Artur Pietryka

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Artur Pietryka

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Dr Artur Pietryka has experience conducting criminal proceedings, particularly in cases involving economic offences and corporate entities. He also handles cases involving personal and moral rights.

He has successfully represented clients in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

He actively handles pro bono matters, including for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Panoptykon Foundation.

He joined Wardyński & Partners in 2018.

Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw (2009), where he has completed a doctorate in criminal procedure, devoted to procedural aspects of rape prosecutions

Warsaw Bar Chamber

Human Rights Committee, Polish Bar Council (vice chair)

Selected publications

“How do prosecutors “look after” corporate funds? ” (co-author), 2022 Yearbook

“Penalisation of the reverse distribution chain for drugs in Poland,” (co-author) In Principle. Legal Studies and Analyses, 2020 vol. 1

B. Grabowska & A. Pietryka, Human rights and the secret services, police and treasury services (Warsaw: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, 2016)

A. Grochowska & A. Pietryka, “Means of communications for obtaining information about citizens: Demands for legislative precision,” in Modern communications and data-transmission systems for security: Opportunities and threats (Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2013)

P. Kładoczny & A. Pietryka, “Police entrapment as a defence against criminal liability under the case law of the Strasbourg court: Demands for Polish regulation,” Legislative Council, Przegląd Legislacyjny no. 2/2013

P. Kładoczny, A. Pietryka, B. Grabowska & M. Bernatt, Complaint for overlengthy proceedings: Commentary on the Act on the Complaint for Violation of the Party’s Right to Hearing of a Case without Undue Delay in Preliminary Proceedings Conducted or Supervised by the Prosecutor and in Judicial Proceedings (Warsaw: Difin, 2010)

Prosecuting rape: Theoretical and practical aspects

Prosecuting rape: Theoretical and practical aspects

A monograph by Artur Pietryka on the prosecution of rape has been published. The book will be useful to anyone interested in the topic of violence, including sexual violence.

Corporate Criminal Liability in Poland

Corporate Criminal Liability in Poland

On 2 September 2022, the Polish Ministry of Justice published a draft of far-reaching changes to the liability of collective entities, which would eliminate the requirement to obtain a predicate ruling for all criminal and fiscal offences for which collective entities could be held criminally liable. If these changes enter into force, they will still have momentous consequences for the operation...

Extradition and Interpol Notices: A Guide to Procedures

Extradition and Interpol Notices: A Guide to Procedures

More and more requests are filed with Polish prosecutors and courts by other countries seeking extradition of wanted persons found in Poland. These persons often are not even aware that they are sought by law enforcement authorities in another country to face criminal charges there or to enforce existing criminal sanctions.

Corporate criminal liability in Poland

Corporate criminal liability in Poland

In Poland, the Act on Liability of Collective Entities for Punishable Offences has been in force for nearly 18 years. It regulates the liability often referred to in practice as corporate criminal liability. In this guide, we outline the rules for corporate criminal liability under the current law. In particular, we answer such questions as: Who specifically may bear liability under the act? For...

Questioning in criminal proceedings: a guide for businesses and business employees

Questioning in criminal proceedings: a guide for businesses and business employees

Clients often consult us when they or their employees are summoned for questioning. In many cases, they do not know why they have been summoned. They ask how they can find out what the case is about, how questioning is conducted, and what are their rights and obligations. They are unsure whether an attorney can or should be present during questioning, and have concerns regarding confidentiality...

Detention of an individual

Detention of an individual

As a short-term deprivation of liberty, detention is subject to a range of requirements under the Polish Constitution, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the European Convention on Human Rights. These provisions regulate such issues as who may be detained and when, as well as the guarantees afforded to detainees. Nonetheless, detainees are often unaware of their own rights. They may not know, for...

Search of business premises and seizure of items

Search of business premises and seizure of items

Nearly 40 questions and answers about searches of business premises. When can a search be conducted? Who decides on a search? What to look for in the documents authorising the search? Can you refuse to allow law enforcement to enter the premises? Do you have to turn over your computer password? Can you make a recording of the search? Should you sign the protocol? Is there any way to prepare for a...

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