ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the practical implementation of some of transnational criminal justice procedures in Poland and their impact on the people subjected to them. To evaluate transnational justice procedures, the findings from several studies will be used, including interviews with Polish practitioners who are involved in the implementation of transnational justice instruments, interviews with people who were forced to return to Poland under those procedures, and analyses of court decisions issuing European Arrest Warrants. The chapter begins with some theoretical considerations about justice and punishment, with a special focus on the transnational dimension of those terms. Justice is an elusive concept which is exceedingly difficult to grasp and translate to practical actions. What makes it even more complicated is the fact that it refers both to the law and its practical application. Justice is also a highly politicised concept.
