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Fair Trials organised a regional policy meeting in Brussels to help launch a new report, as well as a regional handbook for lawyers, to help ensure effective legal assistance in pre-trial decision-making. The event brought together more than 60 criminal justice experts from across Europe, including partners from Bulgaria...

The seminar covered different subjects related to extradition and European Arrest Warrant, for example basics of EU Law and ECHR Law, bilateral extradition treaties v. The “European Arrest Warrant” system, Comparative extradition law, examples of extradition cases. The seminar was attended by experts from the European Union, USA, Canada,...

The meeting was attended by over 80 experts in the field of criminal law. This annual conference aims to include sharing experiences and discussing challenges in the area of cross-border cooperation in Europe in criminal matters. The last twelve months has arguably seen a crisis of mutual trust in Europe,...

In her speech, attorney Katarzyna Dąbrowska focused on extradition and the European Arrest Warrant, as well as on the challenges that may arise in specific cases.

“We are extremely proud of this recognition”, says firm’s partner Mikołaj Pietrzak, was also personally named, for the third time, the Best Corporate Defence Attorney. “We’ve been shaping the market practices in this area of law for years, and I’m very glad to see that the effort made by...

The UN Secretary-General appointed Mr Pietrzak as one of the five Fund’s Trustees in 2016. The Board of Trustees works closely with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and is responsible for developing recommendations on awards of financial assistance for aid actions and projects for victims of torture....

The ranking includes lawyers from 53 jurisdictions across Europe, including Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, in 25 different areas of law. It presents profiles of lawyers working in arbitration, dispute resolution, corporate law or white-collar crime. Ranking’s authors recognised Mr Pietrzak’s long-standing and extensive experience in providing legal aid and...

In May 2011, a Regional Examination Board (REB) at Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski invalidated the results of the chemistry section of the matura exam taken by a group of students. The decision was based on a contention that they had received improper assistance in completing their exam papers. However, a general...

On 20 November 2017, Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, requested the Court to authorize an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in relation to the armed conflict in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since 1 May 2003. This request...