The Rule of Law has been suspended in Turkey for the last five years. In the tragic backsliding that followd the attempted Coup d’État of 15 July 2016, the Turkish judiciary has seen one of its darkest pages: the dismissal of thousands of judges and prosecutors, long imprisonments in life endangering detention conditions after unfair trials, and socially stigmatized and economically threatened families.
The Platform for an Independent Judiciary in Turkey, consisting of the four major judicial associations in Europe, in an official statement directed at the Council of Europe and the European Commission therefore:
- continues to stand in solidarity behind the unlawfully and illegally detained and/or dismissed Turkish judges and prosecutors;
- strongly urges the European institutions to call on Turkey to provide guarantees and standards for a de iure and de facto independence of the judges and prosecutors as well as to take responsibility to demand so in their various partnerships and relations with Turkey;
- strongly urges the European institutions to call on Turkey to carry out the European Court judgments and to review all decisions for dismissal of Turkish judges or prosecutors since 15 July 2016 and all pre-trial detention orders and criminal convictions regarding membership of an illegal organization.
June 14th marks International Fair Trial Day. Focus country for this inaugural edition is Turkey. In a joint statement, Judges for Judges and 92 other legal organisations call on the Turkish authorities to implement ten steps and on the international community to increase its efforts.
Six Kenyan Judges currently serving on the bench, were recently denied appointment to higher courts by the President. The Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association calls this ‘shocking turn of events’ in a recent statement ‘baffling, unfounded and patently unconstitutional’.
On 28 April 2021 the Constitutional Tribunal will be considering a case P 7/20 in response to a question of law concerning the constitutionality of the second subparagraph of Article 4(3) TEU (principle of sincere cooperation) in connection with Article 279 TFEU (power of the Court of Justice to grant interim measures).
The Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland will hold a hearing on Wednesday, 28 April at 1 p.m., on the constitutionality of EU legislation defining the obligations of Member States to enforce securing orders issued by the CJEU (case ref. P 7/20).
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Voor het tweede jaar alleen online, maar het Movies that Matter Festival gaat door! Dit festival gaat op vrijdag 16 april van start en duurt tot en met zondag 25 april: 
Deze maand werd de wraking toegewezen van de voorzitter van de stichting Rechters voor rechters vanwege haar voorzitterswerk in de strijd tegen de afbraak van de Poolse rechtsstaat. Hoewel de NVvR nooit ingaat op individuele uitspraken in rechtszaken, constateert de vereniging dat de wrakingsgrond gevonden is in haar inzet voor de bescherming van de internationale rule of law, een maatschappelijk en algemeen belang en geen persoonlijk belang. Voor deze inzet heeft zij de volle steun en waardering van de NVvR.
Nederlandse rechters spreken zich scherp uit tegen de afbraak van de Poolse rechtsstaat. Ook de NVvR laat zich op dit front niet onbetuigd en zal aandacht blijven vragen voor deze belangrijke kwestie. Samen met Rechters voor rechters liep de NVvR mee in de 