Commissioner for Human Rights

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.

In response to requests addressed to the Office of the Commissioner of Human Rights, the Commissioner, Marcin Wiącek, sent a letter to the Minister of Education and Science, Przemysław Czarnek, concerning the issue of the availability of hot meals in schools.

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 Polish Commissioner for Human Rights  has contacted the Ministry of Finance, headed by Magdalena Rzeczkowska, regarding irregularities in the functioning of electronic currency exchange services, in particular the online currency exchange platform called 'Kantoria.…

The Commissioner for Human Rights (CHR) submitted his opinion on the draft amendments to the Social Assistance Act and other acts to the Marshal of the Senate. In the document, the CHR welcomed the amendment initiative, especially in relation to the standardisation of…

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…