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After Artur Ł.’s observation, expert witnesses assessed that he suffered from “a mental disorder which prevents him from recognising the meaning of his actions and from controlling his comportment.” Artur Ł. was released from detention in March 2013. “This case shows how easy it is to abuse state power...

The Warsaw Pre-moot is an educational project simulating real arbitration proceedings. Students from European universities act as counsels for the parties and are assessed by lawyers who participate in arbitration proceedings on a daily basis. “Each competition battle is considered by three arbitrators who behave in a manner similar...

In the July judgement, ECHR ruled that in the case of CIA prisoners a series of provisions of the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had been violated, including the prohibition of torture, right to a fair trial and the right to liberty and...

“In the recent years, the experiences with EAW have shown that some countries rarely apply pre-trial detention for the period of EAW’s execution, while other use detention as if by default. Unfortunately, Poland belongs to the second category,“ says advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak. “These differences constitute one of the most...

Among advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak’s greatest successes, the authors included winning the case regarding ritual slaughter before the Constitutional Tribunal (more information on the Constitutional Tribunal’s judgment is available here). The ranking’s authors also appreciated advocate Pietrzak’s engagement in pro bono cases conducted on behalf of Greenpeace or the Helsinki...

In the application to the Constitutional Tribunal, the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland questioned those provisions of the Law on Protection of Animals which prohibited ritual slaughter required by religious prescriptions and provided for criminal liability for its performance. In the applicants’ opinion,  these provisions violated freedom...

Doughty Street Chambers is one of the best and biggest legal practices in the world, dealing with cases concerning human rights and international law, as well as civil, criminal and administrative law (see more in ‘International Cooperation’). Congratulations, Mikołaj!

According to the EU Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings, the police and prosecution are obliged to inform the suspects about their rights. “It is, however, often the case that information is presented in such a way that it is hard to understand for the suspect,...

“In order to effectively provide legal aid in the broad sense of this term, that is not only as a legal counsel, an advocate has to be covered by LPP,” says advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak in an interview he gave to Jacek Dąbrowski. However, it does happen that the authorities...