Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights
List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Poland
Communication
| Doc. 15669
| 22 December 2022
- Author(s):
- Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
1 List
and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of
Poland
Letter from Maciej Jancza Deputy
Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of the Republic
of Poland to the Council of Europe, to Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis,
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, dated 8 December 2022
I have the honour to forward you a letter of 8 December 2022
from Mr Marcin Przydacz, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Poland, regarding the submission of the
list of three candidates for the post of judge of the European Court
of Human Rights in respect of Poland.
Letter from Mr Marcin Przydacz,
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of
Poland Warsaw to Ms Despina ChatzivassiIiou-TsoviIis, Secretary
General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
dated 8 December 2022
Acting on the basis of Article 22 of the European Convention
on Human Rights. I have the honour to submit a list of three candidates
for the post of judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect
of Poland (in alphabetical order):
- Ms Elżbieta Karska
- Mr Kamil Strzępek
- Ms Agnieszka Szklanna.
As requested per your letter dated 1 February 2022, attached
hereby are the curricula vitae of the candidates in both English
and French, prepared in accordance with the model adopted by the
Parliamentary Assembly, as well as detailed information on the national
procedure-by which the candidates were selected.
I would also like to confirm that the Advisory Panel of Experts
on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human
Rights was consulted on 15 June 2022 as envisaged by the Committee
of Ministers' Resolution No. CM/Res(2010)26 of 10 November 2010.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
remains at your disposal should the Parliamentary Assembly have
any questions concerning the above candidates or the selection procedure
applied.
2 Information
on the national selection procedure applied in Poland to designate
three candidates for the post of Judge of the European Court of
Human Rights
The procedure, by which three candidates were selected, was
conducted on the basis of Ordinance No. 1 of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of 13 January 2012 on the establishment of the Committee
responsible for the selection of candidates for the post of Judge
at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, as amended
in 2020 and 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the “Ordinance”).
The composition of the Selection Committee was similar to
the one appointed in 2021 and a possibility was maintained for non-governmental
organisations, including legal professions, to appoint observers
of interviews with candidates.
2.1 The
Selection Committee
The members of the Committee responsible for the selection
of candidates for the post of Judge at the European Court of Human
Rights in Strasbourg (hereinafter the “Selection Committee”) were appointed
by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice, Head of the Prime Minister’s
Chancellery and President of the General Counsel to the Republic
of Poland. It was composed of:
1 Mr Piotr
Wawrzyk, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible
for legal and treaty affairs, habilitated doctor of social sciences,
lawyer, assistant professor at the Institute of European Studies
at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Journalism and Political
Science, graduate of the Institute of Political Science and Faculty
of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, former employee
of the Bureau of Sejm Committees of the Sejm Chancellery and of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development, collaborator of the Office
of the Committee for European Integration, participated in Poland-EU
accession negotiations and in works to align the Polish law with
the EU acquis, author of many
publications – the Committee’s chairperson;
2 Mr Paweł Sobczyk, habilitated doctor of legal sciences,
professor and dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the
University of Opole, head of the Department of State and Law Studies and Coordinator
of the Fundamental Rights Research Centre of the University of Opole,
member of several scientific societies, scientific and editorial
committees, specialised in constitutional law, human rights, religious
law, axiology of law, lecturer in human rights and constitutional
law, author of over 100 scientific publications and over 30 expert
opinions;
3 Mr Bogusław Przywora, habilitated doctor of social sciences
in the field of legal sciences, professor and head of the Department
of State System and Comparative Law at Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa,
head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Deradicalization Research
at the same University, specialised in administrative law, author
of numerous studies and opinions in the fields of constitutional
law, comparative system and administrative law, attorney-at-law,
long experience in public administrations, including control and
supervisory authorities;
4 Mr Krzysztof Szczucki, habilitated doctor of legal sciences,
President of the Government Legislative Centre, assistant professor
at the Department of Comparative Criminal Law at the Faculty of
Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, former head
of the Centre for the Promotion of Polish Legal Studies at the University
of Warsaw, expert for legislation in the Chancellery of the Polish
Sejm, former employee of the Polish Ombudsman’s Office, specialised
in criminal and constitutional law, bioethics and law philosophy;
5 Ms Izabela Hasińska, doctor of law, field Plenipotentiary
of the Ombudsman for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in Poznań, assistant
professor and lecturer in the Department of Law and Organization of
Enterprises in Agribusiness at Poznań University of Life Sciences,
an attorney, previously a long-time employee of the justice system
(Civil Division of the Regional Court in Poznań and Commercial Division of
the District Court in Poznań), specialised in business law, commercial
law, civil law and proceedings, protection of intellectual property,
author of numerous publications;
6 Ms Agnieszka Gracz, representative of the Foundation Centre
for Supporting Initiatives for Life and Family (non-governmental
organisation), graduate of political science and expert on social policy,
including its international dimension, also specialised in issues
related to the right of peoples to self-determination, as well as
human and civil rights in the context of war, authoritarianism and
political transformation (notably in relation to the wars in Chechnya
and the transformation in Russia), former journalist and collaborator
of book publishers, experience in voluntary work for people in need
and in the public administration;
7 Mr Jan Sobczak, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs for proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights
(Government Agent) – a secretary to the Committee without the right
to vote.
In sum, apart from highly qualified representatives of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (which is the ministry responsible for
the representation before the European Court of Human Rights) who acted
as a chairman and a secretary without the right to vote, respectively,
the Selection Committee comprised several recognised representatives
of academic and scientific circles (i.e. professors
and lecturers specialised in constitutional law and human rights,
administrative, criminal or civil law and legislative matters),
as well as representatives of a non-governmental organisation and
an institution advocating individual rights. The Selection Committee
thus relied not only on the legal knowledge of the majority of its
members but also on the practical experience related to the advocacy
for rights and engagement in a civil society organisation.
