Judges for Judges

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.

🇺🇸⚖️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…

Sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for Serious Human Rights Abuse - United States Department of State Today, the United States is sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for serious human rights abuse, including arbitrary detention involving flagrant denials of fair trial guara...

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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-…

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...

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

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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

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?

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.

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

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.

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The International Criminal Court deplores new sanctions from the US administration against ICC Officials The International Criminal Court (ICC) deplores the additional designations for sanctions which were announced today by the United States of four judges of the Court: Second Vice-President Reine Adela...

“These measures are a clear attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution which operates under the mandate from 125 States Parties from all corners of the globe.”
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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...

Hoe houden we de onafhankelijkheid van onze rechtspraak overeind? In gesprek met de hoogste rechter van Nederland ‘Het is van alle tijden dat mensen de grenzen opzoeken van het rechtssysteem’, zegt Dineke de Groot, president van de Hoge Raad. ‘De keerzijde daarvan is dat we de rechtsontwikkeling er soms ook mee d...

‘Het is van alle tijden dat mensen de grenzen opzoeken van het rechtssysteem’, zegt Dineke de Groot, president van de Hoge Raad. ‘De keerzijde daarvan is dat we de rechtsontwikkeling er soms ook mee dienen. Je weet niet altijd van tevoren wat goed of fout is.’ decorrespondent.nl/16145/hoe-ho...

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-...

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...

MEDEL statement on the escalating attacks on the Rule of Law in the United States MEDEL expresses its deep concern over the escalating attacks on the rule of law in the United States. It is astonishing that in the very cradle of democracy and freedom—a country whose Constitution wa...

#MedelEurope expresses its deep concern over the escalating attacks on the #RuleofLaw in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸👇https://medelnet.eu/medel-statement-on-the-escalating-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law-in-the-united-states/
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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

Volgens de Turkse regering is de rechterlijke macht geheel onafhankelijk. Slechts weinig Turken nemen dat nog serieus Turkije: President Erdogan beheerst het justitiële apparaat volledig en aarzelt niet dat tegen zijn politieke tegenstanders in te zetten. „Rechters zelf schenden nu het recht.”

President Erdogan beheerst het justitiële apparaat volledig en aarzelt niet dat tegen zijn politieke tegenstanders in te zetten. „Rechters zelf schenden nu het recht."

Arresting a Judge Judges across the country are undoubtedly wondering what sort of trumped-up charges might be used to storm into their courtrooms and arrest them if the attorney general of the United States doesn’t li...

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Legal Ethics Nerds Weigh In Last Friday, with little fanfare, the heavyweights of the legal ethics world weighed in.

🇺🇸⚖️“The independence of the judiciary depends upon the independence of the lawyers who appear in front of it. Trump’s executive orders are an effort to damage, if not destroy, it.” ⚖️🇺🇸https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/legal-ethics-nerds-weigh-in?r=1fyajr

ATTN: Join members of the legal community for a virtual rally to speak out about attacks on judges, lawyers, and the rule of law on Tues, 4/15. An independent legal community is critical to protecting civil society against abuses of power. Register to speak up for justice: speakupforjustice.law

⚖️🇭🇺 MABIE: On 4 April 2025 the draft law on the amendment of judicial laws (124 pages) was sent to the vast majority of judges in Hungary. The deadline for submitting comments to the NOJ is 9 April 2025. Such a procedure only gives the appearance of formal consultation. ⚖️🇭🇺 tinyurl.com/mfdcrk4y

MEDEL’s Voice for Rule of Law in Türkiye MEDEL has been closely following legal developments in Türkiye, particularly concerning judicial independence and the rule of law. Since July 15, 2016, we have observed with increasing concern the jud...

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Justice is not an instrument of power. It must remain the cornerstone of a free and fair society.
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#ruleoflaw
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Op 18 maart 2025 overleed tot ons verdriet onze oud-voorzitter Gerritjan van Oven. Hij heeft de stichting Rechters voor Rechters in 2009 nieuw leven ingeblazen en was tot zijn ‘pensionering’ in 2013 een ongelofelijk bevlogen en inspirerende voorzitter. tinyurl.com/4twdu63n