*[Enwl-eng] We won, no ultra-conservatives ruling European courts!

[ENWL]

Hi,

Over 123,008 Europeans, including us, helped protect our most basic rights. 
We took action and our signatures stood in the way of a fundamentalist 
Catholic group called Ordo Iuris. [1]

Ordo Iuris are responsible for banning abortion and discrimination against 
LGBTQ people and groups in Poland. Disguised as a think-tank, Ordo Iuris 
produce draft bills and lobby governments. In Poland they have people in the 
Supreme Court, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the official advisory body 
to the President and more.

When Aleksander Stępkowski, Ordo Iuris' founder, ran for judge in the 
European Court of Human Rights – the court we can all go to for justice if 
our country fails to protect human rights – we had to speak up. [2]

Together with the Polish Women's Strike, we collected 123,008 voices of 
opposition from across Europe in just a few days. We shared them with all 
the committee members before they decided who to appoint for this important 
position. [3] The Polish Women's Strike activists also called the committee 
members and followed up to explain the risks.

On Friday 9th April, the committee appointing the new judges rejected the 
controversial nomination of  Aleksander Stępkowski, as well as all the other 
Polish candidates.

We won!

Now the Polish government will have to present new candidates for this 
role – this is more than we asked for! And a strong message to a government 
that has been rolling back human rights for years.

We have shown numerous times that human rights, women’s rights, and minority 
rights are at the core of what our community fights for. Together, we can 
stop those who systematically plot to dismantle our rights from taking over 
our courts and institutions.

Thank you,
David (London), Mika (Bourdeaux), Monika (Poland) and the entire WeMove team



PS: For most people, being religious means being kind to their neighbour. 
But not for Ordo Iuris. Within the Catholic community, this small minority 
group takes religion to extremes that negate all kindness and cause many 
people, especially women, to suffer.



References:
[1] 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_Ordo_Iuris_pour_la_culture_juridique 
(in French)
[2] His name is Aleksander Stępkowski.
[3] This petition was launched on our YouMove platform by the Polish Women 
Strike. https://you.wemove.eu/campaigns/ordo-iuris-etpc



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From: David - WeMove Europe
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 2:33 PM
Subject: We won, no ultra-conservatives ruling European courts!


You helped stop an extremist judge from entering the European Court of Human 
Rights. 
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