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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201203-100148-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-new-nail-in-the-coffin-for-the-2017-polish-judicial-reform/ A New Nail in the Coffin for the 2017 Polish Judicial Reform - On the ECtHR judgment in the case of Guðmundur Andri Ástráðsson v. Iceland (Application no. 26374/18) Graver, Hans Petter eng 2020-12-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 European Court of Human Rights judicial independence Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 1 December the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR gave an important ruling that may have wide-reaching implications for the ongoing attempts to curb the rule of law backsliding in Poland and other countries. The case addresses the appointment of judges, and the way this affects the status of a court as a “tribunal established by law” in the meaning of Article 6 of the ECHR.