Doc. 9490

17 June 2002

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Poland

(in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 13 June 2002

Dear President,

Pursuant to the decisions of the Ministers’ Deputies of which I enclose a copy, I have the honour to transmit to you the list of candidates for the post of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland.

…

Signed:

Hans-Christian KRÜGER

Deputy Secretary General

Decision of the Ministers' Deputies

799th meeting – 13 June 2002

Item 4.6

European Court of Human Rights –

Presentation of candidates for the election of a judge in respect in Poland

(CM(2002)89)

Decisions

The Deputies

1.       took note of the candidatures for election of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, presented in respect of Poland;

2.       agreed to transmit the list of candidates to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.

TRANSLATION

Letter from the Permanent Representation of Poland to the Council of Europe to

Mr Walter Schwimmer,

Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Strasbourg, 10 May 2002

Dear Sir,

      In accordance with Article 22 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, I have the honour of informing you of the list of three candidates proposed by the Polish Government to fill in the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland.

1.       Mr Lech Garlicki

2.       Mr Marek Antoni Nowicki

3.       Mr Cezary Mik.

      The list is drawn up in the Polish Government’s order of preference.

      The curricula vitae of the three candidates are enclosed.

Yours faithfully,

Krzysztof Kocel

Ambassador

M. Walter SCHWIMMER

Secrétaire Général

Conseil de l’Europe

STRASBOURG

Lech GARLICKI

Curriculum vitae

I.       PERSONAL DATA

Last Name:        GARLICKI

First Name:        LECH

Gender:        Male

Date of Birth:        August 23, 1946

Place of Birth:        Warsaw, Poland

Citizenship:        Polish

II.       EDUCATION AND DEGREES

Professor of Law - title conferred by the Council of State of Poland on December 17, 1987

1978 - Habilitation at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, (dissertation: Parliament and the Cabinet in the Federal Republic of Germany)

1973 - Doctorate at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, (dissertation: The Supreme Court and supreme organs of the state in Poland)

1968 - Graduation: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration

III.       PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

1. Judicial Profession

1993-2001: Judge of the Constitutional Court of Poland (participated in more than 300 cases; judge-rapporteur in more than 60 cases; a considerable part of these cases was related to individual rights and liberties and required an application of both Polish constitutional provisions and the European Convention on Human Rights)

2. Other Legal Professions

1980-1993: Advocate (Warsaw Bar)

3. Academic and Expert Activity

-       Since 1987: Professor

1980-1987: Associate Professor (1980-1987)

1973-1980: Assistant Professor (1973-1980)

1968-1973: Assistant (1968-1973) at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Chair of Constitutional Law (lectures and seminars on constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, judicial review and human rights).

-       1995-1999: Chairman of the Scientific Board, American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw

1992-1994: Director, American Studies Center

1981-1987: Director, Institute of State and Law Sciences, Faculty of Law (1981-1987).

-       Expert of the Constitutional Committee of the Sejm; of the Chancellery of the Sejm; of the Legislative Council, Prime Minister's Office; on several occasions expert for the Council of Europe (the Venice Commission), OSCE and similar institutions, mostly in the field of human rights

-       Member of the Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Justice Constitutionnelle (Aix-en-Provence, France, since 1987); Global Constitutionalism Seminar (Yale University, U.S.A., since 1996); Individual v. the State Program (CEU, Hungary, since 1997).

4. Visiting Professorships

-       France: Université d'Aix-Marseille; Université Paris I (Sorbonne); Université d'Auvergne;

-       Germany (visiting scholar): University of Tübingen;

-       United States: Saint Louis University; University of Indiana, Bloomington; University of California - Santa Barbara; Capital University (Columbus, Ohio)

-       Canada: University of Toronto

5. Editorial Boards:

-       Poland: Panstwo i Prawo (State and Law) - since 1987; Przeglad Sadowy (Courts Review) - since 1992; Przeglad Sejmowy (Sejm Review) - since 1993

-       France: Annuaire International de Justice Constitutionnelle - since 1985; Revue Française de Droit Constitutionnel - since 1993

-       United States: The International Journal of Constitutional Law, Advisory Board - since 2001.

