Ordo Iuris
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] Polish Catholic organisation and think tank. 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".[3] From 2016, the organisation became known for its anti-LGBT, anti-abortion and anti-divorce activism.[4]
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 presents a "self-amendment" with the aim of removing the so-called criminal record of mothers. [5]
In 2021, it helped to inaugurate the Collegium Intermarium, a conservative university.[6][7]
References
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- "This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortion". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- "The Mysterious Lawyers Trying to Create Europe's Most Ultra-Conservative State". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- "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.
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- "Za projektem zakazu aborcji stoi grupa konserwatywnych prawników. Kim są ludzie z Ordo Iuris? (in Polish)". Gazeta.pl. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- "Polish conservatives launch university to mould new elites". Reuters. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- "Warsaw university aims to shape future conservative lawyers". AP NEWS. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-05-30.