Commissioner for Human Rights

On 26 February, a delegation from Thailand, consisting of participants in a training programme for senior managers in the field of justice in the public administration sector, visited the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

On 22 February 2024, the Commissioner for  Human Rights hosted a scientific seminar on "The normative form of the crime of rape and the need to implement the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence". The conference was opened…

On February 23, 2024, Marcin Wiącek, the Commissioner for Human Rights, held a remote conversation with Dmytro Lubinets, the Ombudsman of Ukraine. The discussion focused on current issues regarding the protection of rights and freedoms, including the ongoing situation at the…

The Sejm passed a law extending the possibility for Ukrainian citizens to provide psychological services on Polish territory for 7 months without the need for diploma recognition. However, the Senate rejected the law and its decision was not taken into account by the Sejm.…

The regulation issued by the Ministry of Interior and Administration in March 2020, known as the regulations on so-called pushbacks, restricts the rights of foreigners to protection against inhuman treatment and complicates the process of asylum applications.

The Civic Bill, which proposes restrictions on the freedom of assembly and expression of LGBT+ people, has been strongly criticised by the Commissioner for Human Rights. The bill is based on false assumptions, including that homosexuality is a disorder leading to paedophilic…

The Commissioner for Human Rights presented an amicus curiae brief in the case of a NCPAB (National Centre for the Prevention of Antisocial Behaviour) patient before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek has filed complaints against several local resolutions labelled as "anti-LGBT", citing violations of the Constitution, international law and EU law.

On 20-23 November, training sessions were held in Gdansk and Katowice on the use of the Charter of Fundamental Rights checklist in the implementation of EU funds.

The Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek presented a report on the activities of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHR) and the state of human and civil rights protection in Poland in 2022 at a meeting of the Sejm Committee on Justice and Human Rights…