IV.       ACTIVITY AND EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1.       1993-2001: Judge of the Constitutional Court of Poland - a considerable part of cases dealt with human rights; several cases involved implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights and the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights; rapporteur in several important cases, particularly: K 10/96 (constitutional criteria of the equality principle); K 11/94 (constitutional principle of proportionality); K 15/97 ("positive discrimination" and the constitutional position of women); P 11/98 (constitutional limitation of property rights).

Participation in the European Conferences of Constitutional Courts in Budapest (1996 - national report on the freedom of electronic media) and Warsaw (1999 - general report on the collective aspects of the freedom of religion).

2.       Since 1980: Human rights problems (including the application of the European Convention on Human Rights and other international instruments) have become one of the major subjects of my academic research. Several publications deal with comparative problems of judicial protection under the Constitution and the role of constitutional and supreme courts in the protection of human rights (France, U. S., Western Europe). Other publications deal with specific rights and liberties (such as the right to judicial protection, freedom of expression, and religious freedoms). I am co-author of the Volume III of Commentary to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland: Freedoms and Rights of Men and Citizens (in print).

3.       Since 1990: Participation in several teaching programs devoted to human rights issues, including:

-       International and domestic human rights schools organised by the Helsinki Foundation (Poland);

-       Programs for judges and advocates (Ministry of Justice, Center for European Studies, Helsinki Foundation);

-       Seminars on human rights and/or constitutional courts held in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan (organised by the Council of Europe, the Venice Commission, OSCE);

-       Permanent cooperation with the Open Society Institute (Budapest) particularly in the "Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Judicial Independence" program and the "Human Rights and Administrative Law Teaching" program;

-       Cooperation with the Central European University (Budapest), most recently: in the "Fundamental Rights in the New Problem-Oriented Methodology; Teaching Constitutional Law in Russia” project.

V.       OTHER PUBLIC FUNCTIONS

-       Member of the Legislative Council, Prime Minister's Office (1987-1992 and since 2001)

-        Expert during the 1989 Round Table Talks (subcommittee for judicial reform and penal law);

-       Member of the Committee on Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1990-1991);

-       Member of the Advisory Law Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affaires (1997-2001);

-       President of the Polish Association of Constitutional Law (since 2001).

VI. POLITICAL ACTIVITY - none

VII. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

1.       Total number: 9 books as author; 7 books as editor and co-author; 115 articles in Polish; 93 articles in other languages (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian); about 60 other publications.

2.       Most important publications:

-       Constitutional Courts in Western Europe (Polish), PWN 1987;

-       The Principle of Equality in the Jurisprudence of Europe Courts (Polish), Wroclaw University, 1990 (co-editor);

-       The Constitutional Council and the Protection of Individual Rights in France (Polish), Sejm Publishing Co., 1993;

-       First Amendment Freedoms and Constitution-Making in Poland (English), Warsaw 1993 (editor);

-       Polish Constitutional Law (Polish), Liber ed. 1997 (5th. ed. 2001);

-       Constitution of the Republic of Poland Commentary (Polish), Sejm Publishing Co. vol. I (1999); vol. II (2001); vol. III (in print) - editor and co-author

-       Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in Polen (G. Brunner, L. Garlicki) (German), Nomos Veriag 1999;

-       "Extradition and Capital Punishment (contemporary case law)" [in:] Principles of Criminal Procedure and Contemporary Challenges (Polish), Warsaw 2000.

3.       Yearly "Chroniques" on the jurisprudence of the Polish Constitutional Court - published in Annuaire International de la Justice Constitutionnelle.

