Latest news and articles about the Polish Constitutional Tribunal

11 December 2015. INPRIS presents news, articles as well as its actions undertaken with regards to the current situation in Poland.

I. On 2 December 2015 INPRIS, as a member of the coalition of nine organisations, prepared a latter to the Council of Europe’s European Commission for Democracy through Law - “Venice Commission” describing in detail the current situtation regarding the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. Please find below also the answer from the Venice Comission:

http://www.hfhr.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/HFHR_venice_comission_2122015.pdf

http://www.hfhr.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Odpowiedz_Komisja_Wenecka_ENG.pdf

II. A. Śledzińska-Simon, Midnight Judges: Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Caught Between Political Fronts:

http://www.verfassungsblog.de/midnight-judges-polands-constitutional-tribunal-caught-between-political-fronts/#.VlxOa7-47wm

III. Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz, Polish Constitutional Drama: Of Courts, Democracy, Constitutional Shenanigans and Constitutional Self-Defense

www.iconnectblog.com/2015/12/polish-constitutional-drama-of-courts-democracy-constitutional-shenanigans-and-constitutional-self-defense/

IV. Several articles addressing the issue of the Polish 'Constitutional Crisis' were published in Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/new-polish-government-sparks-constitutional-crisis/2015/12/02/10b6bbdc-9907-11e5-aca6-1ae3be6f06d2_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polish-president-approves-4-new-judges-in-constitution-row/2015/12/03/5dc204a4-99b1-11e5-aca6-1ae3be6f06d2_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polish-president-swears-in-judge-amid-constitutional-crisis/2015/12/09/af90c6fe-9e4c-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html

V. Ivan Krastev, Why Poland is Turning Away From the West, The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/opinion/why-poland-is-turning-away-from-the-west.html?_r=0

VI. Resolution no 1/12/2015 of the Council of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw of the 14th of December 2015.

VII. Comments of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights to the Private Members’Bill Amending the Constitutional Tribunal Law and statement of NGOs.

VIII. A. Radwan: Chess-boxing around the rule of law – Polish constitutionalism at trial

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292156728_Chess-boxing_around_the_rule_of_law_-_Polish_constitutionalism_at_trial

IX. Excerpts from the application lodged with the Constitutional Tribunal by the First President of the Supreme Court of Poland (case K 47/15)

http://trybunal.gov.pl/k4715/the-first-president-of-the-supreme-court/

X.  Poland's legal reforms do not comply with constitution, court rules

www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/09/poland-constitutional-court-law-and-justice-government-reforms