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Status as of: 31 October 2026, 04:00 CETLast updated: 31.10.2026

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How the Tribunal works · Expert: Today the qualification requirement comes from Art. 194(1) of the Constitution and Art. 3 of the Status Act (legal knowledge and the requirements for a Supreme Court or Supreme Administrative Court judge). The research materials did not verify the exact wording of Art. 3, in particular whether it includes a ten-year experience requirement ⚠ . The President's Chancellery questions whether ten years of Maciej Berek's …
How the Tribunal works · Expert: In 2026 the Head of the President's Chancellery, Zbigniew Bogucki, justified accepting two oaths by reaching 11 judges; five persons elected in 2026 who took the oath in the Sejm, not before the President, maintain that Kpt 1/26 requires at least 11 judges; and Szostek and Bentkowska refused to sit in that case, citing among other things the appointment of the judge rapporteur out of the order required by Art. 38(1)…
How the Tribunal works · Expert: Arts. 24–30 of the Status Act: grounds (Art. 24); disciplinary courts made up solely of Tribunal judges drawn by lot by the President, with first-instance judges excluded at second instance (Art. 25); initiation (Art. 26); a disciplinary officer drawn by lot by the President, who conducts preliminary proceedings and files the motion with the first-instance court, with an appeal against refusal to open proceedings wi…
How the Tribunal works · Expert: Whether Art. 37(2) (minimum of 11 judges) still binds: the provision appears in the consolidated text, while Prawo.pl reported that the Tribunal held it unconstitutional in July 2025 ⚠ .
Origins 1982–1997 · For followers: The Small Constitution of 17 October 1992 ⚠ , an interim constitutional act, brought no confirmed change to the Tribunal's status according to the available material; it is reported to have kept the earlier constitutional provisions on the Tribunal in force ⚠ .
Origins 1982–1997 · Expert: The ELI (European Legislation Identifier) record of the 1985 Act refers to items DU/1982/83 and DU/1982/214 of the Journal of Laws. The first is identified as the constitutional amendment of 26 March 1982 (Dz.U. 1982 No. 11, item 83) ⚠ ; the title of the second has not been established. The full wording of Article 33a(1)–(5) has not been verified in a primary source (see "Evidentiary gaps").
Origins 1982–1997 · Expert: :::analysis Analysis: the Tribunal most likely took over the power of universally binding interpretation from the Council of State under the Act of 29 May 1989 transferring the Council of State's powers, which appears among the amendments to the Tribunal Act ⚠ ; the constitutional basis for this change has not been verified. :::
Origins 1982–1997 · Expert: The Constitutional Act of 17 October 1992, known as the Small Constitution (Dz.U. 1992 No. 84, item 426) ⚠ , is reported to have kept in force, in its Art. 77, the provisions of the 1952 Constitution on the Tribunal (Article 33a) ⚠ . No confirmed change to the Tribunal's status resulting from this act has been recorded.
1997–2015 · For followers: · Vice-President · Janusz Trzciński · 1 Dec 1993 · 1 Dec 2001 ⚠ ·
1997–2015 · For followers: Article 137 concerned the judges whose terms ended in 2015; as described by participants in K 34/15, it set a 30-day deadline from the Act's entry into force for nominations to those seats. ⚠ The notes did not retrieve the provision's exact wording.
1997–2015 · Expert: According to the applicants in K 34/15, the details of the election procedure, including nomination deadlines, were governed before 2015 by the Standing Orders of the Sejm; the Commissioner for Human Rights (RPO) stated in that case that electing a successor before the predecessor's term ended was normal practice. The notes point to Article 30 of the Standing Orders ⚠ , but its 1997–2015 wording was not verified. Co…
1997–2015 · Expert: The Sejm elected Lidia Bagińska on 8 December 2006 (M.P. 2006 No. 89 item 918). According to RMF FM, she took the oath on 6 March 2007, the delay being linked to doubts about her earlier work as a bankruptcy trustee (syndyk); after the oath she did not adjudicate. On 13 March 2007 RMF FM reported that she had renounced the post and wrote that she had taken the oath on the "last possible date", although the 1997 Act …
1997–2015 · Expert: · Vice-President · Janusz Trzciński · 1 Dec 1993 – 1 Dec 2001 · en.wikipedia only ⚠ ·
1997–2015 · Expert: 11 July 2013: President Komorowski sends the Sejm three bills, including a new Tribunal Act (print no. 1590); the notes do not settle whether the date was 10 or 11 July. ⚠
1997–2015 · Expert: According to HFPC, work in the Sejm began on 29 August 2013 ⚠ , and the subcommittee adopted its report on 9 April 2015; the subcommittee deleted the option of nominations by bodies outside the Sejm.
1997–2015 · Expert: As described by participants in K 34/15 and by A. Szmyt, Article 137 provided that for judges whose terms end in 2015, the motion nominating a candidate is filed within 30 days of the Act's entry into force. ⚠ Demagog describes it as requiring the Presidium of the Sejm to file, within 30 days, a motion concerning five judges. The exact wording of Article 137 and of Articles 139–140 (entry into force) was not retriev…
The 2015–2017 crisis · For followers: · The President need not accept the oath of those elected on 8 October · President (per en.wikipedia, citing the press) ⚠ ; 8th-term Sejm (resolutions) · flawed election; after K 34/15, more than 15 judges · The President cannot block an election; only the elected person's refusal of the oath has legal effect · Prosecutor General Andrzej Seremet (in K 34/15) · Article 194(1) of the Constitution · Tribunal (K 34/15, …
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: The resolutions "declare the lack of legal force" of the resolutions of 8 October, citing a breach of law in the election, and call on the President not to accept the oath. Their full preambles and the explanatory notes to the drafts (prints 42–46) were not retrieved; according to press reports, the drafts were submitted by PiS MPs ⚠ . PiS and Kukiz'15 voted in favour and PO mostly did not vote, which matches the 14…
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: The President's position is known from the press and Wikipedia, not from a primary document. According to en.wikipedia, the President had earlier refused to swear in the October judges, considering their election contrary to democratic principles ⚠ . On 3 December 2015, after K 34/15, the President's spokesperson reportedly said that the President would not swear in the three judges upheld by the Tribunal either, be…
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: :::analysis Analysis: the allocation of the December seats follows from practice and the oath dates, because the resolutions do not state it — Pszczółkowski (oath on 3 December) presumably took Cieślak's seat and Przyłębska (9 December) Liszcz's; their admission on 12 January 2016 is consistent with this. On the same analysis, in the light of the operative parts published in the Journal of Laws, the bench in 2016 co…
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: The hearing took place on 8 March and judgment was delivered on 9 March 2016 by a bench of 12: Andrzej Rzepliński (presiding), Stanisław Biernat (judge rapporteur), Mirosław Granat, Leon Kieres, Julia Przyłębska, Piotr Pszczółkowski, Małgorzata Pyziak-Szafnicka, Stanisław Rymar, Piotr Tuleja, Sławomira Wronkowska-Jaśkiewicz, Andrzej Wróbel and Marek Zubik. The Tribunal held the entire Act incompatible with Articles …
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: The Sejm passed the Organisation Act (print no. 1052) on 30 November 2016 in vote no. 37: 228 for, 200 against, 6 abstentions; that day it also rejected most of the Senate's amendments to the Status Act. It passed the Implementing Provisions Act (print no. 1115) on 13 December 2016 at 21:21:57 by 229 votes to 198 with 4 abstentions. The Implementing Provisions Act was published on 19 December 2016 (Dz.U. 2016 item 2…
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: On 22 March 2018 PiS submitted a bill on publishing the 2016 judgments; the Sejm passed it on 12 April, the President signed it on 2 May, and it entered into force on 23 May 2018; on 29 May Przyłębska ordered the publication of K 47/15, K 39/16 and K 44/16. On 5 June 2018 K 47/15 (Dz.U. 2018 item 1077) and K 39/16 (item 1078) were published; K 44/16 probably appeared as item 1079 ⚠ .
The 2015–2017 crisis · Expert: According to Rzeczpospolita, the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw, in a judgment of 20 June 2018 (V SA/Wa 459/18), found Muszyński to be an "osoba nieuprawniona" ("person not entitled") to adjudicate in the Tribunal and reopened proceedings, pointing to his participation in the bench in SK 37/15 (20 December 2017); whether that judgment became final and what followed have not been established ⚠ .
2017–2023 · For followers: · Rafał Wojciechowski · not confirmed in the sources · probably December 2019 ⚠ · 239 for · 7 Jan 2020 · no information in the sources ·
2017–2023 · Expert: Rafał Wojciechowski. According to English Wikipedia he received 239 votes and his term began on 7 January 2020; the day of election (probably December 2019) and the nominating body have not been confirmed. ⚠
