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.
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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.
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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…
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The Commissioner for Human Rights urges the Minister of Education to reintroduce compulsory German language education for pupils belonging to the German minority, in line with other minority languages, by the end of the current school year.
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The Commissioner for Human Rights (CHR) presented the 2022 Annual Report to the Senate Committee on Human Rights and the Rule of Law. In his presentation, he outlined the activities of the Office of the CHR (OCHR) in 2022, highlighting the significant number of complaints…
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Light pollution is becoming an increasingly visible problem in our country. While artificial light undoubtedly improves safety and accessibility after dark, excessive outdoor lighting can have detrimental effects on human health and the environment, not only in cities.…
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CHR Office published Summary Report on the Activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights in 2022.
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18 December is International Migrants Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals living outside their country of origin.
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In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has declared that the failure to legalise same-sex unions in Poland violates Article 8 of the ECHR, which guarantees the protection of the right to private and family life (application no. 11454/17 and 9 others).
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From 13 to 15 December, the Slovak Ombudsman (Verejný ochranca práv) Róbert Dobrovodský made a study visit to Poland together with representatives of the Slovak National Preventive Mechanism. The main objective of the three-day visit was to exchange experiences on the…