Press releases after the hearing

• K 2/15, The refund of preschool fees for the children of foreign service members

  On 23 February 2017 at 11 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered its ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, with regard to the Ombudsman’s application concerning the refund of preschool fees for the children of foreign service members.

• U 2/15, Legal training for trainee notaries

  On 16 February 2017 at 10.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered a ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, on an application of the National Council of Notaries Public filed with regard to legal training for trainee notaries.

• K 13/16, The Act amending the Broadcasting Act

  On 13 December 2016 at 9.30, the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications filed by the Ombudsman and a group of Sejm Deputies with regard to the Act of 30 December 2015 amending the Act of 29 December 1992 on Radio and Television Broadcasting (hereinafter, respectively: the Amending Act of 30 December 2015; the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992).

• K 45/14, Holding a person accountable – in the context of the same criminal act – for both an offence and a misdemeanour

  On 1 December 2016 at 9.00, the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application filed by the Ombudsman as regards holding a person accountable – in the context of the same criminal act – for both an offence and a misdemeanour.

• K 6/14, The Act on procedures for dealing with persons with mental disorders who pose a threat to the lives, health or sexual
  freedom of other persons

  On 15 November 2016 at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications and questions of law lodged with the Tribunal by the President of the Republic of Poland, the Polish Ombudsman, the Circuit Court in Lublin (the 1st Civil Division), and the Court of Appeal in Wrocław (the 1st Civil Division), with relation to the Act on procedures for dealing with persons with mental disorders who pose a threat to the lives, health or sexual freedom of other persons.

• K 24/15, Rules for suspending driving licences

  On 11 October 2016 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications filed by the Ombudsman and the Public Prosecutor-General with regard to rules for suspending a driving licence.

• SK 28/15, The terms of taking samples of biological material from
  an accused person for the purpose of genetic examination

  On 11 October 2016 at 9.00 the Constitutional Tribunal considered the constitutional complaint filed by M.H. with regard to the terms of taking samples of biological material from an accused person for the purpose of genetic examination.

• Kp 5/15, The Act on the Organisational Structure of Military Courts

  On 25 May 2016 at 11 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal (full bench) publicly delivered its judgment, issued at a sitting in camera, on the application of the President of Poland filed with regard to the Act on the Organisational Structure of Military Courts.

• SK 37/14, The reimbursement of legal costs

  On 17 May 2016 at 9.30 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered a judgment, issued at a sitting in camera, on the constitutional complaint submitted by W.O. with regard to legal costs.

• SK 16/14, Local referenda; the extraordinary mode of proceedings
  on the protection of personal interests in a referendum campaign

  On 12 May 2016 at 10 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered a judgment, issued at a sitting in camera, on a constitutional complaint filed by Z.S. with regard to local referenda (the exceptional course of proceedings on the protection of personal interests in a referendum campaign).

• U 8/15, The Sejm’s resolutions on the invalidity of the Sejm’s resolutions of 8 October 2015; the Sejm’s resolutions of 2 December 2015 on the new election of judges to the Constitutional Tribunal

  The Sejm’s resolutions on the invalidity of the Sejm’s resolutions of 8 October 2015; the Sejm’s resolutions of 2 December 2015 on the new election of judges to the Constitutional Tribunal

• K 35/15, The Act amending the Constitutional Tribunal Act

  The Act amending the Constitutional Tribunal Act K 35/15 On 9 December 2015 at 9 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications filed by a group of Sejm Deputies, the Polish Ombudsman, the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland and the First President of the Supreme Court with regard to the Act amending the Constitutional Tribunal Act. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that: 1) the Act of...