The Law and Justice (PiS) losing power did not result in an automatic re-establishment of the rule of law and in the prosecution enforcing accountability vis-à-vis the perpetrators. Even within the prosecution, the Ziobro system persists and resists change. The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) had requested the National Public Prosecutor’s Office to review criminal proceedings […]
Maciej Wąsik lost a similar case to the Open Dialogue Foundation, but – contrary to the court’s judgement – he did not post an apology. Now it is time for the resigning Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Witold Waszczykowski to make a decision. Failure to be re-elected in the 2024 European Parliament elections is not […]
On 15 October 2023, the Open Dialogue Foundation launched its all-new project. ListyHańby (Hall Of Shame) is a new platform aimed at tracking the abuses of the rule of law in Poland committed by the political party PiS (Law and Justice) and its cronies during its majority government between 2015 and 2023. Covering all levels […]
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On 21 February this year, the first-ever civic hearing of the candidates for National Public Prosecutor was held. It was organised by Democracy Action (Akcja Demokracja), the Open Dialogue Foundation, the “Defensor Iuris” Bar Association (Stowarzyszenie Adwokackie Defensor Iuris), Władysław Bartoszewski’s Skwer Association, and Video-KOD. The purpose of the hearing was to: rebuild citizens’ trust […]
On 21 February this year, the first-ever civic hearing of the candidates for National Public Prosecutor was held. It was organised by Democracy Action (Akcja Demokracja), the Open Dialogue Foundation, the “Defensor Iuris” Bar Association (Stowarzyszenie Adwokackie Defensor Iuris), Władysław Bartoszewski’s Skwer Association, and Video-KOD. The purpose of the hearing was to: rebuild citizens’ trust […]
A civic hearing of the candidates for the office of the National Public Prosecutor was held on 21 February 2024. It was organised by Democracy Action (Akcja Demokracja), the Open Dialogue Foundation, the “Defensor Iuris” Bar Association (Stowarzyszenie Adwokackie Defensor Iuris), Władysław Bartoszewski’s Skwer Association, and Video-KOD. The purpose of the hearing was to: rebuild […]
The most prominent contenders are Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Ewa Wrzosek and Dariusz Korneluk representing Lex Super Omnia. The other candidates for the office are two individuals whose careers flourished under Ziobro’s administration, i.e. a trade union activist, Jacek Skała, and Agnieszka Leszczyńska, Head of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Gorzów. By Friday 16 February 2024 at […]
The most prominent contenders are Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Ewa Wrzosek and Dariusz Korneluk representing Lex Super Omnia. The other candidates for the office are two individuals whose careers flourished under Ziobro’s administration, i.e. a trade union activist, Jacek Skała, and Agnieszka Leszczyńska, Head of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Gorzów. By Friday 16 February 2024 at […]
An open letter from the Minister of Justice Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar to former President Lech Wałęsa and the other signatories of the public appeal for a review of politically motivated prosecutions between 2015 and 2023 and the rehabilitation of victims was published on Thursday. The open letter published on the website of the Ministry […]
Minister of Justice Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar “fully shares the conviction of the need for an effective review and analysis of cases where there is any suspicion that they may have been politically motivated,” the head of the Ministry of Justice wrote, responding to the signatories of the public appeal on the review of “politically […]
Adam Bodnar “fully shares the conviction of the need for an effective review and analysis of cases where there is any suspicion that they may have been politically motivated,” wrote the Minister of Justice, responding to the signatories of public appeal on the review of “politically motivated prosecutions”. In an open letter published on the […]
An open letter by Minister Adam Bodnar was published on the website of the Ministry of Justice on Thursday. It reads that the Minister “fully shares the conviction of the need for an effective review and analysis of cases where there is any suspicion that they may have been politically motivated”. In an open letter […]
Adam Bodnar has announced a “review of politically motivated prosecutions between 2015 and 2023” says the Justice Minister’s open letter to Lech Wałęsa. The head of the Ministry of Justice stressed that the actions of prosecutors during the Law and Justice (PiS) rule were a regular feature of his work at the ministry, but that […]
The Minister of Justice Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar “fully shares the conviction of the need for an effective review and analysis of cases where there is any suspicion that they may have been politically motivated,” wrote the head of the Ministry of Justice, responding to the signatories of an appeal on the review of “politically […]
More than 30 NGOs have appealed to the Minister of Justice Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar to appoint a team of prosecutors and review ongoing politically motivated investigations. They hope that in cases where a so-called reasonable suspicion of insufficient grounds for prosecution is found, appropriate steps will be taken to close them. “As citizens of […]
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