We Made It! Rafał Trzaskowski Will Not Be the President of Poland
There is a lot of hard work ahead of us, though.
There is a lot of hard work ahead of us, though.
Last Tuesday, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, along with four other members of the committee, sent a letter to the European Commission’s Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law, asking how the European Union intends to respond to the actions of Donald Tusk’s government.
The club aims to serve as a hub for intellectual, spiritual, and social formation inspired by Christian civilization.
The European Democracy Shield, currently under development by EU bodies, aims to provide a strategic legal framework to better protect and promote democracy within the EU.
On April 4, representatives of the Ordo Iuris Institute and the Center for Life and Family submitted to the Chancellery of the President of Poland more than 30,000 signatures on a petition to veto the law on combating “hate speech.”
Ordo Iuris will report on major governmental actions that undermine the constitutional principles, civil rights, and freedoms that form the foundation of the Republic of Poland’s legal order.
The adoption of this law could significantly limit freedom of speech in Poland and grant special privileges to arbitrarily selected social groups—similar to measures in some Western European countries, such as the United Kingdom.
The resolution urges governments to adopt regulations requiring social media platforms to respect freedom of speech, introduce an obligation to justify decisions made by moderators, and create independent bodies to assess the moderation process.
The Polish Supreme Court has refused to hear a cassation appeal filed by IKEA in the case of Janusz Komenda, an employee fired for criticizing the demands of the LGBT movement.
The European Commission has announced the inclusion of a revised Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online in the Digital Services Act.
• The Polish Sejm is working on a bill to criminalize so-called “hate speech”. • This bill to amend the Penal Code seeks to establish “sexual orientation” as a protected characteristic, and thus introduce restrictions on one’s ability to express opposition to the demands of LGBT organizations, which have been growing over time. • The bill’s drafters, despite…
“The bill primarily poses a huge threat to the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech, which is to be sacrificed in the name of the interests of the LGBT lobby,” writes President of Ordo Iuris Institute Jerzy Kwaśniewski The following are excerpts from a commentary piece by Attorney Jerzy Kwaśniewski, President of Ordo Iuris Institute, translated from…

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