nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ead01ae3b9204c74 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251218s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ead01ae3b9204c74 doi eng 342 23 Patricheev, Iurie Author aut Judging Independence - The ECtHR’s Danileț Judgment and the Struggle for Judicial Independence in Romania Patricheev, Iurie Verfassungsblog 2025-12-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On Monday, the European Court of Human Rights held in Danileț v. Romania that judges in principle cannot be disciplined for publicly defending the constitutional order. Coinciding with the early December 2025 reports exposing corruption and sustained pressure on the Romanian judiciary, the Grand Chamber’s judgment could not have arrived at a more timely moment. Danileț is an important moment for Romania’s judiciary and a reminder that courts must be able to speak – and be heard – when democracy and the rule of law are under threat. CC BY-SA 4.0 European Court of Human Rights Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Freedom of Expression Judicial Independance Romanian Constitutional Court Rule of Law Rumänien Unabhängigkeit des Richters romania (DE-588)1003803-6 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg (DE-588)4050939-4 gnd Rumänien (DE-588)7502622-3 gnd Unabhängigkeit des Richters Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/danilet-romania/ raw object