Maria Ezhart-Dyuba was appointed by the Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar as the Deputy Secretary of State. He took over the supervision of the prison service. During his first press conference in his new role, he said that his area of special interest was places of imprisonment. – One of my first decisions, of course, will be to restore the right to telephone once a week for persons deprived of their liberty, – he said in December.
However, questions have already started regarding the family ties of the deputy minister. “Mrs. Maria Eichard-Dubois, are you the wife of lawyer J. Dubois? The conflict of interest in the case of Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Vesic is one thing, but you oversee the prison system. How does this affect the business of Mr. Jacek Dubois, who also earns money from prison inmates?” Michal asks. On the website of Vos X. The MP from the PiS club added: “The interpellation has already been submitted.”
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The politician noted that the second part of the deputy minister's name – Dubois – has disappeared from the website of the Ministry of Justice. This change is visible in track change mode.
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According to the MS website, Eichar-Dyuba is a lawyer specializing in human rights issues, with a special interest in the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. Since 2003, he has coordinated the Innocence Program at the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation, which monitors cases of miscarriage of justice and supports the wrongly convicted.
“He was a member of the Ombudsman's Social Council and co-chairman of the Expert Committee of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture. He is a Polish member of the European Innocence Network, an organization that associates European programs that address the problem. About wrongful conviction”, – it is mentioned in his biography.
“He is the author or co-author of many publications, including a scientific monograph entitled “Life Imprisonment. The Murderer, His Crime and Punishment” (with Maria Nielacna and Andrzej Rzeplinski). In 2015, he became the president of the Prof. Zbigniew Holda Association. He is also a co-founder of the Free Courts Civil Initiative and the KOS Justice Defense Committee.
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