This is an unprecedented, huge development - 700 Hungarian judges are publicly protesting against government's reform plans. 🇭🇺Judges feel that the current National Judicial Council is not standing up for judicial independence and therefore they must act.
https://t.co/CQPqBobbeN
Wow - the ECJ comes down hard on Hungary for undermining common Union policy on migration. Perhaps most importantly, the Court develops the idea of the duties of solidarity . . . and I suspect we'll be hearing more of this idea in other cases!
#ECJ: #Hungary is ordered to pay a lump sum of € 200 million and a penalty payment of € 1 million per day of delay for failure to comply with the Court of Justice’s judgment of 17 December 2020 #asylum 👉 https://t.co/ATb3CgbPxg
Urgent Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe on the draft law amending the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland
https://t.co/ODIGUyW7tD
Latest ECJ PR cases re #ruleoflaw in Poland:
C-114/23 et al: All 4 requests held inadmissible
C‑647/21 & C‑648/21: For AG Collins, rules that permit non-consensual transfer of judges & unfettered removal of cases ex officio are not compatible with EU law. Important ruling to come
Will you join in for this interesting book launch seminar?
❓"(In)visible European Government: Critical Approaches to Transparency as an Ideal and a Practice"
📅 Thu 28 March, 15:30-17:00 CET
🗺️Utrecht University School of Governance, or 🛜
⬇️more info⬇️
https://t.co/PcbhAn6cod
Speaking of autocratisation process in 🇸🇰, see this excellent @Verfassungsblog post
https://t.co/hBoeKhhgYf
(Includes edifying account of how the Dean of the Law Faculty of Comenius University is seemingly doing best to enable this process. Hope Comenius colleagues are proud)
Just a few hours ago @DavidKosarCZ spoke about democratic backsliding at the conference 'Constitutional Challenges – Judging under Pressure' jointly hosted by @thehertieschool and @uni_muenster in Berlin 🇩🇪
🔥Save the date🔥
Op 23 mei 2024 zal in samenwerking met @UvA_Amsterdam en Universiteit Antwerpen het volgende symposium plaatsvinden met een thema dat raakt aan menselijkheid en strafrecht.
Het symposium zal plaatsvinden in het Tropeninstituut te Amsterdam.
Zalig Kerstfeest.
The president of Iustitia delivers Iustitia’s letter on a modern Polish judiciary in person to MoJ Bodnar, promising to work on an efficient, honest and stable judiciary, deeply rooted in the RoL. What a joy to see this!
Advies AG aan Hoge Raad: ambtshalve proceskostenveroordeling wegens misbruik van procesrecht door uitlokken van naheffingen parkeerbelasting om vergoedingen in de wacht te slepen - Hoge Raad https://t.co/bW8WDqH9q3