2017–2023 · Expert: Vacancy periods calculated from the dates: Cioch's seat from 20 December 2017 to 30 January 2018; Jędrejek's from 19 January to 9 April 2020; Kieres's from 23 July 2021 to 16 February 2022. The inference that Sochański took Jędrejek's seat rests on the seat balance and on the assumption that Wojciechowski took the seat of Małgorzata Pyziak-Szafnicka ⚠ ; it needs confirmation in the Sejm resolution of 6 April 2020.
2017–2023 · Expert: Publication of withheld judgments (2018). PiS submitted the bill on 22 March 2018, the Sejm passed it on 12 April, the President of the Republic signed it on 2 May, and it entered into force on 23 May 2018; on 29 May Przyłębska ordered publication of K 47/15, K 39/16 and K 44/16. On 5 June 2018 K 47/15 (Dz.U. 2018 item 1077) and K 39/16 (item 1078) were published; the position of K 44/16 (probably item 1079) has not…
2017–2023 · Expert: Stelina's letter. Rzeczpospolita headlined an article with a quotation from Stelina's letter to Przyłębska: “kadencja Pani jako Prezesa już wygasła” (“your term as President has already expired”); the article itself was not opened, and the date of the letter is uncertain. ⚠
2017–2023 · Expert: Case Kp 1/23 concerned the President of the Republic's application for preventive review of the Act of 13 January 2023 amending the Supreme Court Act and certain other acts; the date of the application (probably February 2023) has not been established. ⚠ The judgment of 11 December 2023 was given by a bench of 11 judges, the minimum for a full bench: Przyłębska (presiding), Sochański (rapporteur), Jędrzejewski, Pawł…
2017–2023 · Expert: Operative part: the provisions under review are incompatible with Art. 179 read with Art. 144(3)(17), with Art. 178, with Art. 180(1) and with Arts. 184 and 183(1) of the Constitution; they are inseparably linked to the whole Act, and the proceedings were discontinued in the remaining scope. Publication is indicated as M.P. 2023 item 1468; the address comes from search results and the document was not opened. ⚠
2017–2023 · Expert: U 2/20 (20 April 2020). The Tribunal held unconstitutional the resolution of the joint chambers of the Supreme Court of 23 January 2020; Kieres dissented. The bench, the reference number of the Supreme Court resolution (BSA I-4110-1/20) and the place of publication of the Tribunal's judgment have not been verified. ⚠ According to the research notes, the Supreme Court resolution concerned benches including judges app…
2017–2023 · Expert: K 1/20 (22 October 2020). A 13-judge bench presided over by Przyłębska, including Pawłowicz, Muszyński, Wyrembak and Piskorski, held by 11 votes to 2 that Art. 4a(1)(2) of the Family Planning Act was unconstitutional; the judgment was published in Dz.U. and took effect on 27 January 2021 (ECtHR, M.L., §§ 15–16, 21, 39, 169). The names of the two dissenting judges have not been confirmed; the literature names Leon Ki…
2017–2023 · Expert: K 7/21. According to the title of the Tribunal's page, the case concerned review by national or international courts, under Art. 6(1), first sentence, ECHR, of the compatibility with the Constitution and the ECHR of statutes on the organisation of the judiciary, the jurisdiction of courts and the KRS; the date (10 March 2022), bench, operative part and publication have not been verified. ⚠
2017–2023 · Expert: Xero Flor v. Poland (no. 4907/18). The First Section judgment of 7 May 2021 (deliberated on 30 March 2021) became final on 7 August 2021. In its account of the facts the ECtHR referred to K 34/15 (§§ 23–26, 28), K 35/15 (§§ 30–35), the refusal to accept the oath from the judges elected on 8 October 2015 (§§ 9, 29) and the Tribunal's position that the President of the Republic was obliged to accept the oath (§ 27). T…
2017–2023 · Expert: M.L. v. Poland (no. 40119/21). First Section judgment of 14 December 2023 (deliberated on 21 November 2023): § 169 describes the K 1/20 bench; §§ 170–172 refer to Xero Flor and state that Muszyński's participation in itself may undermine the legal force of a judgment; § 173 concerns Piskorski and Wyrembak. Under § 174 the K 1/20 judgment did not meet the requirements of the rule of law (without examining the complai…
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: The Recommendation of 21 December 2016 (C(2016) 8950) describes, in recitals 25–26, the admission of the three December judges on 20 December, a General Assembly with six judges voting and the appointment of Julia Przyłębska on 21 December 2016. Point 61 finds the procedure for choosing the President of the Tribunal and the institution of an acting president seriously flawed. Points 65–66 recommend, among other thin…
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: According to Wikipedia, a third Recommendation was adopted on 26 July 2017. ⚠ On 20 December 2017 the Commission submitted reasoned proposal COM(2017) 835 (procedure 2017/0360(NLE)). It pointed to the absence of independent and legitimate constitutional review, recommended that the Tribunal's independence as guarantor of the Constitution be re-established, and found that Poland had not taken adequate action within t…
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: According to the literature, the conclusion that a bench including Muszyński was not a tribunal established by law is in §§ 289–291 ⚠ ; that part of the text was not retrieved. According to M. Leloup (Verfassungsblog), the ECtHR found all three limbs of the test met: the Tribunal itself had held three of the five December 2015 elections unconstitutional; the rule that a judge is elected by the Sejm of the term in wh…
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: K 7/21 concerned review, under Article 6(1), first sentence, of the Convention, by national or international courts of whether statutes on the judicial system, the jurisdiction of courts and the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) comply with the Constitution and the Convention (title of the Tribunal's page). Its date (10 March 2022), bench, operative part and publication have not been verified. ⚠
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: The press release recalls that presenting candidates not backed by a majority of the judges had previously been held unconstitutional. This presumably refers to the Tribunal's judgment K 44/16 of 7 November 2016. ⚠ According to W. Sadurski's commentary on Verfassungsblog, the judgment sets out a non-regression principle (para. 179) and defines the scope of EU law (paras. 102–103). If the judgment is not complied wit…
Europe and the Tribunal · Expert: According to OKO.press, the opinion was adopted at the 148th plenary session on 9–10 October 2026 ⚠ , on a request from the Monitoring Committee's chair, Elvira Kovács, dated 29 June. ⚠ The Venice Commission's page on Poland lists a request for an opinion dated 13 March 2026, without details.
2023–2025 · Expert: A Bankier.pl headline says the Prime Minister was not publishing the decision appointing the new President of the Tribunal; the page was unavailable, so its content and date were not established. ⚠
2023–2025 · Expert: Prawo.pl (May 2026) reported that in July 2025 the Tribunal held Article 37(2) of the Organisation Act unconstitutional in an unpublished ruling; the case number was not established. ⚠
Key legal questions · For followers: · A full bench requires at least 11 judges · five people sworn in the Sejm; Bogucki (1 April 2026) · Art. 37(2) Organisation Act · Art. 37(2) is unconstitutional · Tribunal, according to Prawo.pl · ruling not identified ⚠ · No known European rulings · 10 people sworn in before the President ·
Key legal questions · Expert: Facts. On 9 April 2026, in the Column Hall of the Sejm, Markiewicz, Korwin-Piotrowska, Taborowski and Marcin Dziurda (for the first time) and Bentkowska and Szostek (again) took the oath; those swearing for the first time began by addressing the President and swore "before the President of the Republic"; the invited President did not attend; present were the Marshals of the Sejm and Senate and former Presidents of t…
Key legal questions · Expert: Historical context. In 2021–2022 the Minister of Justice applied Art. 130 of the common courts law to ordinary judges who questioned the status of other judges; the Ombudsman intervened, disputing that these orders were lawful. According to Prawo.pl, in 2009 the Tribunal upheld Art. 130 as an "emergency" procedure with two substantive conditions; the notes did not establish the case number ⚠ .
Key legal questions · Expert: Tribunal rulings. P 7/20 (14 July 2021; question of law from the Supreme Court; bench: Piotrowicz presiding, Sochański rapporteur, Jędrzejewski, Piskorski, Stelina): Art. 4(3), second sentence, TEU read with Art. 279 TFEU is incompatible with Arts. 2, 7, 8(1) and 90(1) read with Art. 4(1) of the Constitution insofar as the CJEU imposes ultra vires interim measures concerning the organisation and functioning of Polis…
Key legal questions · Expert: Positions. Bogucki: the two oaths of 1 April give 11 judges, the statutory minimum. Prawo.pl (13 May 2026) reported that in July 2025 the Tribunal had held Art. 37(2) unconstitutional in a judgment that was not published ⚠ . Szostek and Bentkowska refused to sit in Kpt 1/26, arguing that the bench left out the four elected in March and that the rapporteur (Piskorski) was designated contrary to Art. 38(1) (the order …
Key legal questions · Expert: · A full bench requires at least 11 judges; Kpt 1/26 and other full-bench cases cannot be decided by a smaller bench · five people sworn in the Sejm; Bogucki (11 as the minimum, 1 April 2026) · Art. 37(1)(1) and (2) Organisation Act · Art. 37(2) is unconstitutional (according to a report of an unpublished ruling of July 2025) · Tribunal, according to Prawo.pl · case number and content not established ⚠ · The notes r…

