⚖️🇵🇱‘The key issue is figuring out what to do with thousands of judges appointed under the former Law and Justice (PiS) party government in a process that both Polish and European courts ruled was flawed and undermined judicial independence.’
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⚖️ Read the report (🇬🇧🇪🇸) on barriers to justice. J4J joined the 🇨🇴Colombia Caravana that brought together 22 participants from across the 🌎, representing 9 international organisations & working in partnership with 7 Colombian grassroots organisations. 👀 www.colombiancaravana.org.uk/one-year-ago...
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Nations unies - Sanctions américaines contre la Cour pénale internationale (20.08.25)
La France a pris connaissance avec consternation des nouvelles sanctions américaines contre la Cour pénale internationale à l'encontre de quatre de (…)
⚖️La France exprime sa solidarité à l’égard des magistrats visés par cette décision, et réaffirme son soutien sans faille à la CPI et à ses personnels. Leur rôle est essentiel dans la lutte contre l’impunité. tinyurl.com/4rybjyjf
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Four Years After the Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Judges Go Deeper Underground
Four Years After the Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Judges Go Deeper Underground - PassBlue
⚖️🇦🇫“Although the global spotlight has dimmed, the danger remains real and immediate. These judges, still known and targeted by the Taliban, face grave risks. The international community must not let them fall through the cracks.”🇦🇫⚖️
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🇨🇴⚖️Happy to present the Report of the VIII Visit of the International
Caravan of Jurists on Challenges in Accessing Justice today at the Embassy of Colombia in The Hague. Constructive discussion re the Recommendations to the Colombian state and to the international community.
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🇺🇸⚖️The theme of the latest Speak Up for Justice webinar (31 July) is, “Judges Break Their Silence: Attacks, Intimidation, and Threats to Democracy.”
A panel of federal judges and legal advocates speaking out! ⚖️🇺🇸You can watch the recording via this 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/speakupfor…
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De VS hebben financiële sancties ingesteld tegen rechter Alexandre de Moraes vh Braziliaanse Hooggerechtshof. Voor zover bekend is dit de eerste keer dat Washington de Magnitski-wetgeving inzet tegen een lid van de rechterlijke macht in een democratisch land.www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/vs-…
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Possibly the first ever Justice Minister of an EUMS to have won a rule of law-related case in Strasbourg prior to his appointment after being personally targeted repeatedly for speaking out in defence of the rule of law hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-21...
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Trump admin escalates its war with the courts — this time targeting Judge Boasberg
The Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against the chief district judge in Washington D.C.
NEW: AG Pam Bondi is taking a swing tonight at Chief Judge Boasberg over remarks he purportedly made at a conference in March — with Chief Justice Roberts watching — warning that the Trump admin might seek to defy court orders.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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📣 Impressive line-up on an urgent topic:
🛑 The Path to Authoritarianism – Backsliding Democracies and the Role of the Institutions ⚖️ (webinar)
📅Monday, July 7, 2025
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Trump Administration Sues Federal Bench in Maryland, Escalating Fight With Judiciary
🇺🇸⚖️“The lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against the district’s chief judge and 14 other federal judges who serve on the bench in Maryland makes clear how strained the relationship between the executive and judicial branches has become.” ⚖️ 🇺🇸 tinyurl.com/37yu5e8e
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3/4 In this episode, we explore:
• The causes and goals of political discourse targeting judges
• How to distinguish legitimate critique from attempts to undermine judicial independence
• Options courts have when navigating these attacks
• The broader consequences for democracy and the rule of law
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Judges as the Enemy - Politicized Justice | Backsliding Democracies - The Role of the Judiciary
2/4 Around the world, political attacks on the judiciary are intensifying. But what lies behind these tactics? Are they part of broader strategies to dismantle democratic checks and balances?
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1/4 New Podcast Episode Out Now!
📢 Judges as the Enemy, Politicized Justice – the first episode in our series Backsliding Democracies: The Role of the Judiciary – is now live across all major platforms.
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Speaking of systemic rule of law violations ignored by the EU for years, see this latest @verfassungsblog.de by one of the leading experts on the first - and disappointing - ECJ preliminary judgment answering i.a. questions on the basis of Art 19(1) TEU aka principle of effective judicial protection
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Quote from our published article by author Radosveta Vassileva: “The CJEU's formalism resembles a case of Pontius Pilate washing his hands of responsibility.”
Bulgaria’s judicial bodies operate on expired mandates, blocked from renewal by political deadlock. RADOSVETA VASSILEVA (@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social) argues that a long-awaited CJEU judgment fails to confront the resulting collapse in judicial accountability.
verfassungsblog.de/hot-rule-of-...
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Rubio imposes sanctions on four ICC judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel
US secretary of state cites ‘illegitimate actions’ of court that issued arrest warrants against Israeli officials
⚖️🇺🇸The United States is placing sanctions on four judges from the international criminal court (ICC) for what it has called its “illegitimate actions” targeting the United States and Israel. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Struggles of Afghan Female Judges and Prosecutors Under Taliban Rule - Manara Magazine
Legal professionals, particularly women, face systemic persecution, including death threats, attacks, and arbitrary arrests in Afghanistan.
🇦🇫⚖️The plight of Afghan former female judges should not be forgotten! So painful to read that resettlement of these women judges is still unresolved & that it’s so difficult to find countries willing to host these brave women. Let’s not abandon them! manaramagazine.org/2025/04/the-...
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What a great initiative! 🚲⚖️🇪🇺
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🇺🇸⚖️Judge Dugan filed the motion to dismiss the indictment on
May 14. It begins, “This is no ordinary criminal case, and Dugan is no ordinary criminal defendant.” With that, we are off to the races in what appears to be a blatantly political prosecution. ⚖️🇺🇸 open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump’s attacks on judges
The Supreme Court justice said it was time to address "the elephant in the room": the "threats and harassment" that judges have received from Trump and his allies.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court's most junior justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, just became its loudest voice pushing back against Trump & his allies' attacks on federal judges who've blocked many of his policy moves www.politico.com/news/2025/05... #SCOTUS
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