Recent reports on current legal issues from Poland and CEEdate: 2020-12-03
European Union
The European Commission has issued its first EU-wide annual report on the rule of law.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1756
CCBE has issued a statement on the functioning of the E.U. general court in the framework of the ongoing debate on reform of judiciary. https://www.ccbe.eu/fileadmin/speciality_distribution/public/documents/PD_LUX/PDL_Position_papers/EN_PDL_20200904_CCBE-comments-on-the-functioning-of-the-General-Court.pdf
Belarus
Lawyers for Lawyers has issued a joint letter on the revocation of legal licenses of Aliaksandr Pylchanka and Yulia Levanchuk. https://lawyersforlawyers.org/en/joint-letter-on-revocation-licenses-of-aliaksandr-pylchanka-and-yulia-levanchuk/
The president of the American Bar Association has issued a rule of law letter regarding the imprisonment of lawyers Maksim Znak, Illia Salei, and Liliya Vlasova.
82 leading rights organizations, bar associations, and lawyers have signed an open statement in connection with the detention of lawyers Maksim Znak and Ilya Salei.
Poland
The ABA Center for Human Rights has issued a report on the disciplinary proceedings against Judge Igor Tuleya. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/human_rights/reports/the-case-of-judge-igor-tuleya--continued-threats-to-judicial-ind/
Russia
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has condemned the attack on Russian lawyer Alexei Navalny and has called for a fair and independent investigation.
https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=0f405658-dc91-454a-8705-35ae68c17dcf