Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights
Anna Błaszczak-Banasiak is a lawyer, attorney-at-law, and social activist. She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and completed postgraduate studies in public international law, European law, and legislative studies. She also completed the Foreign Policy Program at the Diplomatic Academy of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
Commissioner for Human Rights IX term
Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram is an attorney-at-law, social activist, and human rights defender. For over twenty years, she has been actively involved in promoting and protecting civil rights and freedoms. Since 2010, she has been a member of the Warsaw Bar Association. She was born on 19 November 1982 in Garwolin.
"It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails." - Nelson Mandela
Journal of Laws Dz. U. of 2024, item 1264
Act of 15 July 1987 on the Commissioner for Human Rights
Article 1
The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights is an auxiliary unit of the Commissioner for Human Rights. It ensures the execution of the Commissioner’s tasks laid down in the Act of 15 July 1987 on the Commissioner for Human Rights.
The tasks and organisation of the Office are defined in the Statute of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, which was granted by the Ordinance No 45/2015 of the Commissioner for Human Rights of 19 November 2015.
Constitution of the Republic of Poland
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Chapter II. FREEDOMS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PERSONS AND CITIZENS
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Art.80.
In accordance with principles specified by the statute, everyone shall have the right to apply to the Commissioner for Human Rights for assistance in the protection of his freedoms or rights infringed by organs of public authority.
Chapter IV. THE SEJM AND THE SENATE DEPUTIES AND SENATORS
Deputy Commissioner
Stanisław Trociuk - born on 3 December 1964. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University. He completed legal adviser's training.
He has been working in the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights since 1989. Between 1995 and 2001, he has the Director of the Team for Administration and Housing Law at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.
He was appointed for the position of Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights on 1 January 2002.