“We have come to understand the workings of the Justice Fund mainly thanks to the efforts of journalists—not from the documents left behind by our predecessors,” said Deputy Minister of Justice Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz.

Rebuilding the rule of law is both a challenge and an opportunity to demonstrate to other countries emerging from authoritarianism that it can be done. Where do we stand now? What picture emerges from the legal changes and battles, as detailed in OKO.press?

Crimes motivated by hatred based on gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability may now be prosecuted ex officio—this is a proposal from the Ministry of Justice that has just been approved by the government.

The National Prosecutor’s Office was authorized to forcibly enter the office of Ziobro’s disciplinary officers, located near the neo-NCJ (National Council of the Judiciary). It was also permitted to conduct a search there and seize files related to disciplinary proceedings initiated against independent judges.

“We have given a lot of substantive content, and we hope the government will notice and use it,” he said. The government announced the formal establishment of a working group to which it will invite civil society representatives. The civic hearing on Poland’s migration strategy included a number of important voices

Ziobro has already been fined for failing to appear for questioning before the Pegasus Committee.

The Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, announces plans to accelerate court proceedings within two years. This effort will be supported by so-called small steps—simple organizational changes that mostly do not require legislative amendments. These include management training and digitalization.

OKO.press has obtained details of the case involving an antisemitic online post by Judge Jarosław Dudzicz a former member of the unlawful National Council of the Judiciary

The Codification Committee of Civil Law, chaired by Professor Marek Safjan, is calling for urgent reforms in the Supreme Court, which is dominated by “neo-judges” (judges appointed in deficient procedure). The Committee advocates for the abolition of the illegal Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs as well as the Chamber of Professional Responsibility.

The Court of Justice does not recognise the questions of the neo-Judges of the Civil Chamber and the Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs Chamber in the Supreme Court, because they do not form a court. What does this mean?