VIA IURIS: Non-election of the sufficient number of 18 nominees for constitutional judges mean that Constitutional Court will function with difficulties
VIA IURIS maintains that Parliament could have elected 18 nominees out of 29 candidates for the roles and to eventually select nine high-quality judges. However, Parliament has only elected eight nominees in their second vote. If the President selects four...
The effective operation of the Constitutional Court limited with seven judges
Parliament has failed to elect a complete number of nominees for the Constitutional Court today. We hope that the Parliament will act responsibly and elects the remaining number of nominees in the vote scheduled for tomorrow. As the full court’s assembly...
The Call of 94 lawyers to select judges of the Constitutional Court – “We are seeking the Constitutional Court”
With the upcoming election of candidates for the Constitutional Court, the former judges of the Constitutional Court, the Public Defender of Rights, previous and current judges of the Supreme Court, judges of other general courts, the Rector of the...
2019 Essay Competition for law students
VIA IURIS is organising the second year of an essay competition for law students.Theme of this year: Problems and challenges of the rule of law in Slovakia.The essay deadline is 28 April 2019.Conditions of the competition:an original essay in the length of...
We began a training of Country Court judges in February
At VIA IURIS, we have long supported the broadest possible public access to justice in environmental protection and, to this end, carry out various activities at a national level (providing legal assistance to the active public, commenting and...
Neither do we think that some can have it all. Your 2% against injustice.
Do you remember playing table games and cards as children? Our parents led us to act justly, to adhere to the rules and to bear the responsibility for our actions. However, some players have grown up into those who forget that lying and cheating are wrong....