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HFHR urges EU Home Affairs Commissioner to address the asylum and humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border in talks with Polish authorities
![Belarus: International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of crackdown](/upload/thumb/2022/02/4_auto_400x500.jpg)
Belarus: International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of crackdown
Freedom of assembly, Freedom of speech, Human rights defenders
![On the side of the law. An analysis of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border](/upload/thumb/2022/02/5_auto_400x500.jpg)
On the side of the law. An analysis of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border
![The draft amendment of the Act on Foreigners and the Act on Granting Them Protection violate EU asylum law principles – legal opinion of the HFHR](/upload/thumb/2022/02/fot_-david-berkowitz-cc-by-2_0_-kopia_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
The draft amendment of the Act on Foreigners and the Act on Granting Them Protection violate EU asylum law principles – legal opinion of the HFHR
The rights of migrants
Stowarzyszenie Sędziów Polskich „Iustitia”
![A tool of the government. The functioning of the Polish Constitutional Court in 2016-2021](/upload/thumb/2022/02/6_auto_400x500.jpg)
A tool of the government. The functioning of the Polish Constitutional Court in 2016-2021
Rule of law and fair trial
![HFHR’s position statement on the Prosecutor General’s request for the constitutional review of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights submitted to the Polish Constitutional Court](/upload/thumb/2022/02/cc-by-2_0_-1-kopia-19_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
HFHR’s position statement on the Prosecutor General’s request for the constitutional review of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights submitted to the Polish Constitutional Court
![Statement on the mounting repression against Belarusian lawyers and the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski](/upload/thumb/2022/02/7_auto_400x500.jpg)
Statement on the mounting repression against Belarusian lawyers and the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski
Human rights defenders
![Belarus: UN experts will examine the arbitrary detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich](/upload/thumb/2022/02/8_auto_400x500.jpg)
Belarus: UN experts will examine the arbitrary detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich
Human rights defenders
![New Technologies – New Justice – New Questions: the latest report by the Helsinki Foundation and Clifford Chance](/upload/thumb/2022/02/10_auto_400x500.jpg)
New Technologies – New Justice – New Questions: the latest report by the Helsinki Foundation and Clifford Chance
![Changes in the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights](/upload/thumb/2022/02/projekt-bez-tytulu_6_auto_400x500.jpg)
Changes in the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
![European Court of Human Rights will examine access to a lawyer in Poland. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief](/upload/thumb/2022/02/11_auto_400x500.jpg)
European Court of Human Rights will examine access to a lawyer in Poland. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief
Rule of law and fair trial
![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](/upload/thumb/2022/02/12_auto_400x500.jpg)
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
![Can digitisation of courts be the remedy for the lengthy proceedings?](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
Can digitisation of courts be the remedy for the lengthy proceedings?
Rule of law and fair trial
![Arrests and abuse of force: HFHR writes to the Chief Commissioner of the Police on protests against a judgment of the Constitutional Court](/upload/thumb/2022/02/2_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
Arrests and abuse of force: HFHR writes to the Chief Commissioner of the Police on protests against a judgment of the Constitutional Court
Freedom of assembly, Law enforcement services
![Declaration of social organisations on the takeover of the office of the Ombudsman by the parliamentary majority](/upload/thumb/2022/02/3_auto_400x500.jpg)
Declaration of social organisations on the takeover of the office of the Ombudsman by the parliamentary majority
HFHR takes action in response to police conduct in Głogów
![COVID-19 survivor detained despite ill health, prevented from seeing his lawyers. Detention lifted thanks to HFHR’s brief](/upload/thumb/2022/02/4_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
COVID-19 survivor detained despite ill health, prevented from seeing his lawyers. Detention lifted thanks to HFHR’s brief
Law enforcement services
![Open Letter to the European Commission – Rule of Law Crisis in Poland](/upload/thumb/2022/02/5_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
Open Letter to the European Commission – Rule of Law Crisis in Poland
Rule of law and fair trial
![“New” trials in “old” courts, or how the pandemic changes court sittings](/upload/thumb/2022/02/nowe-kopia_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
“New” trials in “old” courts, or how the pandemic changes court sittings
Rule of law and fair trial
![Public statement on the human rights situation in Belarus: repressions against lawyers and advocates](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_3_auto_400x500.jpg)
Public statement on the human rights situation in Belarus: repressions against lawyers and advocates
Human rights defenders
![Statement delivered by Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the High Commissioner report on the situation of human rights in Belarus](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_2_auto_400x500.jpg)
Statement delivered by Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the High Commissioner report on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Rule of law and fair trial, Human rights defenders
![In search of reasonable time… of court proceedings: HFHR publishes a report on judicial backlogs](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_4_auto_400x500.jpg)
In search of reasonable time… of court proceedings: HFHR publishes a report on judicial backlogs
Rule of law and fair trial
![More cases of police abuse against protesters. HFHR intervenes with Chief Commissioner of the Police](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_5_auto_400x500.jpg)
More cases of police abuse against protesters. HFHR intervenes with Chief Commissioner of the Police
Law enforcement services, Freedom of assembly
![Human Rights in the Times of a Pandemic. 10 months, 10 rights, 10 restrictions, 10 recommendations for the future…](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_6_auto_400x500.jpg)
Human Rights in the Times of a Pandemic. 10 months, 10 rights, 10 restrictions, 10 recommendations for the future…
![Doubts overshadow Poland’s selection procedure of candidates for ECtHR judges](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_7_auto_400x500.jpg)
Doubts overshadow Poland’s selection procedure of candidates for ECtHR judges
Rule of law and fair trial
![The Intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council regarding the situation in Belarus](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_8_auto_400x500.jpg)
The Intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council regarding the situation in Belarus
Human rights defenders
![Human rights in Belarus. HFHR has submitted a report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_9_auto_400x500.jpg)
Human rights in Belarus. HFHR has submitted a report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human rights defenders
![A judgment in Strasbourg is not the end! Latest report confirms persisting problems with national execution of ECHR judgments](/upload/thumb/2022/02/gavel-g3e1666a19_1920_2_auto_400x500.jpg)
A judgment in Strasbourg is not the end! Latest report confirms persisting problems with national execution of ECHR judgments
Rule of law and fair trial