Commissioner for Human Rights

Commissioner for Human Rights has already appealed to the ministry three times to take legislative action enabling the full implementation of the Commissioner's mandate to monitor deportation operations.

On 17 September 2025, a conference was held in Bratislava to mark the 15th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Monika Wiszyńska-Rakowska, the Commissioner's Representative for the rights of persons with disabilities, took part in the…

On 11 September 2025, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a delegation of judges, officials and MPs from Kosovo, Montenegro and Ukraine visiting Poland as part of the Council of Europe's partnership exchange programme.

On 8–9 September 2025, a summit of ombudsmen from the Visegrad Group was held in Debrecen, Hungary. The meeting was hosted by the Hungarian Ombudsman for Fundamental Rights. It was the 21st meeting of representatives of National Human Rights Institutions from the Czech…

The Commissioner for Human Rights receives complaints questioning the practices of financial institutions towards customers who were born outside the European Union. In their opinion, such actions are discriminatory. They point out that they have been living in Poland for…

The Commissioner submitted an opinion to the Ministry of the Interior and Administration on the draft law on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS). 

The Commissioner for Human Rights has asked the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for information on the progress of work on a draft law implementing the requirements of the European Media Freedom Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Parliament and of the…

Seven years after they were adopted, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' recommendations to Poland have finally been made available in accessible formats. The documents are now published in Polish, English, Polish Sign Language (PJM), and Easy-to-Read…

The Commissioner for Human Rights presented his opinion on the draft law amending the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict in Ukraine and certain other laws (UD249). 

Commissioner for Human Rights is observing the current situation on the Polish-German border with concern. According to media reports, foreigners are being transferred to Poland under the readmission procedure and on the basis of the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation.…