Zuzana Čaputová from the organization VIA IURIS receives today in San Francisco the international award Goldman Environmental Prize. She receives this prestigious award for her long-term community and legal leadership in the case of the Pezinok landfill....

We sent to the Ministry of Justice our proposal suggesting which criteria should the evaluation commissions take into account in the process of selection of judges. Since the Government has included into its program declaration our recommendation to select...

Public administration bodies will have to review whether the extension of the grit quarry in Ludrová requires environmental impact assessment. Such was the decision of the Regional court in Žilina who confirmed the arguments of the Institutes for the...

According to the most recent survey lead by VIA IURIS 8 from 10 persons consider as being inappropriate when active politicians run for the position of judge of the Constitutional Court. Respondents of the survey were asked the following question: Do you...

The Regional Prosecution Service decided to not to bring an action before court to review the legality of adoption of the land-use plan of the City Banská Bystrica, even though it had originally objected the illegality of the process. It has without any...

We addressed to the Supreme Court of the Slovak republic its critical statement concerning the presence of the former judge Štefan Minárik in this Court. According to a statement of Daniela Švecová from 21 of January 2016 the administration of the court...