Register of data gaps

What happened to the Tribunal President's February 2025 complaint against the Prime Minister and ministers (case number, legal qualification, discontinuation)?

Tribunal President's 2025 complaint · unverified · 2023–2025

What are the Monitor Polski references of the resolutions of 13 Mar, 11 Jun and 4 Sep 2026 electing Tribunal judges, and which persons do prints nos. 2344–2351 concern?

Election resolutions of 2026 · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Monitor Polski 2026 table of contents; 10th-term Sejm prints²

Have the Supreme Administrative Court or voivodeship administrative courts ruled on complaints about the President’s inaction in taking the oath of Tribunal judges elected on 8 October 2015 or in 2026, and has the Supreme Court ruled on the effects of Tribunal rulings delivered with persons elected to seats held filled in K 34/15?

Courts and the President’s inaction regarding the oath · no data · Key legal questions, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: CBOSA (orzeczenia.nsa.gov.pl), sn.pl³

When and with what results did the Sejm vote in 2024–2025 on the candidacies of Marek Ast and Artur Kotowski mentioned by the Sejm Chancellery (Kotowski stood “for the 7th time” in June 2026)?

PiS candidacies 2024–2025 · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: Sejm voting records on Tribunal candidates 2024–2025^4,5,6

When exactly did L. Bagińska resign and when did the Tribunal’s General Assembly record the end of her mandate? Why was the oath delayed by three months?

L. Bagińska’s resignation (2007) · no data · 1997–2015

Missing document: Tribunal General Assembly resolution of Mar 2007; President’s Chancellery announcements Dec 2006 – Mar 2007⁷

Was a notary present at Maciej Berek's oath on 14 October 2026? OKO.press and RMF24 say so, but no document (notarial record) has been found.

Maciej Berek's oath · unverified · 2026, October 2026

Missing document: Notarial record of the 14 October 2026 oath^8,9,10

How many votes against and abstentions were cast in Maciej Berek's election on 4 September 2026?

