Commissioner for Human Rights

Citizens complain they were not given voting cards for the European Parliament elections because they were removed from the Polish electoral roll after being added to the electoral list in another EU country.

On December 16-17 of this year, an international conference titled “Let’s Build a Sustainable Future: Protecting Human Rights and the Environment” was held in Budapest. The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary hosted the event. The purpose of the meeting was to…

The meeting on 9 December 2024 at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights was also attended by Polish ECHR Judge Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Polish ECHR Judge-elect Anna Adamska-Gallant, Head of the Office of the President of the ECHR Rachael Kondak and Director of the…

At the invitation of the Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek took part in a hearing on the judicial reform process in Poland, which the Monitoring Committee organised during its meeting in Tirana on…

For several years, the problem of the prolongation of administrative proceedings by voivodes in cases of legalization of foreigners' residency has been reflected in complaints to the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

In light of the ECHR judgments, Poland is obliged to introduce the right of same-sex persons to enter into a formalized union, which is an independent legal institution with specific rights and obligations.

The implementation of human rights standards for combating violence and discrimination against LGBT people was the focus of the UN Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Graeme Reid, visit to the Office of the…

On 19 November 2024, Deputy CHR Wojciech Brzozowski received at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights a delegation of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States (Monitoring Committee) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council…

In 2025, certificates of matriculation are to be issued in Poland on 8 July - meanwhile, the closing of enrolment in Denmark is on 5 July. This problem has been the subject of intervention by the Commissioner for Human Rights for two years. Marcin Wiącek in September…

Over the past few months, numerous cases of unaccompanied minors crossing the Polish border with Belarus in an irregular manner have been reported to the Commissioner of Human Rights and the Ombudsman for Children. These children, from countries such as Somalia, Sudan,…