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Abortion Dream Team activist accused of aiding an abortion. HFHR submits an amicus curiae brief
Equal treatment, Human rights defenders
Situation on the Polish-Belarusian border
The rights of migrants
HFHR takes action in response to police conduct in Głogów
złożyła w tej sprawie zawiadomienie do prokuratury. Po prawie pięciu miesiącach prokuratura odmówiła wszczęcia śledztwa – w jej ocenie czyny funkcjonariusza i jego przełożonych nie zawierały znamion czynu zabronionego.;
Legally incapacitated persons must be allowed to vote in EP elections, says HFHR
Equal treatment
CJEU Advocate General: EU law prohibits discrimination within a group of disabled employees
Equal treatment
JUSTICIA’s statement on protecting human rights in places of detention during the Covid-19 crisis
Law enforcement services
Statement of the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on comments made by the President of the Republic of Poland on the Commissioner for Human Rights
Immediate and effective ceasefire to fight COVID-19: civil society appeal to all parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Accountability for police violence – a systemic problem. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services
More and more persons detained pending trial. HFHR sends communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Rule of law and fair trial, Law enforcement services
Court to reopen printing discrimination case. HFHR: CJEU’s ruling needed
Equal treatment, Rule of law and fair trial
Civil procedure rules on instructions must be streamlined, HFHR writes to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services, Rule of law and fair trial
Amended Code of Execution of Criminal Sentences fails to address issues related to personal searches, HFHR writes to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services, Rule of law and fair trial
HFHR’s communication to Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers: Polish authorities are still failing to address lengthy pre-trial detention
Law enforcement services
European NGOs submit a joint amicus curiae brief to ECtHR in a case involving the confirmation of Polish citizenship for a child of a same-sex couple
Equal treatment
Last hearing in case of Igor Stachowiak’s death in police custody
Law enforcement services, Freedom from torture
HFHR on prohibition of Rzeszów Equality March
Freedom of assembly, Equal treatment
Administrative court rules on transcription of LGBT family child’s birth certificate
Equal treatment
HFHR issues statement on arrest of Elżbieta Podleśna
Equal treatment, Freedom of assembly, Law enforcement services
Incapacitated persons will vote in European Elections, says court in landmark ruling
Equal treatment
HFHR intervenes in case of prisoner’s death
Law enforcement services
HFHR’s opinion on legal incapacitation
Rule of law and fair trial, Equal treatment
Helsinki Foundation stands up for detained protesters
Law enforcement services, Freedom of assembly
Constitutional Tribunal rules on displaying reasons of disability in disability certificates
Rule of law and fair trial, Equal treatment
Deadly raid of security services, HFHR issues statement to Warsaw’s Regional Prosecutor’s Office
Rule of law and fair trial, The rights of migrants, Law enforcement services
Police violence in Poland: HFHR submits amicus curiae opinion in Strasbourg Court
Law enforcement services
HFHR responds to deadly police intervention
Law enforcement services, Rule of law and fair trial
No ophthalmologist appointment for patient with assistance dog. Court: this is discrimination based on disability
Equal treatment
ECtHR: states must respect same-sex partnerships registered abroad
Equal treatment
Detainee dies in custody. HFHR intervenes in Agnieszka Pysz case
Law enforcement services
ECtHR notifies Poland about application of Roma tenants whose homes in Wrocław were demolished
Equal treatment
19-year-old dies in holding cell: reply of prosecutor’s office
Law enforcement services
New rules of designation of disability reasons needed, HFHR comments
Rule of law and fair trial, Equal treatment
Man spent fifteen years at nursing home against his will and court decisions
Equal treatment
HFHR intervenes in case of Austrian’s death in police custody
Law enforcement services