Election of Maciej Berek · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Vote record (sejm.gov.pl)^11,12

Which “competent disciplinary court” is to review the orders of 30 Oct 2026 imposing a break in duties on B. Święczkowski and B. Sochański, and has any court or body ruled on their effectiveness?

Orders of 30 Oct 2026 imposing a break in duties · no data · October 2026

Missing document: Notification of the disciplinary court (deadline per the orders: 3 working days); any resolution of that court^13,14,15

When did President Duda sign the 2025 budget act, which provisions did he refer to the Tribunal, and under what case number?

2025 budget · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: The President's application to the Tribunal on the 2025 budget^16,17

What are the paragraph numbers of the judgment’s key findings, was it delivered by the Grand Chamber (paragraphs 102–103 and 179 are cited only by W. Sadurski’s commentary), and has Poland complied with it?

CJEU judgment C-448/23 · unverified · Europe and the Tribunal, 2023–2025

Missing document: Full judgment text (EUR-Lex CELEX 62023CJ0448) and Commission information on compliance¹⁸

When (23 or 24 September 2026) and under which provision (Art. 218(1a) or (3) of the Criminal Code) were the Tribunal Chancellery director and guard commander charged; what is the case number?

Charges against Tribunal officials · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Decision presenting charges / National Prosecutor's Office communiqué^19,20,21

Which decisions did the Committee of Ministers adopt at its 1507th meeting (September 2024) and afterwards, and what is the state of supervision as of October 2026?

CoE Committee of Ministers supervision of Xero Flor · unverified · Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: CM decisions in HUDOC-EXEC²²

Which print (2344–2351) contains the opinion on which candidate, and how did each parliamentary club vote?

Elections of 13 March 2026 · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Sejm prints 2344–2351; roll-call results²³

Do the consolidated texts Dz.U. 2018 item 1422 and Dz.U. 2019 item 2393 reflect the law as of 31 October 2026? Which provisions of the Organisation Act are affected by the Tribunal ruling published in Dz.U. 2023 item 2698, what did amendment Dz.U. 2019 item 125 change, and which provisions of the Status Act are changed by Dz.U. 2026 item 26 (from 1 January 2027)?

State of the Tribunal statutes in 2024–2026 · no data · How the Tribunal works, 2026

Missing document: ISAP records of Dz.U. 2016 items 2072 and 2073; Dz.U. 2023 item 2698; Dz.U. 2019 item 125; Dz.U. 2026 item 26^24,25,26

What is the exact wording of Arts. 2, 7, 10, 122, 126, 144(3), 173, 178–181, 188–197 and 239 of the Constitution (including how Art. 239 is divided into paragraphs)? The notes give them as paraphrases from general knowledge because ISAP was unavailable.

1997 Constitution – exact wording · unverified · How the Tribunal works, Key legal questions

Missing document: Text of the Constitution in ISAP (WDU19970780483) or Dz.U. 1997 No. 78 item 483^27,28

Which “competent disciplinary court” is to be notified of the break in Święczkowski's and Sochański's duties (deadline around 4 November), and how will it be constituted?

Break in duties of 30 October · no data · October 2026

^13,15

What is the full text of the measure (no. 17392/26), on which provision of the Rules of Court and on which day (5 or 6 May 2026) was it granted, was the application communicated to the Government, and was the measure extended?

ECtHR interim measure in Dziurda and Others · unverified · 2026, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: ECtHR decision in HUDOC²⁹

How did the 10th-term Sejm elect the six Tribunal members in 1989: were the candidates agreed between the Solidarity caucus (OKP) and the PZPR–ZSL–SD coalition, and what was the vote?

The 1989 election of Tribunal members · unverified · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Verbatim record of the 10th-term Sejm from November 1989; the Sejm resolution in Monitor Polski 1989³⁰

What did the amendments to the 1985 Act that took effect on 5 December 1994, 16 August 1995, 8 August 1996 and 19 September 1997 change, and did any of them introduce retirement status for members?

Amendments to the Tribunal Act, 1994–1997 · unverified · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Texts of the acts ELI DU/1994/593, DU/1995/59, DU/1996/367 and DU/1997/604³¹

What is the exact wording of Art. 137 (and of the entry-into-force provisions) of the Tribunal Act of 25 June 2015?

Art. 137 of the Act of 25 June 2015 · unverified · 1997–2015, The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Full text of Dz.U. 2015 item 1064, transitional and final provisions^32,33

Why was Lidia Bagińska's oath delayed until 6 March 2007 (on the President's side or hers), and exactly when and by which resolution did the General Assembly declare her mandate expired?

The Lidia Bagińska case (2006–2007) · no data · 1997–2015

Missing document: President's Chancellery announcements from December 2006 to March 2007; the Tribunal General Assembly resolution of March 2007^34,7

How did the drafting and debates on the constitutional amendment of 26 March 1982 and the Tribunal Act of 29 April 1985 proceed (drafts, positions, votes)?

Origins of the Tribunal, 1981–1985 · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Verbatim records of the 8th and 9th-term PRL Sejm; the article "Disputes over the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland, 1981–1985" (Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, Adam Mickiewicz University); Palestra 1985 No. 12³⁵

On what dates did the Sejm elect Tribunal members in 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994 and 1995, and what are the Monitor Polski references of those resolutions (and of the resolution of 12 November 1985)?

Sejm resolutions electing Tribunal members, 1985–1995 · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Sejm resolutions in Monitor Polski 1985–1995 (ISAP); verbatim records of the 9th and 10th-term PRL Sejm and the 1st and 2nd-term Sejm^31,35

Did Krzysztof Kolasiński's term really begin on 27 May 1994, given that according to the Tribunal Mieczysław Tyczka resigned only on 17 June 1994?

Tribunal membership in 1994 · unverified · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Sejm resolutions of 1994 (Monitor Polski 1994) on Tyczka's departure and Kolasiński's election^36,37

On what dates did Presidents Mieczysław Tyczka and Andrzej Zoll and Vice-President Janusz Trzciński take office, and what are the dates of the presidential decisions appointing President Marek Safjan and Vice-Presidents Andrzej Mączyński, Janusz Niemcewicz and Marek Mazurkiewicz?

Dates of appointment of Presidents and Vice-Presidents · unverified · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015

Missing document: Sejm resolutions of 1989 and 1993; decisions of the President of the Republic (Chancellery archives)^36,30

Who nominated candidates for the Tribunal in 1985–1997 (the Sejm Presidium, parliamentary clubs, PRON)? The 1985 Act did not say.

