Maczuga and Lisak v. Poland

FIRST SECTION

Applications nos. 19314/22 and 29418/22 Wojciech MACZUGA against Poland and Rafał LISAK against Poland

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 1 October 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Frédéric Krenc , President , Davor Derenčinović, Alain Chablais , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against the Republic of Poland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Ms N. Klima-Piotrowska, a lawyer practising in Katowice.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the legal status of the Chamber of Professional Liability of the Supreme Court, Article 8 of the Convention concerning the alleged damage to the applicants’ reputation, Article 18 read in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention concerning the alleged ulterior motives behind the disciplinary measures taken against the applicants, as well as Article 6 § 1 and Article 13 read in conjunction with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the reasonableness of the length of the disciplinary and suspension proceedings brought against the applicants and the lack of effective remedies in that respect were communicated to the Polish Government (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Poland in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 22 October 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1, Article 8, Article 13 read in conjunction with Article 6 § 1, and

Article 18 read in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention

(tribunal established by law, excessive length of disciplinary and suspension proceedings and lack of any effective remedy in domestic law, protection of reputation, limitation on use of restrictions of rights)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of

Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant (in euros) [1]

19314/22

01/04/2022

Wojciech MACZUGA

1967

30/07/2026

01/07/2026

12,000

29418/22

06/06/2022

Rafał LISAK

1968

30/07/2026

01/07/2026

12,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.