Polish Constitutional Tribunal crisis (2015 – ongoing)
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal crisis has been an ongoing political conflict in Poland starting in the second half of 2015 over the appointment of five of the 15 judges of the Constitutional Tribunal.
A Committee for the Defence of Democracy protest in Warsaw against Poland's new government, 12 December 2015
The Constitutional Court in Warsaw
A pro-government Law and Justice rally in support of the new Constitutional Tribunal legislation, 13 December 2015
A demonstration opposing the new Constitutional Tribunal legislation, organized by the Left Together (Razem), Warsaw, 3 December 2015
Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)
The Constitutional Tribunal is the constitutional court of the Republic of Poland, a judicial body established to resolve disputes on the constitutionality of the activities of state institutions; its main task is to supervise the compliance of statutory law with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.
The seat of the Tribunal, Warsaw
The seat of the Tribunal, Warsaw (2006)
Demonstration organized by the KOD, 18 December 2016
The Grand Courtroom, in which the Court adjudicates in its full composition