Election of Tribunal members, 1985–1997 · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Sejm Rules of Procedure as in force in 1985–1997; Sejm prints containing the election motions^38,39

Who formally nominated (the Sejm Presidium or a group of at least 50 MPs; which clubs) Marek Safjan, Biruta Lewaszkiewicz-Petrykowska, Andrzej Mączyński, Janusz Niemcewicz, Marian Grzybowski, Mirosław Wyrzykowski, Ewa Łętowska, Maria Gintowt-Jankowicz, Wojciech Hermeliński and Mirosław Granat, among others?

Nominating bodies, 1997–2012 · no data · 1997–2015

Missing document: Sejm prints of the 3rd to 6th terms containing the nominations; verbatim records of the sittings⁴⁰

When did the first members take the oath before the Marshal of the Sejm, and when did the judges elected in 1997–2012 take it before the President? Only Lidia Bagińska's oath date (6 March 2007) has been established.

Oath dates, 1985–2012 · no data · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015

Missing document: President's Chancellery announcements (archives of Presidents Kwaśniewski, L. Kaczyński and Komorowski); the Tribunal's annual reports; verbatim records of the 9th-term PRL Sejm^36,30

Why did Remigiusz Orzechowski cease to be a Tribunal member on 14 September 1993, before his term ended?

Remigiusz Orzechowski's departure (1993) · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Sejm resolution on his dismissal or on the expiry of his mandate (Monitor Polski 1993)³⁶

Who directed the Tribunal between 1 December 1997 and 6 January 1998, while the presidency was vacant?

Vacancy in the Tribunal presidency, 1997–1998 · no data · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015

Missing document: Tribunal orders and records from December 1997; the Tribunal's annual "Information on significant problems…" for 1997–1998^41,30

Which Tribunal rulings did the Sejm formally reject by a two-thirds majority in 1986–1997, when, and by what vote?

Sejm rejection of Tribunal rulings · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Lists of Tribunal rulings not dealt with by the 1st and 2nd-term Sejm (orka.sejm.gov.pl); Sejm prints on rulings K 11/94, K 16/93 and K 9/95; the full report by P. Radziewicz (INPRiS)^42,43,41

Did the Small Constitution of 17 October 1992 (Art. 77) keep in force the 1952 Constitution's provisions on the Tribunal, and did it change the Tribunal's status in any way?

The Small Constitution and the Tribunal · unverified · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Text of the Constitutional Act, Dz.U. 1992 No. 84 item 426 (ISAP)⁴⁴

What is the Journal of Laws reference of the 2018 act under which the 2016 judgments were published, and under what item was judgment K 44/16 published?

Publication of judgments in 2018 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Dz.U. 2018 (ELI search: "Implementing Provisions"); Dz.U. 2018 item 1079 (?)^45,46

When did the President file the application in Kp 1/23, which hearing dates were postponed in 2023, and by what act did Mariusz Muszyński’s vice-presidency formally end in July 2023?

Full-bench paralysis 2023 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Tribunal calendar and communiqués of 2023; the President’s application (Feb 2023); document ending the vice-presidency^47,48,30

On what basis (orders, letters) did President Rzepliński not assign cases to Cioch, Morawski and Muszyński in 2016, and were they paid during that time?

Status of the 2 December 2015 electees in 2016 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Orders or letters of the Tribunal President from 2016; letter of 12 Jan 2016 admitting Przyłębska and Pszczółkowski^45,49

Is there a document formally assigning Julia Przyłębska and Piotr Pszczółkowski to the seats of Teresa Liszcz and Zbigniew Cieślak? The resolutions of 2 December 2015 do not say so.

Assignment of the December 2015 seats · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Personnel files or a Tribunal communiqué^50,51

Who filed dissenting opinions to judgments K 47/15 and K 39/16?

Dissents in 2016 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: OTK ZU A/2016, item 2 (K 47/15) and item 71 (K 39/16)^45,46,52

When exactly did the Sejm elect Wojciech Sych (2019) and Rafał Wojciechowski (2019/2020), under which M.P. items were the 2018–2022 resolutions published, and who formally nominated the candidates (Presidium of the Sejm or a group of MPs)?

Elections of judges 2018–2022 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Sejm resolutions in M.P. 2018–2022; 8th- and 9th-term Sejm prints³⁰

Who sat on the thirteen-judge K 1/20 bench, and who filed the two dissents (the literature points to L. Kieres and P. Pszczółkowski)?

Judgment K 1/20 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Text of judgment K 1/20 (OTK ZU, Dz.U.)⁵⁵

What exactly did decision Kpt 1/20 (21 April 2020), judgment K 7/21 (10 March 2022) and judgment K 1/17 (24 October 2017) decide, and with what benches?

Rulings with unconfirmed content · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Operative parts and benches in OTK ZU / ipo.trybunal.gov.pl; publications in Dz.U. or M.P.^56,57,58

When and in what form did the judges elected in 2019–2022 take the oath before the President, and are OKO.press reports of a non-public oath ceremony for Pawłowicz and Piotrowicz accurate?

Oaths 2019–2022 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: prezydent.pl archive; OKO.press article "Sekret Dudy…" (not opened)^59,30

When did Michał Warciński, Andrzej Zielonacki, Justyn Piskorski and Jarosław Wyrembak take the oath before the President, and who formally nominated Warciński and Wyrembak?

Oaths 2016–2018 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis, 2017–2023

Missing document: prezydent.pl archive; 8th-term Sejm prints with the candidacies (Nov–Dec 2016, 2017, Jan 2018)^60,61,62,63

What legal steps did Roman Hauser, Andrzej Jakubecki and Krzysztof Ślebzak take (e.g. Ślebzak’s lawsuit against the Tribunal, joined by the Ombudsman), and with what result?

Persons elected on 8 October 2015 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Case numbers and court rulings; Ombudsman page on joining the lawsuit; correspondence with the President and the Tribunal President 2015–2017⁶⁴

When, and with what content, did the six judges send their first letter on the Tribunal President’s term, when did judge Stelina write his letter, and on which transitional provisions did Julia Przyłębska rely in maintaining that her function lasted until 9 December 2024?

Dispute over the Tribunal President’s term · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: The judges’ letters (Dec 2022 – Jan 2023) in a primary source; the Tribunal President’s legal position^65,66,67

How exactly did the President justify, in October–December 2015, not taking the oath of the persons elected on 8 October 2015, and is his spokesman’s announcement of 3 December 2015 confirmed by an official statement?

Refusal to take oaths (2015) · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Statements on prezydent.pl (3–4 Dec 2015) and the President’s letters to the Tribunal President or the Marshal of the Sejm⁶⁸

Under which Journal of Laws items were judgments K 1/20, U 2/20, P 7/20, K 3/21 and K 6/21 published, and who sat on the U 2/20 bench?