2.2 Advertisement
to announce the vacancy
On 15 March 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs published
an announcement specifying the formal and substantive requirements
to be met by the candidates in three daily newspapers of a nationwide
coverage, including Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (meaning
Daily Legal Newspaper) and Rzeczpospolita (a newspaper publishing
a legal supplement), thus two leading daily newspapers for lawyers
in Poland. A six-week deadline was fixed for submitting applications
(expiring on 25 April 2022). The announcement was also placed on
the MFA’s website. At the same time, the Deputy Foreign Minister
also sent a letter to 140 institutions asking them to disseminate
the announcement further. In addition to the relevant governmental
authorities and the Chancelleries of the President, Sejm and Senate
of the Republic of Poland, this request was addressed to three ombudsmen
functioning in Poland (i.e. the
Commissioner for Human Rights, Children’s Rights Ombudsman, Patient’s
Rights Ombudsman), the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court,
the Supreme Administrative Court and the National Council of the
Judiciary, the presidents of all courts of appeal and all voivodeship
administrative courts, the presidents of the relevant legal professions:
the Polish Bar Council, National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law
and the National Council of Court Bailiffs, the chairpersons of
the human rights commissions of advocates and attorneys-at-law,
deans of the faculties of law of 18 universities throughout the
country, the Polish Academy of Sciences, 15 non-governmental organisations
(namely those that co-operate on a permanent basis with the interministerial
Committee for matters of the European Court of Human Rights and
those that had appointed observers in the previous selection procedure)
and to 16 regional centres for international debate.
2.3 Applicants
In total, 20 persons submitted their candidatures before the
expiry of the time-limit. Prior to the first examination of their
applications the members of the Selection Committee were required
to declare a potential conflict of interests between them and any
of the candidates. Six applicants were requested by the Selection
Committee to remove formal shortcomings of their applications. There
was no shortlisting and all 20 applicants were invited for interviews
held at the second meeting of the Selection Committee.
2.4 Interviews and observers
All interviews were held according to the same rules fixed
by the Selection Committee at the first meeting. Those rules were
announced to all candidates in advance and were published on-line
on the ministry’s website. The interviews were conducted in principle
in alphabetical order (with some exceptions made upon justified
motions of the candidates) and the time afforded to each candidate
was identical (30 minutes). At the beginning, all candidates were
given an opportunity to present their candidatures as well as to
share their vision of the role of judge and that of the Convention
and the Court. Subsequently, all candidates received the same set
of four questions and one additional question. The questions were
proposed by the members of the Selection Committee who also decided
on the final list of questions at the second meeting. One of the questions
was posed in English, and one in French, the candidates having the
right to reply in the official language of the Court of their choice.
All interviews were observed by observers appointed by non-governmental
organisations, including legal professions (more information – see
below section “Transparency”).
2.5 Evaluation and selection of candidates
Following the interviews and deliberations, the Selection
Committee decided by agreement on the list of three candidates and
two reserve candidates.
According to the Ordinance, the Selection Committee members
should assess the candidates taking into account the requirements
of holding the office of judge at the European Court of Human Rights
as set out in Article 21(1) of the Convention, as well as: 1) knowledge
of issues related to the protection of human rights; 2) extensive
knowledge of law, in particular Polish law, and experience in its
practical application; 3) the candidate’s academic achievements.
The Ordinance also requires that the list of three successful candidates
should include at least one representative of each sex (unless in
view of exceptional circumstances it would not be possible).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took additional effort to
make the members of the Selection Committee aware of all standards
and criteria applied by the Advisory Panel of Experts and the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe in their assessment of candidates
for the post of judge. Notably, “A short guide on the Panel’s role
and the minimum qualifications required of a candidate” as well
as the Memorandum of the Parliamentary Assembly on the “Procedure
for the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights” were
both translated into Polish and made available to the members. Their
attention was drawn to two checklists applied by the Parliamentary
Assembly members (as annexed to the aforementioned memorandum).
A similar checklist, comprising the criteria stemming from the Convention,
the Committee of Ministers Guidelines, the Parliamentary Assembly
checklists, and the Ordinance was prepared as an assessment tool
for members of the Selection Committee during the interviews.
2.6 Transparency
Throughout the whole selection process, special care was taken
to ensure its transparency. Not only was the announcement widely
disseminated, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also launched
a dedicated website (https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja/wybor-sedziego-etpc) where it regularly published news on the respective stages
of the selection process, including information on persons appointed
to sit as members of the Selection Committee, detailed information
on two meetings of the Selection Committee, the rules of conducting interviews
with candidates, and – after the interviews – the questions posed
to the candidates. All relevant domestic legal regulations and documents
of the Council of Europe could also be found on that website, including
the aforementioned memorandum of the Parliamentary Assembly and
the Panel’s short guide in PolishNote. All necessary documents
and forms for the candidates were also made available in one place
to facilitate applying. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
replied to many individual requests for information on the selection
process.
What needs to be particularly emphasised, all non-governmental
organisations whose statutory activity includes actions in the sphere
of promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms and civil
liberties were entitled to appoint (by 25 April 2022) one observer
each to the interviews with candidates. The following 13 non-governmental
organisations availed themselves of the possibility to appoint observers:
- Association for Legal Intervention
(Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej)
- “Better Human Rights” Foundation (Fundacja Lepsze Prawa
Człowieka)
- Citizens Network Watchdog Poland (Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog
Polska)
- Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Helsińska Fundacja
Praw Człowieka)
- “Indicium” Foundation (Fundacja
Indicium)
- Polish Society of Anti-discrimination Law (Polskie Towarzystwo
Prawa Antydyskryminacyjnego)
- Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association (Stowarzyszenie im.
prof. Zbigniewa Hołdy)
among which also were the leading organisations representing
legal professions:
- National
Bar Council (Naczelna Rada Adwokacka)
- National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law (Krajowa Izba Radców Prawnych)
- Polish Judges Association "IUSTITIA" (Stowarzyszenie Sędziów
Polskich "IUSTITIA")
- Judges Association “Themis” (Stowarzyszenie Sędziów „Themis”)
- Regional Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law in Gdańsk (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Gdańsku)
- Human Rights Section of the Regional Bar Council in Warsaw
(Sekcja Praw Człowieka przy Okręgowej Radzie Adwokackiej w Warszawie).