VIII. LANGUAGES

1.       Native:       Polish (very good in writing, reading and speaking)

2.       Officials:       English (very good in writing, reading and speaking)

French (very good in writing, reading and speaking)

3.       Other:       German (very good in writing, reading and speaking)

Russian (good in writing, reading and speaking)

IX. DECLARATION OF INTENT

In case of being elected to the European Court of Human Rights, I am ready to move my permanent residence to Strasbourg, France.

Marek (Antoni) NOWICKI

Curriculum vitae

I.       Personal details

Nowicki Marek (Antoni)

Sex: male

Date of birth: 5 March, 1953

Place of birth: Siemiatycze, Poland

Nationality: Polish

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

1971 - 1975: Warsaw University, Law School, Warsaw, Poland, M.L.1975;

January 1977: judicial exam;

Since 1987: member of the Bar;

January - June 1991: Visiting Fellow at Harvard University Law School (Human Rights Program).

III.       Professional activities

a) Details of judicial activities

1993 - 1999: member, European Commission of Human Rights (till 31 October 1998: Vice - president of the Second Chamber), Strasbourg.

b) Details of non-judicial legal activities

1977 - 1981: public prosecutor in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Łoma and Warsaw

1981 - 1982: legal adviser in the National Office of "Farmers' Solidarity";

1982 - 1989: legal counsel of different public enterprises and companies;

1982 - 1989: legal adviser of different structures of "Solidarity" (underground);

1989 - 1993: private practice, Advocates' Office 29, Warsaw.

Since 11 July 2000 till 10 July 2002 (two years’ mandate): Ombudsperson in Kosovo

IV.       Activities and experience in the field of human rights

Positions currently held:

President, Human Rights Institute of the Polish Bar, Warsaw;

Member, Council of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association (IBA HRI), London;

Member, Advisory Council of the INTERIGHTS (The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights), London;

Member, Advisory Council of the European Roma Rights Centre, Budapest;

Member, Rule of Law Council of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), Vienna.

Positions held in the past:

1998: one of candidates presented by the Republic of Poland for a post of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg;

1990 - 2001: Vice - president, Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights, Warsaw (co-founder);

1990 - 2001: President, Human Rights Commission of the Polish Bar;

1990 - 1993: expert, Human Rights Commission of the Polish Senate;

1990 - 1993: member, Executive Committee of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), since July 1991: Vice - president and since April 1992 till December 1993: Acting President of IHF;

1991 - 1993: human rights expert of CSCE;

1991(August) - 1995: secretary, Polish - U.N. Program on Strengthening of Human Rights Infrastructure;

1982 - 2001 - member, Helsinki Committee in Poland (1989 - 1992 - spokesman).

Selected list of other international activities in the field of human rights

1989 (September): member, IHF fact-finding mission to Bulgaria (situation of Turkish minority);

1990 (May): member, IHF fact-finding mission to Romania (elections observer);

1992 (13-15 August): head, IHF fact - finding mission to Albania (human rights situation);

1993: co-author of the draft of the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" for the future Polish Constitution;

1997 (24 - 27 March): European René Cassin Competition on Human Rights Strasbourg, member of the Finals’ Jury;

1997, January - May: expert of the Council of Europe advising the Working Group charged with the preparation of the report on "Compatibility of the Russian Federation Legal System with Requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights", Moscow/Strasbourg;

1999: expert of the Council of Europe advising the Working Group charged with preparation of the report on "Compatibility of the Georgian Legal System with Requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights", Tbilisi / Strasbourg.

"Eminent lawyers" reports for the Parliamentary Assembly on the conformity of internal legal systems with the Council of Europe basic standards in respect of human rights, rule of law and pluralistic parliamentary democracy:

-        1994 (August): Republic of Moldova (with Mr Karel Jungwiert, judge of the European Court of Human Rights);

-        1997 (August): Republic of Azerbaijan (with Mr Rudolf Bernhardt, President of the European Court of Human Rights).