Publication of judgments 2020–2022 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Dz.U. 2020–2021 (ELI search), OTK ZU^69,70,71,45

Whose seats did Krystyna Pawłowicz, Stanisław Piotrowicz and Jakub Stelina take (after Zubik, Tuleja, Rymar), and likewise Wojciech Sych, Rafał Wojciechowski and Bartłomiej Sochański?

Seat assignment 2019–2020 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Sejm election resolutions (M.P. 2019–2020), end dates of the terms of judges elected in 2010^30,40

What is the number of the 7th-term Sejm print with the candidacies nominated on 29 September 2015, and what did the Justice Committee’s opinion of 7 October 2015 say?

Election of 8 October 2015 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: 7th-term Sejm prints of Sept–Oct 2015 ("List of candidates for Tribunal judges"), Justice Committee opinion^72,64

Who sat on the bench that issued decision U 8/15, were there dissents, and was it issued on 7 or 11 January 2016?

Decision U 8/15 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: OTK ZU A/2016 (decision U 8/15), ipo.trybunal.gov.pl^64,68

On which day in February 2017 did the Tribunal’s General Assembly declare Andrzej Wróbel’s mandate expired, and what objections did judges raise?

Andrzej Wróbel’s mandate · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: General Assembly resolution or Tribunal communiqué of Feb 2017^73,74

Did the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court judgment of 20 June 2018 (V SA/Wa 459/18) become final, and what happened to the case next?

Administrative court ruling on Muszyński · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: CBOSA database (orzeczenia.nsa.gov.pl), any Supreme Administrative Court ruling⁷⁵

Did the European Commission (beyond the Rule of Law Report), the Council of Europe or the Venice Commission take an official position on the oaths in the Sejm of 9 April 2026, on Opinion CDL-AD(2026)031, and on the events at the Tribunal of 30–31 October 2026?

Position of the Commission and European bodies in 2026 · no data · 2026, October 2026, Europe and the Tribunal

⁷⁶

What is the exact text of Recommendations (EU) 2016/1374 and C(2016) 8950 (OJ reference), the date of the third recommendation (26 July 2017?) and the wording of the Tribunal section of COM(2017) 835 (section 4.1)?

Commission recommendations 2016–2017 and the Article 7 proposal · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Texts in EUR-Lex (incl. CELEX 52017PC0835)^77,78

Do the application numbers, dates and holdings in Reczkowicz, Dolińska-Ficek and Ozimek, Advance Pharma, Grzęda, Wałęsa and Broda and Bojara match HUDOC, and which of their paragraphs refer to Tribunal judgments (e.g. K 3/21, K 6/21, K 7/21)?

ECtHR judgments on the Polish judiciary 2021–2023 · unverified · Europe and the Tribunal, 2017–2023

Missing document: Judgments in HUDOC^79,80

What are the exact resolution dates and Monitor Polski references for the elections of W. Sych (2019), K. Pawłowicz, S. Piotrowicz, J. Stelina, R. Wojciechowski, B. Sochański and B. Święczkowski?

Election resolutions 2019–2022 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Monitor Polski 2019, 2020, 2022³⁰

What acts do the four requests to prosecute Święczkowski and the request concerning Sochański relate to, what are their case numbers, and who will consider them (they are not on the 3 November General Assembly agenda)?

Immunity requests of 30 October · no data · October 2026

Missing document: The Prosecutor General's requests of 30 October 2026; National Prosecutor's Office communiqué^81,82

By which orders did the Tribunal President refuse the four case assignments, and are they being paid?

Status of the four not allowed to adjudicate · unverified · 2026

Missing document: The Tribunal President's orders of April 2026^83,84

Did the Tribunal, and in which judgment, hold Art. 37(2) of the Tribunal Organisation Act (minimum of 11 judges for a full bench) unconstitutional in July 2025, as Prawo.pl reported?

Full bench of the Tribunal · unverified · 2023–2025, 2026

Missing document: The July 2025 judgment (possibly Kp 3/24)⁸⁵

What was the exact wording of Art. 33a of the PRL Constitution (and the Journal of Laws number of the 1982 amendment), Art. 77 of the Small Constitution, the full oath formula of the 1985 Act, Art. 137 and Arts. 17–20 of the Act of 25 June 2015, and Arts. 6 and 90 of the Act of 22 July 2016?

Historic texts of the Tribunal statutes · unverified · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015, The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: ISAP: WDU19820110083, WDU19920840426, D19850098, WDU20150001064, WDU20160001157^31,86,32

When (6 or 10 May 2025) was K 2/25 delivered, and did it concern Tribunal judges' salaries, the KRS budget, or both?

Judgment K 2/25 · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: Judgment K 2/25 (ipo.trybunal.gov.pl)^87,88

Was judgment K 3/26 of 12 May 2026 published in the Journal of Laws?

Judgment K 3/26 · unverified · 2026

⁸⁹

What are the exact date, bench, operative part and place of publication of judgment K 7/21?

Tribunal judgment K 7/21 · unverified · 2017–2023, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Operative part of K 7/21 in Dz.U. 2022 / ipo.trybunal.gov.pl⁵⁷

Why, according to the Tribunal’s data, does K. Kolasiński’s term start on 27 May 1994 while M. Tyczka left only on 17 Jun 1994?

Succession M. Tyczka → K. Kolasiński (1994) · unverified · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Sejm resolutions of 1994 (M.P. 1994) on M. Tyczka’s departure and K. Kolasiński’s election^37,36

How many votes for, against and abstaining did Artur Kotowski receive on 13 March 2026?

Elections of 13 March 2026 · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Results of votes nos. 125–132 (sejm.gov.pl)^90,91

What is the exact date of the Chancellery head's letter stating that Maciej Berek has no service relationship (most likely 26 October 2026)?

Chancellery letter on Berek · unverified · 2026

Missing document: The Chancellery head's letter to the Tribunal⁹²

When exactly did the President file Kpt 1/26, who is rapporteur after Justyn Piskorski's term ended, and has a hearing been scheduled?

Competence dispute Kpt 1/26 · no data · 2026, October 2026

Missing document: Case file Kpt 1/26 (ipo.trybunal.gov.pl)^93,94

Which primary documents confirm the dates on which the mandates of M. Muszyński, P. Pszczółkowski, J. Przyłębska, Z. Jędrzejewski and M. Warciński ended, and the legal basis of K. Pawłowicz’s departure (5 Dec 2025)?