All 13 observers were invited to attend the interviews. 11
people were present on the first day and 8 people on the second
day.
Under the Polish legislation there is no legal provision limiting
the right to respect for private life of candidates for the post
of European Court of Human Rights judge and envisaging the publication
of their personal data. Nevertheless, the applying persons were
asked to state if they agreed to the publication of their candidature by
filling in the relevant form prepared by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. In consequence, seven candidates (out of 20 who participated
in the interviews) consented and their data were revealed by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website. Obviously, the observers
had full access to the information on the names of the candidates
during the interviews. The observers signed a declaration that they
would keep personal data of the candidates confidential. During
the selection procedure conducted in 2021 the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs had reassured the observers that they could publish any
information they consider relevant in order to comment on the fairness
of the conduct of the interviews or on the organisation of the selection
procedure. It further explained that they could also comment in
general on the quality of the candidates, without however revealing their
personal data.
The regulations in force in this respect are compatible with
both EU General Data Protection Regulation and the CM Guidelines
which do not contain any recommendation to publish personal data
of all applying persons (cf. paragraphs
V.2-3). The approach adopted in Poland is similar to that of many
other Council of Europe member States. It is worth recalling here
that serious concerns were expressed in two Steering Committee for human
rights reports about the publication of personal data of all applying
persons. Such a practice was described as a challenge that could
possibly discourage potential applicants and for this reason was
avoided in the Polish regulations.
Appendix 1 – Professor
Elżbieta KARSKA
1. Curriculum Vitae
I. Personal details
Name, forename: KARSKA, Elżbieta
Sex: Female
Date and place of birth: 13 September 1977, Wrocław, Poland
Nationality: Polish
II. Education and
academic and other qualifications
- 2010 – Habilitated Doctor
of Law (Higher Doctorate, Post-Ph.D. Degree) / specialisations:
international law and European law, Faculty of Law, Administration
and Economics, University of Wrocław
- 2004 – Ph.D. (summa cum laude) / specialisation: international
law; Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of
Wrocław; doctoral dissertation awarded the Prime Minister's Award
– at the request of the Rector of the University of Wrocław (Concurrent and Complementary Jurisdiction between
International Criminal Tribunals and National Courts // Zbieżność a komplementarność jurysdykcji międzynarodowych
trybunałów karnych i sądów krajowych, ‘Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis’,
Wrocław 2004)
- 2018 – Master of Business Administration (MBA), Faculty
of Management, Warsaw School of Business
- 2002 – Course on International Humanitarian Law, International
Committee of the Red Cross
- 2001 – Master in Law, Faculty of Law, Administration and
Economics, University of Wrocław
III. Relevant professional
activities
a. Description of
judicial activities
- 2022-present
– Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw;
- 2018-present – Member of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague;
- 2010-2012 and 2018-present
– Judge ad hoc of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg.
b. Description of
non-judicial legal activities
- 2019-present
– Director of the Doctoral School, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
in Warsaw; conducting seminars on human rights protection; research
activity, administrative responsibilities and educational management
of the Doctoral School; co-operation with similar domestic and foreign
academic and research centres;
- 2014-2019 – Director of the Institute of International
Law, European Union and International Relations, Faculty of Law
and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw;
research activity, administrative responsibilities and educational
management of the Institute; co-operation with similar domestic
and foreign academic and research centres;
- 2010-present – Professor and
Head of the Department of Human Rights Protection and International
Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan
Wyszyński University in Warsaw; lecturer on human rights protection,
international criminal law, international humanitarian law, public
international law, European Union law, history of the law of nations;
co-operation with similar domestic and foreign academic and research
centres;
- 2019-present – Adjunct Professor;
Indian Institute of Finance, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR (pro bono);
- 2016 – guest lecturer in human rights at the Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC),
Brazil (series of lectures in the campuses of Joaçaba, São Miguel
do Oeste, Xanxerê and Chapecó);
- 2001-2011 – Ph.D. student and subsequently Assistant Professor
at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of
Law, Economics and Administration, University of Wrocław;
- 2005 – research internship at the Faculty of Law, Ruhr-University
Bochum.
c. Description of
non-legal professional activities
Not applicable
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
- 2017-present
(re-elected by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
in 2022) – Member of the European Commission against Racism and
Intolerance (ECRI), Council of Europe, Strasbourg;
- 2018-present –
UN Independent Human Rights Expert; Member, and Vice-Chairperson
(2019 and 2021), and Chairperson-Rapporteur (2019 and 2022) of the
UNWorking Group on the issue
of human rights and transnational corporations and other business
enterprises, UN Human Rights Council (Special Procedures), Geneva;
participation in the drafting and adoption of annual reports for
the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council on the Group's
work, focusing in particular on human rights due diligence, improving
accountability and access to remedy for victims and the activity and
protection of human rights defenders; as part of the Group's work
travelled to, among others, Georgia, with the findings being recorded
in detailed reports; as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group
presided over the 8th UN Forum on Business
and Human Rights: Time to act: Governments as catalysts for business
respect for human rights, held from 25 to 27 November
2019 in the Palace of Nations in Geneva; the last substantive reports
that I presented to the UN Human Rights Council were: (1) Implementing the third pillar: lessons from
transitional justice guidance by the Working Group, Report of
the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises to the 50th Session
of the UN Human Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta Karska),
UN Doc. A/HRC/50/40/Add.4 (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14125.97764;
(2) The coronavirus disease pandemic:
lessons learned and moving forward, Report of the UN
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations
and other business enterprises to the 50th Session of the UN Human
Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta Karska), UN Doc. A/HRC/50/40
(2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30483.76320; (3) Tenth
session of the Forum on Business and Human Rights, Report of
the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises to the 50th Session
of the UN Human Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta Karska),
UN Doc. A/HRC/50/41 (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20836.86409; (4) Tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles
on Business and Human Rights: a roadmap for the next decade of business
and human rights – raising the ambition, increasing the pace,
Report of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and
transnational corporations and other business enterprises to the
50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta
Karska). UN Doc. A/HRC/50/40/Add.3 (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10770.53445;
(5) Sixth Regional Forum for Latin America
and the Caribbean on Business and Human Rights, Report
of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises to the 50th Session
of the UN Human Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta Karska),
UN Doc. A/HRC/50/40/Add.1 (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19578.57284;
(6) Visit to Italy, Report
of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises to the 50th Session
of the UN Human Rights Council (Chair-Rapporteur: Elżbieta Karska),
UN Doc. A/HRC/50/40/Add.2 (2022), DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34678.06723
[Oral Statement by Professor Elżbieta
Karska, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on the issue
of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises,
50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, 20 June 2022,
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33817.90726].
