Ordo Iuris (full official name: Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture; Polish: Fundacja Instytut na rzecz Kultury Prawnej Ordo Iuris) is an ultra-conservative[1][2][3] Polish Catholic legal organization and think tank.

Aims

The organisation declares that it aims to "research the legal culture and spiritual heritage in which Polish culture is rooted, and to promote them in public life and the legal system".[4] From 2016, the organisation became known for its anti-LGBT, anti-abortion and anti-divorce activism.[5]

History

Ordo Iuris was founded in 2013 by the Christian Culture Association.

The first high-profile initiative of Ordo luris was an attempt to draft an anti-abortion bill in 2016, which aimed to its full prohibition and introduce criminal liability for anyone who causes the death of a conceived child, including its mother. However, it caused the Black Protests across the country and was eventually rejected by Sejm voting on October 6, 2016. During the discussion prior to the vote, Joanna Banasiuk of Ordo Iuris presented a "self-amendment" with the aim of removing the so-called criminal record of mothers.[6]

In 2021, it helped to inaugurate the Collegium Intermarium a private university.[7][8]

Among the supporters of Ordo Iuris are high-ranking Polish national politicians, such as the former minister of education, Przemysław Czarnek (PiS).[9][10][11][12][13] Ordo Iuris cooperates with ultra-conservative CitizenGo.[14] Polish journalists documented numerous links of Ordo Iuris with Russia-sponsored ultra-conservative organizations.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortion". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ↑ "The Mysterious Lawyers Trying to Create Europe's Most Ultra-Conservative State". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Polska staje się centrum europejskich radykałów katolickich. To już nie tylko Ordo Iuris". oko.press. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. ↑ "Statut Fundacji Instytut na rzecz Kultury Prawnej Ordo Iuris" [Statute of the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture] (PDF). ordoiuris.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  5. ↑ "The Mysterious Lawyers Trying to Create Europe's Most Ultra-Conservative State". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Za projektem zakazu aborcji stoi grupa konserwatywnych prawników. Kim są ludzie z Ordo Iuris? (in Polish)". Gazeta.pl. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Polish conservatives launch university to mould new elites". Reuters. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  8. ↑ "Warsaw university aims to shape future conservative lawyers". AP NEWS. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  9. ↑ "Minister Czarnek wydał 400 tys. na uczelnię Ordo Iuris. Nauczycieli czekają studia z "etyki cnót"". naTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Ordo Iuris sięga po młodych na uczelniach - OKO.press". oko.press. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Akademia Ordo Iuris". Akademia Ordo Iuris (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  12. ↑ "Podboje Ordo Iuris. To rozpędzona maszyna polityczna fundamentalistów". oko.press. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  13. ↑ Bielecka-Hołda, Małgorzata. "Zamojska uczelnia Czarnka rzuca się w ramiona Ordo Iuris i marzy o unijnych dotacjach". lublin.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  14. ↑ Foundation, CitizenGO. "Ordo Iuris". CitizenGO (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  15. ↑ "Ordo Iuris and the Kremlin: Evidence presented by Klementyna Suchanow". resetobywatelski (in Polish). 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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