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Join us for this panel discussion on the Rule of Law crisis in Poland and Hungary!The Free Courts Foundation (Fundacja Wolne Sądy) is running the project called “Protecting Free Courts in Europe", which aims to raise awareness on the rule of law crisis. As part of this project, they organise seminars in different European cities 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.
➡︎ The case study on Poland can be a warning to other countries as well as a source of knowledge for judges, lawyers, students, and activists.
It can help to respond more quickly and in a coordinated manner to challenges similar to the ones we have witnessed in Poland, such as destruction of the independence of judiciary, assaults on higher courts, media smear campaigns against judges or political instrumentalization of prosecution services.
➡︎ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:
Barbara Grabowska-Moroz, CEU Democracy Institute
Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram, Free Courts Foundation
Gábor Hacsi, Amnesty International Magyarország
Małgorzata Majewska, Free Courts Foundation
Katarzyna Wiśniewska, Free Courts Foundation
➡︎ 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: https://tinyurl.com/mr33k3uy
The Free Courts Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by a group of Polish lawyers in 2017. As professionals, realising the significance of the harmful changes introduced to the Polish legal system leading to the politicisation of independent courts, they undertake various activities to uphold the rule of law in Poland. Currently, members of the Foundation are involved in more than 150 proceedings before national courts and the European Court of Human Rights that concern the independence of the judiciary. Lawyers from the Free Courts have obtained several landmark judgements and decisions that affect the functioning of the entire legal system in Poland. The Foundation is also involved in cases of great social importance concerning fundamental civil rights and freedoms.
The project “Protecting Free Courts in Europe" is supported by NED (National Endowment for Democracy).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Magvető Café, Dohány utca 13, Budapest 1074, Magyarország,Budapest, Hungary