- 2017-2022 – Member of the Management Board of the European
Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Vienna;
- 2017-2022 – Expert for the Human Dimension Mechanism,
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization
for Security and Co-operation in Europe (independent expert enrolled
on the list of the ODHIR ‘Moscow Mechanism’);
- 2011-2018 – UN Independent Expert on Human Rights; Member
and, from 2014 to 2016, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Working
Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and
impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination,
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva; participation in the drafting and
adoption of annual reports on the Group’s work for the UN General
Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, focusing in particular
on domestic regulations concerning private military and security
companies, and foreign fighters; as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the
Working Group, presented these
reports to sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and the Third Committee
of the UN General Assembly; as part of the work in the Group also
travelled to several countries (including Honduras, Tunisia, and
Belgium) and visited EU institutions, with the findings being recorded
in detailed reports;
- 2011-present –
Member of the International Law Association (ILA), London; Member
of the ILA’s Committee on International Human Rights Law, which
finished its work in 2016; Member of the ILA’s Committee on Complementarity
in International Criminal Law (active since 2013) and Alternate
Member of the ILA’s Committee on Human Rights in Times of Emergency
(active since 2017); I organised and was a participant in numerous
conferences devoted to human rights protection.
V. Public activities
a. Public office
- 2016-2018 – Member of
the Experts Committee for the reform of the personal data protection
law in the European Union at the Inspector General for the Protection
of Personal Data, Warsaw, Poland;
- 2017-2018 – Adviser to the Ombudsman for Children (pro bono), Warsaw, Poland.
b. Elected posts
I do not hold and have never held or run for elected posts.
c. Posts held in
a political party or movement:
I am not and have never been a member of a political party
or political movement, and so I can confirm that I do not hold and
have never held any positions in such organisations.
VI. Other activities
a. Field
International Relations
b. Duration
2020-present
c. Functions
Member of the Committee of the
Award of the Polish Association for International Studies
VII. Publications
and other works
Author of over 100 publications (monographs, articles and
other works in Polish, English, Ukrainian and Georgian) on international
law and European law, including human rights law (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elzbieta-Karska). List of selected publications:
- Elżbieta Karska, Drafting an
International Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights
– The Next Step towards Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights,
‘International Community Law Review’ 2021, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp.
466–485;
- Elżbieta Karska, Some Remarks
on Refugeehood as a Legal Issue // Kilka uwag o uchodźstwie
jako zagadnieniu prawnym, [in:] Elżbieta Karska (ed.), Refugeehood
in the 21st Century from the Perspective of
International, European Union and National Law // Uchodźstwo XXI
wieku z perspektywy prawa międzynarodowego, unijnego i krajowego,
Department of Human Rights Protection and International Humanitarian
Law Press (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), Warsaw 2020, pp.
9-21 (book: 275 pages);
- Elżbieta Karska, New Trends
in International Human Rights Protection Law as a Response to Changes //
Nowe tendencje w międzynarodowym prawie ochrony praw człowieka jako
odpowiedź na zmiany, [in:] Anna Tarwacka (ed.), Tempora Mutantur
Cum Legibus, Wolters Kluwer, Warsaw 2019, pp. 48-58;
- Elżbieta Karska (ed.), Refugees.
Current Issues of Law and Practice // Uchodźcy. Aktualne zagadnienia prawa
i praktyki, Department of Human Rights Protection and
International Humanitarian Law Press (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
University), Warsaw 2017, 148 pages;
- Elżbieta Karska, Human Rights
and International Criminal Law – Selected Aspects of Jurisdiction,
[in:] Elżbieta Karska, Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez, Amalia Particia
Cobos Campos (eds.), Human Dignity and Human Rights Serious Violations,
Qualis Editora (Brazil), Florianópolis-Santa Catarina 2016, pp. 11-38
(book: 244 pages);
- Elżbieta Karska (ed.), Global
Problems with the Protection of Human Rights // Globalne problemy ochrony
praw człowieka, Department of Human Rights Protection
and International Humanitarian Law Press (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
University), Warsaw 2015, 444 pages;
- Elżbieta Karska, The Relationship
Between Business and Human Rights – Some Remarks from the International
Law Practice and Doctrine’s Point of View // Relacje
biznesu i praw człowieka – kilka uwag z punktu widzenia praktyki
i doktryny prawa międzynarodowego, [in:] Anna Tarwacka (ed.), Iura
et negotia, Wolters Kluwer, Warsaw 2015, pp. 106-127;
- Elżbieta Karska (ed.), Rights
of the Child in International Law // Prawa dziecka w prawie międzynarodowym,
Department of Human Rights Protection and International Humanitarian
Law Press (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), Warsaw, 1st ed.
2013, 2nd ed. 2014, 356 pages;
- Elżbieta Karska (ed.), The
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on Human Rights Protection
Systems and International Criminal and Humanitarian Law //
Wpływ Europejskiej Konwencji Praw Człowieka na systemy ochrony praw
człowieka oraz międzynarodowe prawo karne i humanitarne, ‘Mówią
Wieki’, Warsaw 2013, 367 pages;
- Elżbieta Karska, Gaps in International
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Relation to Accountability Involving
Private Military and Security Companies, ‘Polish Review
of International and European Law’ 2013, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 61-79;
- Elżbieta Karska, Subsidiarity
of Governmental and Non-governmental Organisations’ Resolutions
in the Jurisdiction of International Criminal Tribunals //
Subsydiarność uchwał organizacji rządowych i pozarządowych w jurysdykcji
międzynarodowych trybunałów karnych, ‘Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis’,
Wrocław 2009, 336 pages.
