Justice Under Pressure – Repressions As a Means of Attempting to Take Control Over the Judiciary and the Prosecution in Poland
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IUSTITIA RAPORTY Justice under pressure – repressions as a means of attempting to take control over the judiciary and the prosecution in Poland. Years 2015–2019 Edited by Jakub Kościerzyński Prepared by: sędzia SA Michał Bober sędzia SO Piotr Gąciarek sędzia SR Joanna Jurkiewicz sędzia SR Jakub Kościerzyński prokurator PR Mariusz Krasoń sędzia SR Dorota Zabłudowska Th e report was drawn up by judges from the Polish Judges’ Association “Iustitia” and by a prosecutor from the “Lex Super Omnia” Association of Prosecutors. “Iustitia” is the largest association of judges in Poland. It is fully independent, apolitical and self-governing, with over 3500 members, which is over 1/3 of the total number of judges. Our main mission is to defend the principles of a democratic state of law: freedom, rights and civil liberties, which are the cornerstone of democratic Poland. We are active in many fi elds not only throughout Poland but also in the international arena as a member of international associations of judges (IAJ, EAJ, MEDEL). “Lex Super Omnia” is fully independent, apolitical and self-governing. It brings together more than 200 prosecutors. Th e main goal of the association is to strive for establishing an independent prosecution, the position of which is defi ned in the Polish Constitution. ISBN: 978-83-920641-8-3 Spis treści Introduction ................................................................................................................. 7 Part I. Judges ............................................................................................................... 9 Chapter I. List of judges against whom the disciplinary prosecutor of common courts, judge Piotr Schab and his deputies, judges: Michał Lasota and Przemysław W. Radzik, have launched investigations or initiated disciplinary proceedings in connection with judicial and extrajudicial activities. Th e list was drawn up on the basis of source documents and face-to-face interviews with judges (HARD REPRESSIONS) ......................... 11 1. Olimpia BARAŃSKA-MAŁUSZEK – Judge of the District Court in Gorzów Wielkopolski ............................................................................................................. 11 2. Anna BATOR-CIESIELSKA – Judge of the District Court in Warsaw ................... 14 3. Włodzimierz BRAZEWICZ – Judge of the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk ................. 17 4. Barbara du Chateau – Judge at the Court of Appeal in Lublin .............................. 20 5. Monika CIEMIĘGA – Judge of the Opole District Court ....................................... 20 6. Dominik CZESZKIEWICZ – Judge at the Suwałki District Court ......................... 24 7. Alina CZUBIENIAK – Judge of the District Court in Gorzów Wielkopolski ......... 25 8. Monika FRĄCKOWIAK – Judge of the District Court Poznań-Nowe Miasto and Wilda in Poznań ................................................................................................ 26 9. Piotr GĄCIAREK – Judge of the District Court in Warsaw ................................... 32 10. Kamil JAROCKI – Judge of the District Court in Gorzów Wielkopolski .............. 33 11. Sławomir JĘKSA – Judge of the District Court in Poznań .................................... 33 12. Paweł JUSZCZYSZYN – Judge of the District Court in Olsztyn ........................... 36 13. Katarzyna KAŁWAK – Judge at the Oleśno District Court ................................... 39 14. Arkadiusz KRUPA – Judge of the District Court in Łobez ..................................... 42 15. Magdalena LEWANDOWSKA – Judge of the District Court in Oborniki ............ 42 16. Dorota LUTOSTAŃSKA – Judge of the District Court in Olsztyn ........................ 43 17. Ewa MACIEJEWSKA – Judge of the District Court in Łódź ................................. 44 18. Rafał MACIEJEWSKI – Judge of the District Court in Łódź ................................. 45 19. Krystian MARKIEWICZ – Judge of the District Court in Katowice ..................... 46 20. Dariusz MAZUR – Judge of the District Court in Kraków .................................... 53 21. Ewa MROCZEK – Judge of the District Court in Działdowo ................................ 54 3 Justice under pressure – repression as a method of fi ghting to take control… 22. Artur ONDEREK – Judge of the District Court in Miechów ................................. 55 23. Bartłomiej PRZYMUSIŃSKI – Judge of the District Court Poznań-Stare Miasto in Poznań .................................................................................................................. 56 24. Bartłomiej STAROSTA – Judge of the District Court in Sulęcin ........................... 