Dopuszczalność ustawowego przerwania kadencji członków sędziowskich Krajowej Rady Sądownictwa w składzie wynikającym z ustawy z 8 grudnia 2017 r. w świetle orzecznictwa Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka

Abstract

The article analyzes the permissibility of terminating the terms of office of current members of the National Judiciary Council without providing them with access to court from the perspective of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The starting point is the judgment of the ECtHR in the case of Grzęda v. Poland, in which it was found that the ex lege termination of the terms of office of the NCJ members in 2018 violated Art. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the interpretation of the ECHR cannot disregard the specific context related to the lack of independence of the current NCJ and its negative impact on the integrity of the judicial appointment process. These circumstances justify the conclusion that Art. 6 ECHR would not protect the current members of the NCJ from the termination of their terms of office.