GRZEDA v. POLAND - 43572/18 (Judgment : Access to court - Lack of judicial review of premature termination ex lege, after legislative reform : Grand Chamber)

E. The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR)

Robert Spano, President, Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, Síofra O’Leary, Yonko Grozev, Paul Lemmens, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Valeriu Griţco, Egidijus Kūris,

Carlo Ranzoni Alena Poláčková, Georgios A. Serghides, Lətif Hüseynov, Gilberto Felici, Darian Pavli, Erik Wennerström, Raffaele Sabato, Saadet Yüksel, judges, and Abel Campos, Deputy Registrar,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last ‑ mentioned date:

The case concerns the lack of access to a court for the applicant in connection with the premature and allegedly arbitrary termination of his term of office as a judicial member of the National Council of the Judiciary. He relied on Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 of the Convention.