Human rights conferences and public lectures (selected)

2002, 22-24 May: European Ombudsmen Conference on "Ombudsmen at the outset of 21st Century" Cracow, Poland

Rapporteur on "Role of an Ombudsman in extreme situations";

1998, April: Meeting of experts on Legal Aid to Indigent Criminal Defendants (Project on Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe), organised by Public Interest Law Initiative (Columbia University, NY, USA), together with INTERIGHTS (London, England) and European Roma Rights Centre,

Oxford, the United Kingdom,

Paper on "The Right to Legal Assistance in Criminal Proceedings";

1998, 5-7 February: Turkish National Conference of Judiciary organised by Ministry of Justice, Istanbul, Turkey,

Paper on "The Right to Legal Assistance in Criminal Proceedings"

1997, 15-16 May: Conference of the Criminal Bars of Europe on: "Human Rights and the Criminal Process: Is the Right of the Accused to a Fair Trial Being Eroded?"

Strasbourg, France,

Contribution on: "The media in the criminal process"

1997, 3-5 April: European Sections of the International Commission of Jurists Congress, Strasbourg, France,

Co-chair, session on: "Accès aux instances de Strasbourg et droit de requête individuelle";

1997, 3 April: International seminar on "Minorities and Media", organised by the Council of Europe in co - operation with the Hungarian Office for National and Ethnic Minorities, Budapest, Hungary,

Paper on "Art. 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and other international standards concerning minorities and the media";

1996, 22 October: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography - hearing, Paris, France

Report on "The European Convention on Human Rights as an instrument for the protection of refugees and asylum - seekers";

1996, 30 September - 2 October: Multilateral meeting on "Delays in civil and criminal proceedings and ways of counteracting them", organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice of Poland,

Warsaw, Poland,

Paper on: "The concept of reasonable delay in the case law of the bodies of the European Convention on Human Rights. Remedies available in domestic law and their effectiveness with regard to the European Convention on Human Rights - comparative approach";

1996, 15 March: Pole Universitaire Européen du Montpellier et du Languedoc - Roussillon, Journée scientifique:"Les droits de l’homme",

Montpellier, France,

exposé au sujet: "Procès équitable (aspect civil). Quelques observations sur la jurisprudence récente de la Commission et la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme";

1995, 5 May: Seminar on "Human Rights in the Emerging European Order",

Nicosia, Cyprus,

Paper on: "The European Convention on Human Rights in Central Europe";

1994, 20-21 October: International Symposium "Europe against Discrimination; Vigilant for Democracy and Freedom" organised under the auspices of Catherine Lalumière, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg,

Member of the Committee of Recommendation, chairman of the discussion group;

1992, 2-5 November: Rencontres Intemationales sur "L'impunité des auteurs de violations graves des droits de l’homme", organises by the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme et la Commission Internationale de Juristes.

Palais de Nations Unies, Genève; expert;

1991, 20-23 May 1991: NAACP - Legal Defence and Educational Fund International Public Interest Law Symposium on "Public Interest Law Around the World", Columbia University Law School, New York, USA,

Paper on: "Public interest activity of lawyers - Polish experience";

1991, 25 April: "Helsinki Process and Human Rights Movement in Eastern Europe", public lecture at Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA (USA);

1991, 18-19 January: International Conference on Human Rights in China,

Organised by Human Rights in China and China Watch, Columbia University,

New York (USA);

Paper on: "Lessons that can be learned by the Chinese from the human rights movement in the recent transition in Eastern Europe",

1990, 24-26 November: Third Sintra Human Rights Conference, Sintra, Portugal,

Paper on: "The Development of Human Rights Movement and Multiparty State in Central and Eastern Europe";

Participation in the parallel (NGOs) programme during CSCE follow-up meetings in Paris (1989), Copenhagen (1990), Moscow (1991), and Helsinki (1992).

