25 July 2018
In March the Irish High Court asked the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for a ruling in a European Arrest Warrant case in which the Polish authorities had requested the surrender of a Polish man for drug trafficking.
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The Irish High Court referred the case to the CJEU because of its concerns that changes to the judicial system introduced by the current Polish government are "so immense" that they have "systematically damaged" the "common value of the rule of law."
The ECJ has now handed down its ruling, which sets out what the Irish courts must take into consideration if they are to refuse to surrender the wanted individual - on the same day that Amnesty International has warned that attempts to "further undermine judicial independence" in Poland "must be resolutely rejected."
And the judgment: Case C-216/18 PPU (pdf)
Poland: Attempts to oust the current Supreme Court president must be rejected (Amnesty, link)
Coverage of the Irish High Court ruling:High Court judge wants ruling over 'immense' law changes in Poland (RTÉ, link)
And the Irish High Court judgment: Full-text of ruling (pdf)
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