Term ends 2024–2025 · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: List of retired Tribunal judges (trybunal.gov.pl); notices in Monitor Polski³⁰

Was the resolution “on actions necessary…” (M.P. 2026 item 299) adopted on 12 or 13 March 2026?

Sejm resolution on the Tribunal, March 2026 · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Heading of M.P. 2026 item 299^95,96,97

Under which Monitor Polski items were the resolutions electing judges on 13 March (only item 301 known, not linked to a person), 11 June and 4 September 2026 published?

2026 election resolutions · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Monitor Polski 2026 table of contents²

Were complaints filed or proceedings opened over the scuffle at the President's entry, the keys episode or the “coup d'état” allegations, and what did prosecutor Piaseczny do that night?

Night of 30/31 October · no data · October 2026

^98,99

Who formally nominated M. Warciński, J. Piskorski, J. Wyrembak, W. Sych, R. Wojciechowski and B. Święczkowski (the Presidium of the Sejm or a group of at least 50 MPs)?

Nominating bodies 2016–2022 · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Prints of the 8th- and 9th-term Sejm³⁰

When did the judges elected in 1997–2015 take the oath before the President? (Only L. Bagińska’s oath date – 6 Mar 2007 – is established.)

Oath dates 1997–2015 · no data · 1997–2015

Missing document: President’s Chancellery announcements (prezydent.pl archives), the Tribunal’s annual reports¹⁰⁰

When did M. Warciński, A. Zielonacki, J. Piskorski and J. Wyrembak take the oath?

Oath dates 2016–2018 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis, 2017–2023

Missing document: prezydent.pl announcements 2016–2018¹⁰¹

What legal steps did R. Hauser, A. Jakubecki and K. Ślebzak take (lawsuits, correspondence), and when – on the Tribunal’s 2016 view – did their terms end?

Persons elected on 8 Oct 2015 (Hauser, Jakubecki, Ślebzak) · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis

Missing document: Lawsuits and rulings (incl. a case joined by the Ombudsman concerning K. Ślebzak), letters to the President and the Tribunal President 2015–2017¹⁰²

What are the number, exact date and content of A. Korwin-Piotrowska's order imposing an immediate break in B. Święczkowski's duties (and by what act B. Sochański was covered)? Was the disciplinary court notified within three days (Art. 130 § 3 of the Common Courts Law)?

Order of 30 October 2026 – text and procedure · no data · October 2026

Missing document: Text of the order (published on trybunal.gov.pl around 30 October 2026?)¹⁰³

What is the full list of cases under Art. 37(1)(1) and the wording of Art. 114 (publication of rulings)? Did the Tribunal, as Prawo.pl reported, hold Art. 37(2) (full bench of at least 11 judges) unconstitutional in July 2025, and if so, in which case?

Organisation Act – full bench and publication of rulings · unverified · How the Tribunal works, 2023–2025

Missing document: Consolidated text Dz.U. 2019 item 2393 (the retrieved text breaks off at Art. 109); the Tribunal's July 2025 ruling in ipo.trybunal.gov.pl^104,85

Why did R. Orzechowski cease to be a Tribunal member on 14 Sep 1993, before his term ended?

R. Orzechowski’s departure (1993) · no data · Origins 1982–1997

³⁶

Were proceedings opened on Sławomir Patyra's complaint of 28 September 2026, and under what case number?

Patyra's complaint · no data · 2026

¹⁰⁵

Did J. Piskorski’s term end on 18 or 19 Sep 2026, and when did he take the oath in 2017?

End of J. Piskorski’s term · unverified · 2026, 2017–2023

Missing document: Tribunal records (list of judges), President’s Chancellery announcement of Sep 2017^{106,11,107,12}

What are the dates and numbers of the Presidential decisions appointing the Tribunal’s Presidents and Vice-Presidents (other than J. Stępień)?

Decisions appointing Presidents and Vice-Presidents 1998–2010 · unverified · 1997–2015

Missing document: Presidential decisions (President’s Chancellery archives, Monitor Polski)^{108,109,110,111,30}

What are the date, number and place of publication of the Presidential decisions appointing B. Święczkowski as President (9 or 7 Dec 2024) and B. Sochański as Vice-President (21 Feb 2025)? Were they published in Monitor Polski?

Appointment of the President (2024) and Vice-President (2025) · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: Presidential decisions; M.P. 2024–2025^{88,112,113,114}

Are the proceedings opened on 24 September 2026 disciplinary or explanatory, and on what legal basis?

Proceedings against Szostek, Bentkowska, Patyra · unverified · 2026

Missing document: The Tribunal President's order of 24 September 2026^115,20

When exactly did the gatherings outside the Tribunal begin in October 2026?

Protests outside the Tribunal · unverified · October 2026

⁹

What is the wording of Art. 129 of the Law on the System of Common Courts and of Art. 10 § 1 of the Supreme Court Act of 8 December 2017, and does the Supreme Court Act have its own equivalents of Arts. 129–130? The assessment of the legal basis of the order of 30 October 2026 depends on this.

Chain of cross-references to Art. 130 of the Common Courts Law · unverified · October 2026, Key legal questions

Missing document: Consolidated Common Courts Law, Dz.U. 2024 item 334 (Art. 129); consolidated Supreme Court Act (Dz.U. 2018 item 5 as amended)^116,103

What happened to the 2024 senators' draft constitutional amendment, and did the Sejm pass new Tribunal statutes in 2025–2026 (e.g. after judgment Kp 3/24) that the President vetoed?

Tribunal legislation after Kp 3/24 · no data · 2023–2025, 2026

Missing document: Senate and Sejm prints of the 10th term; list of presidential vetoes 2025–2026^117,118

On which dates were the 2020–2023 Poland chapters published, and what exactly do they say about the Tribunal?

Commission Rule of Law Reports 2020–2023 · unverified · 2017–2023, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Poland country chapters, Rule of Law Reports 2020–2023^119,120

Do footnotes 46–47 of SWD(2026) 921 really state that six judges were elected “on 1 April 2026” (an error in the document), or is this a tool reading error?

Commission 2026 Rule of Law Report – footnotes 46–47 · unverified · 2026, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: PDF of Council doc. ST 11674/26 ADD 22 – manual check⁷⁶

Is there a document stating whose seats were taken by those elected on 2 Dec 2015 (Cioch, Morawski, Muszyński, Przyłębska, Pszczółkowski), on 21 Nov 2019 (Pawłowicz, Piotrowicz, Stelina) and by B. Sochański (2020)?