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IX. In the event
that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required
for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please
confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the
language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning
of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court
I can confirm my intention to participate in intensive French
language classes prior to and, if necessary, also at the beginning
of my term of duty, if I were to be elected a judge on the Court.
X. Other relevant
information
- Member of editorial
boards and advisory boards of numerous journals, including ‘Polski Rocznik Praw Człowieka i Prawa Humanitarnego’ / ‘Polish Review of Human Rights and Humanitarian
Law’ (Publisher: University of Warmia and Mazury), ‘Problemy Współczesnego Prawa Międzynarodowego, Europejskiego
i Porównawczego’ / ‘Issues
of Contemporary International, European and Comparative Law’ (Publisher:
Jagiellonian University), ‘Polski Przegląd
StosunkówMiędzynarodowych’ / ‘Polish Review of International Relations’ (Publisher:
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), ‘Polish
Review of International and European Law’ (Publisher:
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), ‘Międzynarodowe Prawo
Humanitarne’ / ‘International
Humanitarian Law’ (Publisher: Naval Academy), ‘Finance India’ (Publisher: Indian
Institute of Finance), ‘Wojskowy Przegląd
Prawniczy’ / ‘Military Juridical
Review’ (Publisher: Department of Military Affairs of
the National Public Prosecutor's Office); ‘Kwartalnik Prawa Publicznego’
/ ‘Public Law Quarterly’ (Publisher: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, ‘Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations’ (Publisher:
University of Warsaw // Taylor & Francis Group), ‘აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობის მაცნე – Herald of Oriental
Studies’ (Publisher: Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University)
and ‘Juridical Tribune – Tribuna Juridica’
(Publisher: The Bucharest Academy of
Economic Studies);
- 2021-present –
Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Vice-Chairperson of the Editorial Board
of the ‘Przegląd Legislacyjny’ / ‘Legislative
Review Quarterly’ (Publisher: Wolters Kluwer);
- 2014-present –
Special Issues Editor of the ‘International
Community Law Review’ (Publisher: Department of Law,
Queen Mary University of London // Nijhoff | Brill, Leiden-Boston);
the tasks of the Special Issues Editor include supervising the publication
of all Special Issues of the ICLR; the Special Issues Editor may
also be an Editor/Co-editor for a specific issue; in this latter
category are included the following Special Issues: The Use of Private Military and Security Companies
by the United Nations: International Legal Aspects, ICLR
2014, Vol. 16, Issue 4, 95 pages (Co-editor); Extraterritorial
Scope of Human Rights, ICLR 2015, Vol. 17, Issue 4-5,
122 pages (Co-editor); Foreign Fighters
and Foreign Terrorist Fighters: An International Law and Human Rights
Perspective, ICLR 2016, Vol. 18, Issue 5, 122 pages (Co-editor); Judicial Dialogue in Human Rights,
ICLR 2019, Vol. 21, Issue 5, 104 pages (Co-editor); Business and Human Rights: Legal Aspects,
ICLR 2021, Vol. 23, Issue 5, 118 pages (Co-editor).
- 2013-present –
Editor-in-Chief of the academic monographs series ‘Prawa Człowieka i Prawo Międzynarodowe’ / ‘Human Rights and International Law’ (Publisher:
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University);
- 2016-present –
Member of the Advisory Board of the academic monographs series ‘Prawo i Stosunki Międzynarodowe’ / ‘International Law and Relations’ (Publisher:
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University);
- Active participant in several dozen academic and expert
legal conferences (as a key speaker, chairperson and panel member),
including international conferences, and organizer or co-organizer
of more than a dozen academic law conferences, including the Warszawsko-Toruńskie Kolokwia Naukowe Praw Człowieka i Międzynarodowego Prawa
Humanitarnego / Warsaw-Toruń Academic Seminars on Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law,
which have been organized for more than 10 years alternately in
Warsaw and Toruń by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University and
the Nicolaus Copernicus University;
- 2014 – Member of the Panel of Judges of the Polish National
Round of ‘The European Human Rights Moot
Court Competition’, ELSA Poland and National Chamber
of Attorneys-at-Law;
- Supervisor on several Ph.D. dissertations, more than 200
master's theses and several dozen bachelor's theses on international
law and international relations, including protection of human
rights. Reviewer of more than 30 Ph.D. and habilitation (Higher
Doctorate) dissertations on law, including dissertations on the
law on the protection of human rights.
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I confirm my readiness to take up permanent residence in Strasbourg,
if I were to be elected a judge on the Court.
