poland: Evaluating the Impact of the EU Court of Justice Judgment about the Muzzle Law

Judicial Independence in Poland: Evaluating the Impact of the EU Court of Justice Judgment about the Muzzle Law Polish

date: 06.06.2023

address: Online

The Wiktor Osiatyński Archive and OKO.press cordially invite you to an online debate on the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the disciplinary system for judges in Poland, including the muzzle law (case reference C-204/21).

The CJEU will announce its ruling on Monday, June 5th. It will mark 3 years, 5 months, and 16 days since the adoption of the muzzle law, as well as 3 years, 3 months, and 22 days since its entry into force.

Speakers:

Laurent Pech – full professor of law, Dean of Law and Head of the Sutherland School of Law

Monika Frąckowiak – judge, vice president of MEDEL Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés

Patryk Wachowiec – legal analyst at the Civic Development Forum (Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju)

Chair: Anna Wójcik – doctor of laws, co-founder of The Wiktor Osiatyński Archive and The Rule of Law in Poland and contributing editor at OKO.press

Join us on Tuesday 6 June 20223 at 17:00 CET on Zoom.

To join the meeting, please register.

The discussion will be conducted in English, but questions to the panelists can be asked in Polish.

Please share the invitation with others who may be interested in the event.

The series of talks is produced with the support of the Active Citizens Fund – National program, which is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the so-called Norwegian and EEA Funds.

Speakers:

Laurent Pech

Full Professor of Law, Dean of Law and Head of the Sutherland School of Law. A leading legal expert in the field of the rule of law, he is also a Visiting Professor of Law at Bordeaux University, a Senior Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, and the co-director of The Good Lobby Profs

Monika Frąckowiak

Judge of the District Court in Poznań, Vice President of MEDEL (Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés), and a member of the Polish Judges Association „Iustitia”.

Patryk Wachowiec

Legal Analyst at the Civil Development Forum (FOR Foundation) and the co-founder of CADR Institute. He was a fellow at the Bingham Centre For the Rule of Law. Co-founder and co-editor of the English-language website Rule of Law in Poland.