Seat assignment 2015–2020 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis, 2017–2023

Missing document: Personnel records / Tribunal statements; Sejm resolutions (M.P. 2019, 2020)^102,30

Was the Sejm resolution on the Tribunal published in M.P. 2026 item 299 adopted on 12 or 13 March 2026, and what is its full text? Which M.P. items are the other resolutions electing judges of 13 March 2026 (only item 301 is known)?

Sejm resolution of March 2026 (M.P. 2026 item 299) · unverified · 2026

Missing document: M.P. 2026 items 299–306 (monitorpolski.gov.pl); Sejm print No. 2330^95,2,121

What are the exact dates of the first sittings and term ends of the Sejm 1985–2023 (mostly from general knowledge in the notes)?

Sejm term dates · unverified · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015

Missing document: Term archive on sejm.gov.pl; National Electoral Commission notices¹²²

Who are all seven judges present in the Tribunal building? Korwin-Piotrowska, Markiewicz, Berek and Patyra have been identified; three of Szostek, Bentkowska, Dziurda and Taborowski are unconfirmed.

Night of 30/31 October · unverified · October 2026

^123,124,125

Is there a published presidential decision appointing Bartłomiej Sochański Vice-President of the Tribunal? The date of 21 February 2025 comes only from en.wikipedia and the opposing side's order of 30 October 2026.

Sochański's vice-presidency · no data · 2023–2025, October 2026

Missing document: President Duda's decision and its M.P. number^30,15,114

Which two Tribunal judges were given State Protection Service protection in October 2026?

State Protection Service protection · unverified · October 2026

⁹

What is the exact wording of Art. 3 (does it require ten years' experience), Art. 4 (full oath formula and paragraph structure), Art. 19 and Art. 26 of the Status Act, and does the full text really contain no provision on suspending a judge?

Status Act – wording of key provisions · unverified · Key legal questions, 2026, October 2026

Missing document: Consolidated text Dz.U. 2018 item 1422 in ISAP¹²⁶

On exactly which date (7 or 9 December 2024) did President Duda appoint Bogdan Święczkowski President of the Tribunal, and was the decision published in Monitor Polski?

Święczkowski's presidency · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: The President's decision appointing the Tribunal President (date, number, M.P.)^88,112,127

When did W. Sych take the oath: 8 Apr 2019 (en.wikipedia), 8 May 2019 (from the term end reported by OKO.press) or 9 May 2019 (order of 30 Oct 2026)? When was he elected?

Start of W. Sych’s term · unverified · 2017–2023

Missing document: Sejm resolution of 2019 (M.P.); President’s Chancellery announcement of the oath^30,106,13,14

Did D. Szostek’s and M. Bentkowska’s service relationship begin on 1 Apr 2026 (oath before the President) or 9 Apr 2026 (taking up offices)?

Start of D. Szostek’s and M. Bentkowska’s service relationship · unverified · 2026

Missing document: Orders of the Tribunal President of Apr 2026^83,128,93

What are the dates and Monitor Polski references of the Sejm resolutions electing Tribunal members in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994 and 1995?

Election resolutions 1985–1995 · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Monitor Polski 1985–1995 (ISAP), Sejm verbatim records³⁶

When did the Tribunal members elected in 1985–1995 take the oath before the Marshal of the Sejm?

Oaths before the Marshal of the Sejm · no data · Origins 1982–1997

³⁸

Who nominated candidates for the Tribunal in 1985–1997, and with what votes were they elected?

Election of Tribunal members 1985–1997 · no data · Origins 1982–1997

Missing document: Standing Orders of the Sejm 1985–1997, Sejm prints and verbatim records³⁸

Who led the Tribunal between the end of A. Zoll’s term (30 Nov 1997) and M. Safjan’s appointment (6 Jan 1998)?

Tribunal leadership 1 Dec 1997 – 6 Jan 1998 · no data · Origins 1982–1997, 1997–2015

Missing document: Internal acts of the Tribunal of Dec 1997; the Tribunal’s 1997 annual information⁴¹

When exactly did the General Assembly adopt the Rules of Procedure published in M.P. 2017 item 767 (27 or 3 July 2017), what does M.P. 2020 item 103 contain, and how do the Rules govern deputising for the President and written authorisations?

The Tribunal's Rules of Procedure · unverified · How the Tribunal works, October 2026

Missing document: M.P. 2017 item 767 and M.P. 2020 item 103 (monitorpolski.gov.pl)^24,129

Who sat and who was rapporteur in case U 5/24, and was the judgment published in Monitor Polski?

Judgment U 5/24 · unverified · 2023–2025

Missing document: Judgment U 5/24 with reasons (ipo.trybunal.gov.pl)^130,131

Which Tribunal rulings of 2024–2026 remain unpublished? Only U 4/24, U 2/24, U 4/25 and SK 68/25 are expressly confirmed; others (including U 5/24, K 2/24, K 10/24, K 2/25, Kp 3/24, K 3/26) have not been checked individually.

Non-publication of rulings · unverified · 2023–2025, 2026

Missing document: Journal of Laws / M.P. indexes 2024–2026 for Tribunal rulings^88,76

What are the final conclusions of Opinions CDL-AD(2016)001 and CDL-AD(2016)026 (with paragraph numbers), and at which plenary session was the March 2016 opinion adopted (probably the 106th)?

Venice Commission opinions of 2016 · unverified · The 2015–2017 crisis, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Original opinions on venice.coe.int or official translations^132,133

What exactly does the opinion contain (conclusions with paragraph numbers) and what is its Opinion No.? Its content is known only from Deputy Minister D. Mazur’s account and the Commission’s 2025 Report.

Venice Commission Opinion CDL-AD(2024)035 · unverified · 2023–2025, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Full text of CDL-AD(2024)035¹³⁴

What exactly does the full text say (including paragraphs 62, 92 and 98 cited by TVN24), and did the Commission expressly assess the effect of the oaths taken in the Sejm on 9 April and 14 October 2026?

Venice Commission Opinion CDL-AD(2026)031 · unverified · 2026, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Full text of CDL-AD(2026)031 (coe.int / rm.coe.int – inaccessible during research)^135,136

At which plenary session (number), with which rapporteurs and on the basis of which request (13 March or 29 June 2026) was the opinion adopted?

Adoption procedure of CDL-AD(2026)031 · unverified · 2026, Europe and the Tribunal

Missing document: Venice Commission document page and plenary session record¹³⁷

Who administers trybunal.gov.pl and the Tribunal's X accounts (including @nowyTK_GOV_P), and why does a “date added” of 21 October appear on documents of 30 October?

Tribunal website and accounts · unverified · October 2026

^138,14

Did and when did the President, Kapiński, Bogucki, Grodecki and Sochański leave the Tribunal building, and where was Święczkowski after the Palace meeting (as of about 04:00)?