The Court will be delivering a Chamber ruling in the case of Pietrzak and Bychawska-Siniarska and Others v. Poland on 28 May 2024.

The case concerns a complaint by five Polish nationals about Polish legislation authorising a system for secret surveillance and the retention of telecommunications, postal and digital communications data for potential use by the relevant national authorities. They allege that there is no remedy available under domestic law allowing persons who believe that they have been subjected to secret surveillance to complain about that fact, and to have its lawfulness reviewed.

• Press release
• Webcast of the hearing (27/09/2022)