{"id":339777,"date":"2020-01-07T14:16:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T13:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/?page_id=331762"},"modified":"2023-05-07T18:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:06:41","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/en\/action-areas\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monitoring legislative work that affects the functioning of the justice system is also a key area of the Foundation\u2019s activity. Our primary tool for change is education and building a culture of respect for both the citizen and the law. However, if necessary, we also strive to change the law itself. In this area, the Foundation serves the role of a social expert in the efforts to change poorly functioning laws and procedures, participates in meetings of problem-solving teams, discussions and consultations, provides opinions on drafts of bills and regulations, publishes its own conclusions, recommendations, and drafts institutional solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our actions taken in this area in recent years include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>providing our expert opinion on proposed amendments to civil procedure rules and to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary,<\/li><li>analysis of\u00a0 a bill on the Supreme Court sponsored by Members of Parliament,<\/li><li>taking part in meetings concerning the participation of citizens in the justice system organized by the National Council of the Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice,<\/li><li>developing and presenting the \u201cCitizens\u2019 Package\u201d &#8211; a set of propositions for the new Acts on the Supreme Court and the National Council of the Judiciary.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image no-color\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337106\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20369865_461002677610452_4502930302148302165_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Speech by Bartosz Pilitowski, President of the Foundation, during the July 2017 demonstrations in Poland.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This last action was widely praised in the media, and aims to increase civic control over the process of selecting candidates for judicial positions in Poland, which, in the Foundation\u2019s opinion, will contribute to more substantive elections as well as\u00a0 increased trust in the judicial branch of government<a href=\"https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/blog\/2017\/08\/16\/fcwp-proponuje-prezydentowi-wprowadzenie-pakietu-obywatelskiego\/\">: https:\/\/courtwatch.pl\/blog\/2017\/08\/16\/fcwp-propos-president-introduction-package-civic\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring legislative work that affects the functioning of the justice system is also a key area of the Foundation\u2019s activity. Our primary tool for change is education and building a culture of respect for both the citizen and the law. However, if necessary, we also strive to change the law itself. 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