Jacek Jerzy Izydorczyk (born 1972,

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) is a Polish

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at the

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and

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. Poland ambassador to

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(2017–2019).

Life

Jacek Izydorczyk graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lódź in 1996. Next year he became a lecturer there. He defended his Ph.D. thesis on

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in 2000. In 2005 he passed judge's national exam. He studied at

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(2005–2007). In 2011 he attained

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in law and the same year he became a Professor of Law, and in 2013 Head of Department of Special Criminal Proceedings. He specializes in

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, international criminal procedure,

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. He has over 100 scientific publications, including in English. On 9 February 2017 he was appointed as Poland's ambassador to Japan. On 24 May 2017 he presented the

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to the Emperor

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. He ended his term on 31 July 2019. Besides Polish, Izydorczyk speaks English,

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and, to some extent,

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languages. He is married with one son. He practises

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. In his youth he was professional swimmer, member of the representation of Poland.

Works

* ''Stosowanie tymczasowego aresztowania w polskim postępowaniu karnym'', Kraków: Zakamycze, 2002. ** English title: ''The detention pending trial in Polish criminal proceedings'' * ''International Criminal Court = Międzynarodowy Trybunał Karny: powstanie, organizacja, jurysdykcja, akty prawne'', Kraków: Zakamycze, 2004. ** English title: ''International Criminal Court: history, structure, jurisdiction, legal basis'' * ''Hanzai znaczy przestępstwo: ściganie przestępstw pospolitych oraz white-collar-crimes w Japonii'', Warszawa:

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Polska, 2008. ** English title: ''Hanzai – it means crime. Prosecution of crimes and white-collar-crimes in Japan'' * ''Granice orzekania sądu odwoławczego w polskiej procedurze karnej'', Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2010. ** English title: ''The boundaries of jurisdiction of the court of appeal in Polish criminal proceedings'' * Tomasz Grzegorczyk, Jacek Izydorczyk, Radosław Olszewski (red.), ''Z problematyki funkcji procesu karnego'', Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2013. ** English title: ''The problematique of the criminal procedure functions''

References

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