In this session focusing on judicial independence, the panelist will report of the status of the judiciary, Bar and other human rights defenders in Poland, as well as offer suggestions for how the ABA and other international organizations and individuals can lend support.
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Poland and Rule of Law - Where Are We Now?
Sara P Sandford, Melissa Hooper, Mikolaj Pietrzak, Elizabeth M Zechenter, and Monika Frackowiak
Participants
Melissa Hooper
Human Rights and Civil Society
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Mikolaj Pietrzak
Pietrzak Sidor & Wspolnicy
Dean of the Warsaw Bar Association, and former Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the Polish Bar Council. In 2016, he was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as one of the five members of the Board...
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Elizabeth M Zechenter
ELIZABETH. M. ZECHENTER, Ph.D., J.D. is currently a visiting scholar at the Emory University College of Arts and Sciences. Previously, she served as the Assistant General Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline. She was born...
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