On 18-20 October 2023, the Ombudsmen of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland met in the region of Dolny Śląsk. Meetings of the Ombudsmen from the Visegrad Group countries are held annually in one of the V4 member states. This year the summit is hosted by the…
On September 5, 2023, Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Wojciech Brzozowski received a delegation of the election observation mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which is in Poland in connection with the parliamentary elections…
Concerned foster families address the CHR about the scope and security of personal data collected and processed in the register of custodial data created under the Family Support and Foster Care Act.
Commissioner for Human Rights asks about overseas voting precincts. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds that it is taking steps to properly prepare and conduct elections abroad.
According to the investigators' findings, between March 2014 and April 2015, officers from the Olsztyn City Police Station (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) conducted violent interrogations of detainees. During the interrogations, the officers allegedly kicked, punched and hit…
The CHR has received an open letter from the Polish Federation for Solving the Problem of Homelessness regarding state funding of assistance to people in the crisis of homelessness.
Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek renews his call to the Marshal of the Sejm Elżbieta Witek for legislative changes and clarification of the prerequisites for legal abortion following the judgment of the Constitutional Court on October 22 2020( ref. K1/20).
The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights hosted the conference "Work Congress. Jobs for seniors? The situation of older people on the labor market in Poland".
The Commissioner for Human Rights intervenes again on the issue of refugees from Ukraine who are wrongly denied status entitling them to medical care, social benefits, or assistance( the “UKR” status).
On June 15, 2023, CHR Marcin Wiącek took part in the Conference on Advancing the Rule of Law in Turbulent Times, organized by the Center for American Law Studies at the University of Warsaw. He was the keynote speaker of the conference.
Speech by the Commissioner for…