We now need to wait for the CJEU to publish the whole thing, so in the meantime, a good question: why so long? The Commission launched an infringement procedure in 2021 following the anti-EU law primacy judgment K 3/21. Only at that point, Berlaymont decided that it had a sure footing to act. 2/

@popularfront.co & @hanrahan.tv or @colborne.bsky.social could know.

Excellent news! Will there be a Polish translation (possibly more affordable for Polish readers)?

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🇬🇧 Recall of a prisoner on licence while serving a determinate sentence: inadmissible.

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🇦🇿 Searches before and after lawyer meetings & seizure of a letter the prisoner had entrusted to his lawyer for posting : violation of Art. 8.

🇷🇺 NGO ordered to remove publications on detention & torture in prison following a defamation action: violation of Art. 10.
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🇦🇿 | Lawyer disbarred for speaking publicly about client’s ill-treatment : violation of Art 10 & 8, non-examination under Art 18 (joint dissenting opinion of Judges Ktistakis and Pavli).

🇺🇦 | Life-sentenced prisoner awarded only token compensation & ordered to pay fees: violation of Article 6.
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🇬🇧 | Recall of a prisoner released on licence while serving a fixed-term determinate sentence: inadmissible (incompatible ratione materiae).
🇸🇰 | Systematic practice of routine, thorough strip searches of a prisoner without convincing security reasons: violation of Article 3.

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Thanks, that's very clear!
About the CJEU, can't can't issuing court refer the case as well? (I'm sure I'm missing something...)

I have only listened to the judge's oral reasoning, but the gist is that under PL Penal Procedure code, the court may reject an ENA if an act at hand does not constitute a crime under Polish law. There are exceptions - such as acts of sabotage - but the court refused to consider the act as such.

The only one who could refer this case to CJEU would be the Polish court via a preliminary reference - but that almost certainly won't happen, since, to my best knowledge, there's not going to be any appeals in this case and second takes from another judge who could have any EU law doubts.

Thanks! Do you know if the judgment is or will be made public? I am wondering which ground of refusal to execute the EAW was invoked. And... whether Germany could refer the case before the CJEU (who endlessly repeats that EAW refusal should remain the exception).

The resolution seeks to protect civil society space, promote alternatives to incarceration, defend Indigenous rights, & recognise environmental rights.

Attempts by Russia to remove #HarmReduction were defeated by 25 votes vs. 10. Evidence & rights trumping reactionary ideology.