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Poland

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1276/2026 - Poland - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the draft law “on reinstating the right to a fair trial and hearing the case without undue delay”, proposed by the President of the Republic

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1238/2025 - Poland - Urgent Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the draft law concerning the status of judges appointed or promoted between 2018 and 2025 and other related matters

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1206/2024 - Poland – Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law on European standards regulating the status of judges

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1204/2024 - Poland - Opinion on the draft amendments to the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office

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1203/2024 - Poland - Opinion on the draft constitutional amendments concerning the Constitutional Tribunal and two laws on the Constitutional Tribunal

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1181/2024 - Poland - 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

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1136/2023 - Poland – Urgent Opinion on the Law on the State Commission to Investigate Russian Influence on Internal Security in the Republic of Poland between 2007 and 2022 and on the draft law amending that Law

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977/2020 - Poland - Joint Urgent Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on Amendments to the Law on the Common Court, the Law on the Supreme Court, and some other Laws

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904/2017 - Poland - Opinion on the Draft Act amending the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary; on the Draft Act amending the Act on the Supreme Court, proposed by the President of Poland; and on the Act on the organisation of Ordinary Courts

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892/2017 - Poland - Opinion on the Act on the public prosecutor's Office as amended

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860/2016 - Poland - Act on the Constitutional Tribunal

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839/2016 - Poland - Opinion on the Act of 15 January 2016 amending the Police Act and certain other Acts

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833/2015 - Constitutional issues addressed in amendments to the Act on the Constitutional Court of 25 June 2015 of Poland

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