Appendix 2 – Mr Kamil
STRZĘPEK
2. Curriculum Vitae
I. Personal details
Name, forename: STRZĘPEK, Kamil
Sex: Male
Date and place of birth: 30 November 1983, Brzeg (Poland)
Nationality: Polish
II. Education and
academic and other qualifications
- Master of Law, Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Toruń, 2007
- Doctor of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University
of Warsaw, 2011
- Law Clerk, Supreme Administrative Court, Warsaw, 2009-2013
- Attorney-at-Law, Wałbrzych Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law,
since 2012
- Assistant Lawyer, Registry of the European Court of Human
Rights, Strasbourg, 2013-2016
- Law Clerk, Constitutional Tribunal, Warsaw, since 2017
- Liaison Officer of the Constitutional Tribunal to the
Venice Commission, Warsaw, 2017-2018
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration,
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, since 2017
- Member, Polish Branch of the International Law Association,
since 2021
- Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française DALF C1, Strasbourg,
2015
III. Relevant professional
activities
a. Description of
judicial activities
February 2017 – now – Law Clerk
at the Constitutional Tribunal, Warsaw (5 years and 6 months)
- Deal with constitutional
complaints about violation of rights and freedoms under the Constitution
of the Republic of Poland of 1997
- Steer cases through all stages of the procedure
- Prepare drafts of decisions on admissibility
- Attend court proceedings and conduct trial follow-ups
in writing for judicial panels
- Support of judicial panels by conducting research, drafting
briefs, gathering information and interpreting legal documents
July 2013 – September 2016 –
Assistant Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
(2 years and 6 months)
- Dealt with individual
applications originating from the Polish legal system
- Steered cases through all stages of the procedure
- Prepared drafts of decisions on admissibility and of judgments
on the merits
- Attended lectures and workshops given by the Registry
of the ECHR staff
- Supported judicial panels by conducting research, drafting
briefs, gathering information and interpreting legal documents
February 2009 – July 2013 – Law
Clerk at the Supreme Administrative Court, Warsaw (4 years and 6
months)
- Dealt with cassation
appeals lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court
- Steered cases through all stages of the procedure
- Prepared drafts of decisions on admissibility and judgments
on the merits
- Managed court sessions, maintaining records of court proceedings
- Maintained deep knowledge of regulations and reviewed
local and national laws to conduct daily tasks
b. Description of
non-judicial legal activities
October 2017 – now – Assistant
Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
University, Warsaw (4 years and 6 months)
- Teach courses in International
Public Law, European Substantive Law and Human Rights Law
- Prepare syllabi, curricula, reading materials, tests and
quizzes
- Deliver lectures and facilitate classroom discussions
on case-studies
- Grade exams and papers, giving detailed feedback
- Publish papers in professional journals through extensive
research
- Deliver presentations at scientific meetings/workshops
(e.g. the 3rd Indonesian Constitutional
Court International Symposium, Call for Papers, November 2019, Bali
Indonesia)
Teaching Grant:
- Erasmus+
Staff Mobility for Teaching at the University of Naples Federico
II, Italy, 2022
January 2008 – November 2008
– Lawyer – Compliance Officer in the Supervision Department of:
1) OPERA Kwiatkowski and Partners Limited joint-stock partnership
2) OPERA Investment Funds, Warsaw (11 months)
- Provided valuable compliance
advice to the business unit management regarding policies, controls,
and procedures
- Prepared accurate reports for filing
- Acted as an effective liaison with regulatory agencies
c. Description of
non-legal professional activities – not applicable
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
I have been working as a lawyer in courts and tribunals in
Poland (Supreme Administrative Court and Constitutional Tribunal)
and abroad (European Court of Human Rights) for over 12 years. Over
there, in my daily work, I have been analyzing issues in the field
of human rights. These analyzes are of a practical nature based
on the specificity of individual cases, legal acts and case-law
of domestic and European courts and tribunals.
For all these years, I have dealt with complaints about all
rights and freedoms defined in the European Convention on Human
Rights and Protocols thereto. From right to life from Article 2
of the Convention (its substantive and procedural limb), through
the right to respect for private life from Article 8 of the Convention (including
physical, psychological or moral integrity), to the right not to
be tried or punished twice from Protocol No. 7 to the Convention;
and many others.
Throughout all these years of my professional work, I have
learned to have an individual, independent and impartial approach
to each case under review.
Apart from practical knowledge and application of human rights,
I work at the University, where through extensive research, I was
deepening my theoretical knowledge about human rights. I have participated
in a number of training courses on human rights in Poland and abroad.
My constant source of inspiration is work with students and relationships
with my fellow human rights lawyers in Poland and abroad.
I am also involved in activities aimed at directly defending
human rights. In February 2022, I signed the declaration of Polish
lawyers of international law against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
I participate in collecting gifts and helping refugees.
V. Public activities
not applicable
a. Public office
b. Elected posts
c. Posts held in
a political party or movement
VI. Other activities
not applicable
a. Field
b. Duration
c. Functions
VII. Publications
and other works
i. Book:
- K. Strzępek, Znaczenie
prawne Wstępu do Konstytucji RP z 1997 roku, 2013.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Meaning of the Preamble to
the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 in the case-law
of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative
Court, November 2013)
ii. Articles:
- K. Strzępek, Współdziałanie
organów władzy w stosowaniu prawa, [w:] Zeszyty Naukowe Sądownictwa Administracyjnego,
nr 4, 2010.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Cooperation between public
authorities in the application of law, [in:] Zeszyty Naukowe Sądownictwa
Administracyjnego (Academic papers of Administrative Case-Law),
No. 4, 2010.)
- K. Strzępek,
Stosowanie Konstytucji RP w orzecznictwie sądów administracyjnych,
[w:] Przegląd Prawa Publicznego, nr 2, 2011.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Application of the Constitution
of the Republic of Poland in the case-law of administrative courts,
[in:] Przegląd Prawa Publicznego (Public Law Review), No. 2, 2011.)
- K. Strzępek, Konwencja o Ochronie
Praw Człowieka i Podstawowych Wolności w najnowszym orzecznictwie
Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego, [w:] Efektywność Europejskiego
Systemu Ochrony Praw Człowieka (książka pokonferencyjna), red. J.
Jaskiernia, 2012.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the recent case-law
of the Supreme Administrative Court, [in:] Effectiveness of the
European System of Protection of Human Rights (post conference book),
ed. J. Jaskiernia, 2012.)
- K.
Strzępek, Zasada współdziałania i dialogu społecznego – aspekt administracyjny,
[w:] Wpływ standardów międzynarodowych na rozwój demokracji i ochronę
praw człowieka (książka pokonferencyjna), red. J. Jaskiernia, 2013.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, The principle of cooperation
and social dialogue – administrative aspect, [in:] The influence
of international standards on the development of democracy and protection
of human rights (post conference book), vol. 1, ed. J. Jaskiernia,
2013.)
- K. Strzępek, Zasady
etyki sędziów i byłych sędziów Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka
i Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej, [w:] Prawo jako zawód
i powołanie. Deontologia i etos zawodowy polskich prawników w badaniach
socjologicznych, red. A. Syryt, S.H. Zaręba, M. Zarzecki, Warszawskie
Wydawnictwo Socjologiczne, Warszawa 2019.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Ethics of judges and former
judges of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice
of the European Union, [in:] Law as a profession and a vocation.
Deontology and professional ethos of Polish lawyers in sociological
research, eds. A. Syryt, S.H. Zaręba, M. Zarzecki, Warsaw Sociological
Publisher, Warszawa 2019.)
- K.