57 25. Jerzy STĘPIEŃ – retired Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal ............................ 63 26. Igor TULEYA – Judge of the District Court in Warsaw .......................................... 63 27. Piotr WANGLER – Judge of the District Court in Starogard Gdański .................. 65 28. Dorota ZABŁUDOWSKA – Judge of the District Court Gdańsk--Południe in Gdańsk .................................................................................................................. 66 29. Waldemar ŻUREK – Judge of the District Court in Kraków ................................. 67 30. Judges of the District Court in Kraków: Rafał LISAK, Kazimierz WILCZEK, Wojciech MACZUGA ................................................................................................ 70 31. Judges of the Court of Appeal in Katowice, Aleksandra JANAS and Irena PIOTROWSKA .......................................................................................................... 73 Chapter II. Th e actions of representatives of the executive, law enforcement agencies (including the Prosecutor’s Offi ce), the body acting as the National Council of the Judiciary, court presidents nominated by the Minister of Justice as a result of the amendment of the law regulating the judicial system, which violates the Constitution and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which targeted the independence of courts and the independence of judges (SOFT REPRESSIONS) ............................................................................................ 75 1. Judge Łukasz BILIŃSKI ........................................................................................... 75 2. Judge Monika FRĄCKOWIAK ................................................................................. 76 3. Judge Alicia FRONCZYK ......................................................................................... 77 4. Judge Justyna KOSKA-JANUSZ ............................................................................. 78 5. Judge Marta KOŻUCHOWSKA-WARYWODA ....................................................... 79 6. Judge Wojciech ŁĄCZEWSKI .................................................................................. 80 7. Judge Irena MAJCHER ............................................................................................ 80 8. Judge Tomasz MARCZYŃSKI.................................................................................. 81 9. Judge Alexandra MAREK-OSSOWSKA ................................................................... 82 10. Judge Kristian MARKIEWICZ ................................................................................. 84 11. Judge Andrzej OLSZEWSKI .................................................................................... 84 12. Judge Agnieszka PILARCZYK ................................................................................. 85 13. Judge Bartłomiej PRZYMUSIŃSKI ......................................................................... 86 14. Judge Adam SKOWRON .......................................................................................... 87 15. Judge Igor TULEYA .................................................................................................. 87 16. Judge Monika ZIELINSKA ...................................................................................... 88 17. Judges: Agnieszka POŚWIATA, Michał KARCZEWSKI, Kinga MISIUKIEWICZ, Monika ORZECHOWSKA ................................................ 89 18. Judges: Wojciech MERTA, Alina BOJARA, Mariusz BRODA ................................ 90 19. Judges: Maria LESZCZYŃSKA and Wojciech BORODZIUK ................................. 91 20. Judges Of Th e Republic Of Poland ......................................................................... 92 4 Justice under pressure – repression as a method of fi ghting to take control… Chapter III. Th e list of judges and persons who have actively engaged in activities supporting the change in the shape of the constitutional bodies of the State listed in Chapter VIII of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland “Courts and tribunals”, initiated in 2015. In this section, the report covers judges and persons aspiring to the profession of judge. ..................................................... 93 Persons connected with the functioning of the Constitutional Court after 2015. ..... 94 Th e judges who nominated themselves in February 2018 to replace the constitutional body – the National Council of the Judiciary – and were not elected by the Polish Parliament ........................................................................ 99 Judges who were elected by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland as members of the body which in April 2018 replaced the constitutional body – the National Judicial Council ...............................................................................