Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Poland) - Trybunał Konstytucyjny (Corte costituzionale)

Date: 03/09/2016

Subject: The decision of the Trybunał Konstytucyjny (Constitutional Court) stated the constitutional illegitimacy of the law of 22 December 2015, which amended the Constitutional Tribunal Act of 25 June 2015, recalling the norms of the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Such law was also examined by the Commission of Venice in the opinion of 11 March 2016

Parties: First President of the Supreme Court, a group of Sejm Deputies, Polish Ombudsman, National Council of the Judiciary

Original language: English

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Independent and impartial tribunal

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