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.

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,…

According to correspondence from the Supreme Court to the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (CHR) dated October 16, 2024, Judge Grzegorz Żmij, assigned to hear the case involving the CHR's extraordinary complaint regarding two inheritance orders concerning the same…

The Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek participated in the General Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), , held on 28 and 29 October in Brussels.

The Commissioner for Human Rights Marcin Wiącek received a delegation from the Fundamental Rights Office of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) on 22 October 2024.

On 17-18 October 2024, the annual meeting of the Ombuds of the Visegrad Group countries was held in Smolenice, Slovakia. This was the 20th meeting of representatives of ombuds institutions from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia in this format.

On 14 October 2024, Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Wojciech Brzozowski received a delegation from the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) at the Commissioner's Office. The meeting concerned the new laws regulating the functioning of the…

The Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Wojciech Brzozowski participated on 10 October 2024 in a panel discussion of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the role of men in supporting gender equality (Engaging men to support gender equality: from…