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Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

Poland

Members and substitute members

Member

Wojciech SADURSKI

Substitute member

Monika FLORCZAK-WĄTOR

Country-specific opinions

1276/2026

Poland - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the draft law “on reinstating the right to a fair trial and hearing the case without undue delay”, proposed by the President of the Republic

1238/2025

Poland - Urgent Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the draft law concerning the status of judges appointed or promoted between 2018 and 2025 and other related matters

1206/2024

Poland – Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law on European standards regulating the status of judges

1204/2024

Poland - Opinion on the draft amendments to the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office

1203/2024

Poland - Opinion on the draft constitutional amendments concerning the Constitutional Tribunal and two draft laws on the Constitutional Tribunal

1181/2024

Poland - Urgent Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe on the draft law amending the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland

1136/2023

Poland – Urgent Opinion on the Law on the State Commission to Investigate Russian Influence on Internal Security in the Republic of Poland between 2007 and 2022 and on the draft law amending that Law

0977/2020

Poland - Joint Urgent Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on Amendments to the Law on the Common Court, the Law on the Supreme Court, and some other Laws

0904/2017

Poland - Opinion on the Draft Act amending the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary; on the Draft Act amending the Act on the Supreme Court, proposed by the President of Poland; and on the Act on the organisation of Ordinary Courts

0892/2017

Poland - Opinion on the Act on the public prosecutor's Office as amended

0860/2016

Poland - Act on the Constitutional Tribunal

0839/2016

Poland - Opinion on the Act of 15 January 2016 amending the Police Act and certain other Acts

0833/2015

Constitutional issues addressed in amendments to the Act on the Constitutional Court of 25 June 2015 of Poland

News

14-15 Apr

2026

Poland - Visit to Warsaw for the forthcoming Joint Opinion on the draft law “on reinstating the right to a fair trial and hearing the case without undue delay”, proposed by the President of the Republic of Poland

Warsaw, Poland

13 Mar

2026

Poland - Request for an opinion

Poland

27 Feb

2026

Poland: Venice Commission issues an Urgent Joint Opinion on the draft law concerning the status of judges appointed or promoted between 2018 and 2025 and other related matters

Strasbourg, France

12 Jan

2026

Poland - Visit to Warsaw for the forthcoming Joint Opinion on the draft law “On restoring the right to an independent and impartial tribunal established by law by regulating the effects of resolutions of the National Council of the Judiciary adopted in the years 2018–2025”

Warsaw, Poland

01 Jun

2025

Poland – 2nd round of the presidential election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Warsaw, Poland

18 May

2025

Poland – Presidential election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Warsaw, Poland

05 May

2025

Poland - Request for an opinion

Strasbourg

10 Dec

2024

President of the Venice Commission participates in XV Warsaw Human Rights Seminar

Warsaw

14-15 Oct

2024

POLAND – Country visit for the forthcoming Opinion on the Laws on the Constitutional Tribunal

Warsaw

12-13 Sep

2024

POLAND - Forthcoming opinion - country visit

Warsaw

03 Sep

2024

POLAND – Request for an opinion

Poland

15 Jul

2024

POLAND – Request for an opinion

Poland

10 Jul

2024

POLAND – Request for an opinion

Poland

06 Jun

2024

POLAND - President of the Venice Commission, met with Mr Adam Bodnar, the Minister of Justice of Poland

Strasbourg

08 May

2024

POLAND - Urgent Joint Opinion on the draft law amending the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland

Strasbourg

25-26 Apr

2024

POLAND - forthcoming urgent joint opinion - country visit

Warsaw

18-19 Apr

2024

Conference on “Elements and dynamics of the European legal standard”

Gdansk, Poland

15-16 Mar

2024

Rule of law in Poland

Venice

07 Mar

2024

POLAND – Request for an opinion

Poland

26-27 Feb

2024

Mission to Poland

Warsaw

24 Oct

2023

14th Warsaw Human Rights Seminar: “Human Rights in situations of crisis”

Warsaw

13-16 Oct

2023

POLAND - Parliamentary elections - legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Poland

26 Jul

2023

POLAND - Urgent Opinion on the Law on the State Commission to Investigate Russian Influence on Internal Security in the Republic of Poland between 2007 and 2022

Strasbourg

12 Oct

2020

The Venice Commission is concerned by the risk of paralysis of the Ombudsman institution of Poland

Strasbourg

11-13 Jul

2020

POLAND – 2nd round of the presidential election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation delegation

26-29 Jun

2020

POLAND - Presidential election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation delegation

09-10 Jan

2020

Urgent request for opinion / country visit - POLAND

09 Jan

2018

Obituary – Mr Bogusław Banaszak, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Poland

21 Oct

2017

Poland - forthcoming opinion - visit to the country

12 Oct

2017

Request for an opinion - PACE - Poland

08 Sep

2017

Support to the follow-up of electoral recommendations in the Western Balkans

18 Jul

2017

Poland - Statement by the Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio

Strasbourg

04 May

2017

Poland – request for opinion by PACE

16 Jan

2017

Poland - Statement by the President of the Venice Commission

Strasbourg

17 Oct

2016

Poland - Constitutional Tribunal

12-13 Sep

2016

Poland - forthcoming opinion - visit to the country

28-29 Apr

2016

Poland – forthcoming opinion - country visit

03 Mar

2016

Poland - Opinion on the amendments to the Law on the Constitutional Tribunal

02 Mar

2016

Poland - draft opinion leaked

08-09 Feb

2016

Poland – forthcoming opinion – visit to the country

29 Jan

2016

Request for opinion – PACE - Poland

31 Dec

2015

Request for opinion - Poland

23 Dec

2015

Request for opinion – Poland

12-13 Mar

2015

Revision of Joint Guidelines on Freedom of Assembly

09-10 Mar

2015

Poland - Regional Roundtable on Election Dispute Resolution

25 Nov

2013

Poland – meeting with the Minister for Justice

12-14 Sep

2013

Electoral matters - Annual Conference of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO)

01 Oct

2012

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion - OSCE-ODHIR-HDIM

04-05 Feb

2010

OSCE-ODIHR - Review of the guidelines for legislation pertaining to religion and belief

29-10 Sep-Oct

2008

Warsaw-2008 Human Dimension Implementation meeting- OSCE-ODIHR

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