V.       Public activities

1993 - 1999: member, European Commission of Human Rights (till 31 October 1998: Vice - president of the Second Chamber), Strasbourg

Since 11 July 2000 (two years’ mandate): Ombudsperson in Kosovo (appointed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations)

VI.       Other public activities

1995 - 1998: member, National Council of the Polish Bar;

Since 1990: member, Program Council of the Information Centre of the Council of Europe, Warsaw;

Since 1990: member, Editorial Committee of the Polish Bar Association journal "Palestra"; 1989: member, Commission of Administration of Justice of the Lech Walesa's Citizens' Committee;

August 1988: legal adviser, Silesia Strikers’ Committee of "Solidarity" in Jastrzebie (Silesia);

1981: member of the National Co-ordination Comniittee of "Solidarity" in the Public Prosecutor Office;

VII.       Publications and other work

Twenty-six books and approximately 700 articles published.

Books in Polish (selected):

2002: European Court of Human Rights. Case - law. Vol. 11. Right to Life and Other Rights, Zakamycze, Cracow, pp. 1500; 2001: Vol. 1. Right to a Fair Trial, Zakamycze, Cracow, pp. 903;

2001: Dictionary of the European Convention on Human Rights (English - French - Polish), Zakamycze, Cracow, pp. 318;

2000: On the European Convention, Zakamycze, Cracow, pp.512;

1999: Strasbourg case law. Digest, C.H.Beck, Warsaw 1999, pp.850;

1996: Milestones. Case law of the European Court of Human Rights, Centre of Information and Documentation of the Council of Europe, Warsaw, pp.479; second edition: 1997 (in 1998 and 1999 - two Albanian editions).

Articles in English or French (selected):

2000: "Les effets de la CEDH en Pologne: Un bilan quatre ans après", in: Studies in honour of Mr Rolv Ryssdal ( with A. Drzemczewski);

2000 : “Ratification of the European Convention of Human Rights : Important, but….” in : Law in Greater Europe, B.Haller et al.( eds.), 2000 Kluwer Law International, pp. 17 I- 177;

1999: " Prevention and Remedy: New Standards for Domestic Protection of Rights", Interights Bulletin 199011999, vol. 12, pp. 175-180;

1998: "Les lenteurs des procedures civiles et pénales et la manicre de les combattre”

Bulletin des droits de I'Homme, L' institut luxembourgeois des droits de I'Homme, Numéro 8, Décembre 1998 ;

1998: "The Right to Legal Assistance in Criminal Proceedings”, Columbia University, The Parker School Journal of East European Law, Vol. 5 No. 1-2, pp.57-81;

1998: Freedom of expression (Art. 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Bulletin des droits de I'Homme, L' institut luxembourgeois des droits de I'Homme, Num6ro 7, Janyier 1998;

1996: The Impact of the ECHR in Poland: A Stock - taking after Three Years", European Human Rights Law Review, Issue 3, pp.,277- 279, (with A. Drzemezewski);

1996: NGOs before the, European Commission and the Court of Human Rights", Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Volume 14, No.3, pp.289-302;

1982 - 1992 co - author of all (15) reports of the Helsinki Committee in Poland, including “Poland under Martial Law", Human Rights Watch, New York, 1983.

VIII.       Languages

Mother tongue: Polish (reading - excellent, writing - excellent, speaking - excellent)

Official languages:

English: reading - excellent, writing - excellent, speaking - excellent

French: reading - excellent, writing - good, speaking - excellent

Other languages:

Russian: reading: excellent, writing - excellent, speaking - excellent

Serbian: reading: good, writing - basic, speaking - basic

Basic knowledge of other Slavic languages

IX.       Other relevant information Awards:

1984: Award of the Polcul Foundation ( Australia) (exceptional contribution towards development of the independent Polish culture);

1992: Award of the Krzyzanowski Foundation (USA.) for promotion of human rights;

1995: Polish Bar Association medal " The Bar to Meritorious".

