⚖️Morawiec v. Poland ➡️Decision suspending judge from duties discouraged her, and other judges, from speaking out against judicial reforms 🔗 tinyurl.com/25xftf8h

Pressure on the judiciary in France:the Rule of law is a principle worth fighting for-Speech by Alexandra Chaumet at Medel international conference "The #RoLbacksliding and pressure exerted on the Judiciary in Europe.The role of the EU"🇮🇹🇬🇧 @jpdemocracia.bsky.social @smagistrature.bsky.social

Poland's #ruleoflaw crisis (2015-23): Latest (excellent) ECtHR ruling finding in this instance several violations (access to court; privacy; free speech) on account of several arbitrary measures targeting Judge Morawiec with view of intimidating/silencing her. Her illegal suspension lasted 238 days

Very good judgment which takes full account of all relevant CJEU rulings, including one issued before Christmas re 🦘 "constitutional court" analysed here with @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social, in response to previous gov's nonsense about constitutional identity etc verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...

Acc to my own records, this is the 15th ruling on the merits re Poland's rule of law "deforms" finding against Poland consecutively since the ECtHR issued its first rule of law crisis related ruling in Xero Flor in May 2021.

Immunising the Venice Commission against autocratic contamination. ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed. verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...

In the name of ‘separation of careers’: a reform of the #Italianjudiciary with systemic effects and the premise for a paradigm shift in our democracy @jpdemocracia.bsky.social @smagistrature.bsky.social

medelnet.eu/internationa... MEDEL joins the Coalition for the #DayoftheEndangeredLawyer in recalling that any attack on the independent and free exercise of the legal profession is an attack on democracy and the Rule of law @jpdemocracia.bsky.social @smagistrature.bsky.social

International Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026 focused on US: the selection reflects serious concerns about the escalating attacks against lawyers, including executive orders targeting law firms, harassment, discriminatory measures undermining the independence of the legal profession.

The constitutional reform of the judiciary, proposed by the government and recently approved by the Italian Parliament, compromises checks and balances and paves the way for a paradigm shift for our democracy, by Mariarosaria Guglielmi, president of Medel www.micromega.net/riforma-nord...

I co-authored a TPI with @j4j.bsky.social in this case after being granted leave to intervene by the President of the Section. In the five 🇵🇱 rule of law crisis related cases we joined as third-party interveners, the Court found violations of the ECtHR cc @medeleurope.bsky.social

A la Cour de cassation, une audience solennelle sur les « vents mauvais » qui soufflent sur l’Etat de droit

🇪🇺⚖️🦘🇵🇱 My first publication for 2026 is a joint undertaking (not our first one!) with @profpech.bsky.social , looking into last month's dramatic judgment of @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the case C-448/23, Commission v. Poland (Constitutional Tribunal) for @verfassungsblog.de 1/

📰 "Sin una reacción institucional a Trump, dejará de existir el derecho internacional", una tribuna de Luigi Ferrajoli en @elpais.com "El alarde incontestado del pte 🇺🇸 por la operación en Venezuela marca abiertamente la sustitución del derecho por la ley del más fuerte" elpais.com/opinion/2026...

Europe and the international community cannot remain reluctant or ambiguous in condemning the unilateral use of force as illegal and in calling on MS to remain faithful to the UNCharter’s provisions medelnet.eu/medel-statem... @jpdemocracia.bsky.social @smagistrature.bsky.social @j4j.bsky.social

📚 Reunión de @medeleurope.bsky.social en Atenas, por la magistrada Marta Altea "Ahora, más que nunca, es necesaria la unión progresista en la judicatura europea" ➡️ En el #BoletínInformativoJJpD nº 💯, diciembre 2025 www.juecesdemocracia.es/2025/12/29/b...

Venezuela marks a shift in how U.S. intervention is framed under international law. ANDRÉ NOLLKAEMPER writes that once such interventions become routine, other states’ responses – especially Europe’s – decide whether the erosion of international law is normalised. verfassungsblog.de/europe-must-...

MEDEL expressed strong concern about the reform approved by the Italian Parliament: known as the reform for the "separation of careers", the law actually dismantles the constitutional framework that has guaranteed the independence of the judiciary until now medelnet.eu/statement-on... 🇬🇧🇮🇹

European judges and prosecutors stand by the Associazione Nazionale Magistrati 🇮🇹 medelnet.eu/european-jud...

Medel calls on the international community, the EU and its MS to take all necessary measures to protect the role of the #ICC and to shield its officials from unlawful sanctions or threats to their independence and freedom medelnet.eu/medel-stands... 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇸⤵️

The obstruction of justice is a key US export under Trump. He has attempted to interfere in the criminal trial of Jair Bolsonaro, tried to get charges dropped against Benjamin Netanyahu and is tightening the screws on the International Criminal Court. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Tunisie : Des expertes de l’ONU s’inquiètent d’une nouvelle tentative de criminalisation à l’encontre du juge Anas Hmedi www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...

#Tunisie: Je suis très inquiète quant à la situation des avocats en Tunisie, particulièrement l’arrestation de l'avocat Ahmed Souab et l'emprisonnement de l'avocate Sonia Dahmani, pour avoir fait des commentaires sur les questions des affaires publiques. www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...