As a founding member of the United Nations Organization, Poland

ratified most of the international agreements concerning the

protection of human rights before 1989.

Human Rights

in Poland

PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN POLAND

The democratization of political and public life

which followed the collapse of the old system in

1989 allowed Poland to adopt a completely new

set of international regulations for the protection

of human rights.

The Constitution of the Republic

of Poland: a basis for human and

civil rights and freedoms

A now democratic Poland

guarantees its citizens respect for

human and civil rights. They are

guaranteed by law, primarily in the

1997 Constitution, which says that

the inborn and irrevocable dignity of

man constitutes the source of his

freedom and of his rights as an

individual and a citizen (Article30).

The Constitution of the Republic of

Poland guarantees its citizens

belonging to ethnic minorities

freedom to maintain and develop

their own language, preserve their

customs and traditions and

develop their own culture

(Article 35).

Poland accepted the full system of

conventions and judgements of the

European Commission of Human

Rights and Court of Human Rights,

with the high standards they had

developed over the years. Poland also

joined the European Convention

against Torture and Other Cruel,

Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or

Punishment as well as the European

Social Charter.

There are a lot of governmental and

non-govermental bodies supervising

the observation of human rights in

Poland, for example:

• the Office of the Spokesman for Civil Rights

• the Constitutional

Tribunal

• a Polish branch of Amnesty International

• the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland

• the office of Curator of Democratic

Institutions and Human Rights including the

Rights of Ethnic Minorities

There are laws but are they respected in Poland?

We tried to verify it and here is our photo coverage…

Comenius team from our school decided to

prepare a collage picture. We discussed the

all thirty articles of the Human Rights

Declaration and marked with a tick the ones

which are respected and crossed the ones

which are violated in Poland according to

our best

knowledge.

TICK OR CROSS?That is the question…

To sum up, we have found that most of the

human rights are respected in Poland.

Unfortunately, some of them are not

respected but we do our best to improve the

situation as we have joined UNICEF School

Club in Poland.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information

contained therein.