X.       I declare that in the case of my election to the European Court of Human Rights I'm ready to reside in Strasbourg

Cezary MIK

Curriculum vitae

I.        PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Surname: MIK

First name: CEZARY

Sex: Male

Date and place of birth: 27.7.1964, Bydgoszcz (Poland)

Nationality: Polish

II.       TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

University studies: 1983-1988 (Nicolaus Copernic University, Toruń, Poland), Magister iuris (magister prawa): 1988

Doctor of law (doktor nauk prawnych): 1991

Doctor entitled to practice public international law (doktor habilitowany nauk prawnych w zakresie prawa - prawa międzynarodowego publicznego): 1994 (qualification approved in 1995)

Professor of law (professor nauk prawnych): 2000

Legal adviser: on the register of advisers (Bydgoszcz, Poland)

III.       PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

I am not a judge.

I am a professor of international law and European Union law at two Polish universities:

1.       the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, where I hold the Chair of International Law and European Law and am Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law: Jean Monnet Professor of European Law

2.       the Nicolaus Copernic University in Torun, where I hold the Chair of Human Rights and European Law.

I am also co-ordinator of the European Integration Department in the Sejm (Polish Parliament) Chancellery, Research and Studies Office, Warsaw.

IV.       ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS

I have specialised in human rights since my university studies. I wrote my master’s dissertation on the relationship between jus cogens and human rights. I then prepared by doctoral thesis on “Collective human rights” (1991; published in 1992). Lastly, I published a book on “The European law concept of human rights” (1994); it concerned the relationship between the human rights instruments of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the OSCE. It was on the basis of this book that I received my accreditation. Part of the book I published as a professor on “The media in European Community law” (1999) also concerns human rights. I have also published studies and articles on the interpretation of human rights treaties, the theory of obligations stemming from the European Convention on Human Rights (and treaties in this field in general), the right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings, the right to freedom of expression, the right of ownership, the rights of minorities and the cloning of human beings.

At Toruń University I lectured in the international protection of human rights. I have also done so on many occasions for barristers, judges and legal advisers. I co-operated with the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation.

V.       PUBLIC ACTIVITES

I am not a member of either a political party or a social movement.

VI.       OTHER ACTIVITIES

Expert in the European Union and in public international law.

VII.       PUBLICATIONS

1. Collective human rights. Critical analysis of concepts (in Polish), Toruń, 1992, pp 270

2. The European law concept of human rights (in Polish), Toruń, 1994, pp 316

3. On the Specific Character of State Obligations in the Field of Human Rights, Polish Yearbook of International Law, 1993, vol.20, pp 113-136

4. The international and domestic human rights system (in Polish), Państwo i Prawo, 1992, No.11, pp 4-14

5. Methodology of the interpretation of human rights treaties (in Polish), Toruński rocznik praw czlowieka i pokoju, 1992, vol,1, pp 11-35

6. Protection of the right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (in Polish), Biuletyn Centrum Europejskiego UW 1995, No.3, pp 48-78

7. Protection of the right of ownership in European law (in Polish) [w:] O prawach człowieka Księga pamiatkową ku czci prof. A. Michalskiej, pod red. T. Jasudowicza I C. Mika, Toruń, 1996, pp. 209-234

8. The role of the Convention on Human Rights in the European integration process (in Polish) [w:] Czynić sprawiedliwość w miłości. Księga pamiątkowa od Uniwerstytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego dla Jego Eminencji Jozefa Kardynala Glempa w dwudziestą rocznice posługi Prymasowskiej zebral i opracował ks. W. Chrostowski, Warsaw 2001, pp.276-309

Overall: over 50 publications

VIII.       KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

Language	Reading	Writing	Spoken
Polish	Very good	Very good	Very good
French	Very good	Very good	Very good
English	Very good	Good	Good
Russian	Good	Good	Good

IX.       OTHER INFORMATION

X.       CONFIRMATION OF PLACE OF RESIDENCE

I declare that if I am elected judge to the European Court of Human Rights I am prepared to live in Strasbourg.