Strzępek, Znaczenie orzecznictwa niemieckiego Federalnego Sądu Konstytucyjnego
dla praktyki orzeczniczej polskiego Trybunału Konstytucyjnego, [w:]
Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego, nr 1 (65), 2022.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, The Importance of the case-law
of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany for the Constitutional
Tribunal of Poland, [in:] Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego (Constitutional
Law Review), No. 1 (65), 2022.)
iii. Glosses:
- K. Strzępek, Glosa do
wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej z dnia 29 października
2020 r. (C-243/19) [dot. wykładni prawa UE Note, [w:] Zeszyty Naukowe Sądownictwa
Administracyjnego nr 5 (98)/2021.
(free translation: K. Strzępek, Gloss to the judgment of the
Court of Justice of the European Union of 29 October 2020 (C-243/19)
[re. interpretation of EU law Note,
[in:] Zeszyty Naukowe Sądownictwa Administracyjnego (Scientific
Journal of Administrative Judiciary), No. 5 (98) / 2021.)
VIII. Languages
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IX. In the event
that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required
for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please
confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the
language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning
of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court
I confirm my intention to participate in an intensive language
course and other courses necessary to hold the office of a judge
of the European Court of Human Rights.
X. Other relevant
information
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I confirm that I am ready to reside
permanently in Strasbourg if I am elected a judge of the European
Court of Human Rights.
Appendix 3 – Dr Agnieszka
Magdalena SZKLANNA
3. CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal details
Name, forename: SZKLANNA, Agnieszka Magdalena
Sex: Female
Date and place of birth: 25 December 1973, Gdańsk, Poland
Nationalities: Polish and French
II. Education and
academic and other qualifications
- 2008: PhD in legal sciences
(doktor nauk prawnych), PhD
thesis (in Polish) on “Aliens’ protection under the case law of
the European Court of Human Rights”, Faculty of Law and Administration,
International Law Institute, Warsaw University, Warsaw.
- 2004: Diploma certifying passing the bar exam at the Warsaw
Bar Association, Warsaw.
- 1998: MA in legal sciences (magister
nauk prawnych), Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University.
- 1998: Master of Arts in European Studies, field of study
– law, College of Europe – Natolin, Warsaw, (branch of the College
of Europe, Bruges, Belgium).
- 1997: MA in applied linguistics (magister
lingwistyki stosowanej), French and English translation, Department
of Applied Linguistics and East Slavic Studies, Applied Linguistics
Institute, Warsaw University.
- 1997: Certificate of Studies in French and European Law,
Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration, in co-operation
with the Poitiers University, France.
III. Relevant professional
activities
a. Description of
judicial activities
- 2003 – 2004 – lawyer
at the Polish division, Registry of the European Court of Human
Rights, Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Drafting decisions for committees
of three judges and chamber judgments and dealing with applicants'
mail.
- 2000 – 2001 – in the framework of the traineeship at the
Warsaw Bar Association, trainee at six different courts in Warsaw
(first and second-instance criminal and civil courts, regional commercial
court and land register division of the regional court).
b. Description of
non-judicial legal activities
Since 15 August 2009 until now – Secretary to the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Secretariat of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
Main activities:
- drafting
draft reports, resolutions, recommendations and opinions for committee
rapporteurs on various issues concerning the protection of human
rights, European legal co-operation and public international law,
such as the implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments
and the functioning of the system based on the European Convention
on Human Rights, the rule of law, access to courts and the status
of Ombudsman institutions, the situation of human rights defenders,
the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly and to
freedom of thought, conscience and religion, national minorities’
rights, non-discrimination, the right to nationality, human rights
and business, human rights and climate change, combatting terrorism
and impunity for serious human rights violations, abolition of the
death penalty and relations between the European Union and the Council
of Europe.
- researching and conducting legal analysis on those issues.
- organising (high-level) fact-finding visits for committee
rapporteurs in Council of Europe member States and international
organisation, and taking part in such visits.
- organising hearings and seminars, in co-operation with
MPs, as well as meetings of the committee’s sub-committees (namely
the sub-committee on the implementation of Court judgments).
- maintaining working relations with MPs, legal experts,
civil servants from other departments of the Council of Europe,
other international organisations and Council of Europe member States
and representatives of civil society.
- speaking at seminars concerning the activities of the
committee for MPs, MEPs, judges and prosecutors, civil servants,
lawyers, students and PhD students in law, and representatives of
civil society, at conferences organised within the Council of Europe
(namely by the Committee of Ministers, the Commissioner for Human
Rights and the INGO Conference) and externally (at member States’ institutions,
European Union institutions and international organisations).
- facilitating seminars on the execution of Court judgments.
- 2020 – 2021 – visiting professor, Law Faculty, Paris-Dauphine
University, Paris. Teaching (comparative law) to M1 students.
- 2012-2022 – visiting professor, Political Sciences Institute,
Strasbourg University. Between 2012-2013 and 2014-2015 teaching
the protection of human rights and relations between the Council
of Europe and the European Union to M1 and M2 students.
- 2004 – 2009 – legal officer, Department for the Execution
of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, General Directorate
of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe. Main activities: analysing
judgments of the Court in order to determine individual and general
measures to be taken by respondent States; preparing cases for their
examination by the Committee of Ministers (drafting draft notes,
decisions, interim or final resolutions); taking part in negotiations
with respondent States’ delegations; supervising other lawyers;
giving conferences on the activities of the Department to study visitors
(lawyers, judges and prosecutors, law students and PhD students),
staff members of the ECtHR Registry and at external events in member
States of the Council of Europe.
- 1999 – 2004 – trainee barrister, Karniol Małecki i Wspólnicy
Sp. z o.o. law firm, Warsaw. Main activities: drafting legal opinions,
draft agreements, judicial correspondence and other documents in
cases concerning civil, commercial and criminal law, pleading on
behalf of clients before courts and translating legal documents
into/from French and English.
- 1999 – 2004 – PhD student, academic assistant, International
Law Institute, Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University.
Giving tutorials on public international law.
- 2000 – consultancy assignments for the ministry of Health,
Warsaw. Drafting legal opinions on the compatibility of Polish legislation
with European Union law on public health and consumers’ protection.
- 2000 – trainee, DG Health and Consumer Protection, European
Commission, Brussels.
- 1999 – lawyer, law firm Gide Loyrette Nouël Polska Sp.
z o.o., Warsaw, Poland. Main activities: drafting legal opinions
on issues of administrative and civil law and translating legal
documents into/from French and English.
c. Description of
non-legal professional activities
1998 – 2003 – translation of legal texts (including European
Union directives, Polish laws and articles on legal issues) for
private entities, the Warsaw University and the Ministry of Telecommunications.
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
See items III a) et b) above.
- 2022 – member of a doctoral college, Political Sciences
Institute, Strasbourg University.
- 2016 and 2017 – member of the jury of the Moot Court competition
organised by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA), Council
of Europe, Strasbourg.
- Outside the scope of my professional activities, speaking
at seminars and conferences, namely:
- 2022 (May) – ‘’Local authorities in the ECHR system’’,
workshop organised by the University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg,
France.
- 2021 (May) – “The legal situation of national minorities
in Lithuania in the context of national and international law”,
conference organised by the European Human Rights Foundation, Vilnius.
- 2017 (May) – “The Representation of the Republic of Poland
before the European Court of Human Rights: Over Two Decades of Experience
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, conference organised by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw.
- 2015 (June) – “The
Status of Alien in Poland vis-à-vis Current
International Challenges”, organised by the Polish Helsinki Foundation
on the occasion of its 25th anniversary,
Warsaw.
- 2010 (December) – conferences on the protection of human
rights and the rights of national minorities for the European Human
Rights Foundation, Vilnius.
- 2008 (May) – seminar on the ECtHR case law against Poland
for Polish judges and prosecutors, organised by the European Centre
of the Warsaw University, Warsaw.
V. Public activities
a. Public office
See item III above
b. Elected posts
None
c. Posts held in
a political party or movement
None
VI. Other activities
a. Field
Law, European integration
b. Duration
Respectively since 2004, 2007
and 2001.
c. Functions
Member of the Warsaw Bar Association
(as a non-practicing barrister), of the European Society of International
Law (ESIL) and of the College of Europe Alumni Association.
VII. Publications
and other works
Monograph: Legal protection of aliens under the case law of
the European Court of Human Rights (in Polish), Europrawo, Warsaw,
2010.
Over twenty articles, including:
- 2022: The recent contribution of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe to the process of implementation of judgments
of the European Court of Human Rights, article (in French) to be
published in July 2022 in the proceedings of a conference that took
place at the University of Strasbourg on 4 and 5 February 2021 on
‘Execution of judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human
Rights. Practices and perspectives 10 years after the Interlaken
Conference’, Pedone, ‘Publications de la Fondation Marangopoulos
pour les Droits de l’Homme’, Paris.
- 2019: The Right to a Nationality
in Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights and Council
of Europe Bodies’ Work, article (in English) published
in ‘European Yearbook on Human Rights 2019’, ed. Ph. Czech and others,
Intersentia.
- 2018: Delays in the Implementation
of ECtHR Judgments: The Example of Cases Concerning Electoral Issues,
article (in English) published in ‘European Yearbook on Human Rights
2018’, ed. W. Benedek and others, Intersentia.
- 2017: Implementation of Judgments of the European Court
of Human Rights: The Interaction Between the Court, the Committee
of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
article (in English) published in ‘European Yearbook on Human Rights
2017’, ed. W. Benedek and others, Vienna, Graz.
- 2016: Respect for Human Rights and the Principle of Rule
of Law within the European Union (Le respect des droits de l'Homme
et du principe de l'Etat de droit au sein de l'UE), article published
(in French) in the proceedings of the 6th conference
of researchers’ federation “A changing Europe” under the tile “The Relations
between the Council of Europe and the European Union. Complementarity
or Competition?”, ed. F. Berrod and B. Wassenberg, Strasbourg University,
l’Harmattan.
- 2012: The Standing of Applicants
and NGOs in the Process of Supervision of ECtHR Judgments by the Committee
of Ministers, article (in English) published in ‘European
Yearbook on Human Rights 2012’, ed. W. Benedek and others, Vienna.
- 2011: The Role of Interim Measures Indicated by the ECtHR
under Rule 39 of Its Rules of Procedure for the Protection of Aliens
Against Their Removal Contrary to the ECHR, article (in English)
published in ‘European Yearbook on Human Rights 2011’, ed. W. Benedek
and others, Vienna.
- 2010: The Impact of the Pilot
Judgment Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights on the Execution
of its Judgments, article (in English) published in ‘European
Yearbook on Human Rights 2010’, ed. W. Benedek and others, Vienna.
- 2010: Violations of the Right
to Respect One’s Family Life, article (in Polish) published
in ‘Europejski Przegląd Sądowy’, Warsaw.
- 2009: The Supervision of the Execution of ECtHR's Judgments
by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe – Evolution,
Proceedings and State of Play, article (in Polish) published in
the book “60 Years of the Council of Europe – Standards' Creating
and Applying”, ed. H. Machińska, Oficyna Prawa Polskiego, Warsaw.
VIII. Languages
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Language
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Reading
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Writing
|
Speaking
|
|
very good
|
good
|
fair
|
very good
|
good
|
fair
|
very good
|
good
|
fair
|
|
a.
First language:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– Polish
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
|
b.
Official languages:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– English
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
|
– French
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
|
c.
Other languages:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– Spanish
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
|
– German
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
|
– Russian
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
¨
|
¨
|
x
|
IX. In the event
that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required
for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please
confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the
language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning
of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court
X. Other relevant
information
- 2007 – Diploma de Español
como Lengua Extranjera (Nivel Superior), Spanish language diploma, Cervantes
Institute.
- 1995-1996 – holder of a scholarship from the General Council
of Maine-et-Loire Département,
studies at the Institute of Training in Modern Languages (French
and English translation), Université
Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France.
- 1981-1985 – French primary school Lycée
Pasteur, Oran, Algeria.
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I currently live in Strasbourg and will continue to live there
if elected a judge on the Court.
