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![Position of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the bill regarding the special principles of holding general elections to the office of President of the Republic of Poland ordered in 2020.](/upload/thumb/2022/02/cc-by-2_0_-1-kopia-7_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
Position of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights on the bill regarding the special principles of holding general elections to the office of President of the Republic of Poland ordered in 2020.
Rule of law and fair trial
![Polish NGO’s call on Council of Ministers to introduce state of emergency](/upload/thumb/2022/02/cc-by-2_0_-2-kopia-2_10_auto_400x500.jpg)
Polish NGO’s call on Council of Ministers to introduce state of emergency
![CPT’s Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_23_auto_400x500.jpg)
CPT’s Statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
![Appeal by European NGOs involved in the field of prison health and in the defence of the right to health protection for prisoners](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_24_auto_400x500.jpg)
Appeal by European NGOs involved in the field of prison health and in the defence of the right to health protection for prisoners
Human rights defenders
![European Court of Human Rights is taking exceptional measures](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_25_auto_400x500.jpg)
European Court of Human Rights is taking exceptional measures
![Polish NGOs voice on AMIF – new perspective](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_26_auto_400x500.jpg)
Polish NGOs voice on AMIF – new perspective
![Poland yet to execute ECtHR judgments on the “Polish” CIA prisons. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_27_auto_400x500.jpg)
Poland yet to execute ECtHR judgments on the “Polish” CIA prisons. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Rule of law and fair trial
![Poland yet to execute ECtHR judgments on the “Polish” CIA prisons. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_28_auto_400x500.jpg)
Poland yet to execute ECtHR judgments on the “Polish” CIA prisons. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Freedom from torture
![Accountability for police violence – a systemic problem. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_29_auto_400x500.jpg)
Accountability for police violence – a systemic problem. HFHR sends a communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Law enforcement services
![The new Pact on Asylum and Migration: An opportunity seized or squandered](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_30_auto_400x500.jpg)
The new Pact on Asylum and Migration: An opportunity seized or squandered
The rights of migrants
Open Letter to the European Commission – Rule of Law Crisis in Poland
![Poland yet to comply with ECtHR judgments on access to abortion](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_31_auto_400x500.jpg)
Poland yet to comply with ECtHR judgments on access to abortion
Rule of law and fair trial, Freedom from torture
![No transcription of LGBT parents child’s birth certificate](/upload/thumb/2022/02/cc-by-2_0_-1-_20_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
No transcription of LGBT parents child’s birth certificate
Equal treatment
![Position statement of the Helsinki Committee on the law disciplining judges](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_33_auto_400x500.jpg)
Position statement of the Helsinki Committee on the law disciplining judges
Rule of law and fair trial
![Supreme Court upholds conviction of Piotr M. HFHR application awaits hearing in Strasbourg](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_34_auto_400x500.jpg)
Supreme Court upholds conviction of Piotr M. HFHR application awaits hearing in Strasbourg
Rule of law and fair trial
![Poland under PACE’s monitoring](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_35_auto_400x500.jpg)
Poland under PACE’s monitoring
Rule of law and fair trial
![More and more persons detained pending trial. HFHR sends communication to CoE Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/02/projekt-bez-tytulu-kopia-2_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
More and more persons detained pending trial. HFHR sends communication to CoE Committee of Ministers
Rule of law and fair trial, Law enforcement services
![Statement of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_36_auto_400x500.jpg)
Statement of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Rule of law and fair trial
![Sports and human rights. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights launches new project](/upload/thumb/2022/02/1_37_auto_400x500.jpg)
Sports and human rights. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights launches new project
![ECtHR to hear another defective judicial appointment case. HFHR explains causes of Polish constitutional crisis in amicus curiae brief](/upload/thumb/2022/01/ministerstwo-zdrowia-w-odpowiedzi-na-nasze-pismo-ws_-sytuacji-polskiej-psychiatrii-dziecie-cej-2-457x457_1_auto_400x500.png)
ECtHR to hear another defective judicial appointment case. HFHR explains causes of Polish constitutional crisis in amicus curiae brief
Rule of law and fair trial
![Press conference before March of a Thousand Robe](/upload/thumb/2022/02/cc-by-2_0_-1-_14_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
Press conference before March of a Thousand Robe
Rule of law and fair trial
![Rule of law threatened by defective judicial appointments. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief in Ástráðsson v. Iceland](/upload/thumb/2022/02/projekt-bez-tytulu-kopia_3_auto_400x500.jpg)
Rule of law threatened by defective judicial appointments. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief in Ástráðsson v. Iceland
Rule of law and fair trial
![Court to reopen printing discrimination case. HFHR: CJEU’s ruling needed](/upload/thumb/2022/01/drukarz-z-lodzi-1-457x457_1_auto_400x500.png)
Court to reopen printing discrimination case. HFHR: CJEU’s ruling needed
Equal treatment, Rule of law and fair trial
![Strasbourg Court to rule on prematurely dismissed judge member of Polish Judiciary Council. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief](/upload/thumb/2022/01/grafiki-na-www6-1-_auto_400x500.png)
Strasbourg Court to rule on prematurely dismissed judge member of Polish Judiciary Council. HFHR submits amicus curiae brief
Rule of law and fair trial
![HFHR comments Judge Czubieniak’s case](/upload/thumb/2022/01/lady-justice-g788a44ea6_1920_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
HFHR comments Judge Czubieniak’s case
Rule of law and fair trial
![CJEU judgment: common position of civil society organisations](/upload/thumb/2022/01/banner-2211245-kopia-na-str-457x457_1_auto_400x500.png)
CJEU judgment: common position of civil society organisations
Rule of law and fair trial
![A Strasbourg judgment is not the end – second edition of a report on the execution of ECtHR judgments](/upload/thumb/2022/01/projekt-bez-tytulu49-457x457_1_auto_400x500.png)
A Strasbourg judgment is not the end – second edition of a report on the execution of ECtHR judgments
Rule of law and fair trial
![Civil procedure rules on instructions must be streamlined, HFHR writes to CoE Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/01/european-court-for-human-rights-1_13_auto_400x500.jpeg)
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](/upload/thumb/2022/01/european-court-for-human-rights-1_11_auto_400x500.jpeg)
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
![Standards of prosecutorial independence – amicus curiae brief presented to ECtHR in Laura Kövesi](/upload/thumb/2022/01/www_psp-i-pip1_1_auto_400x500.png)
Standards of prosecutorial independence – amicus curiae brief presented to ECtHR in Laura Kövesi
![Ograniczanie tajemnicy korespondencji w ośrodku w Gostyninie? Interwencja HFPC](/upload/thumb/2022/01/www_psp-i-pip_auto_400x500.png)
Ograniczanie tajemnicy korespondencji w ośrodku w Gostyninie? Interwencja HFPC
Intervention
![HFHR’s communication to Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers: Polish authorities are still failing to address lengthy pre-trial detention](/upload/thumb/2022/01/www_psp-i-pip6_auto_400x500.png)
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
![HFHR writes to Health Minister, alarmed by situation in A&E departments](/upload/thumb/2022/01/ambulance-g06d185b2d_1920_1_auto_400x500.jpg)
HFHR writes to Health Minister, alarmed by situation in A&E departments
![Has Poland fully executed ECtHR’s judgment on Chechen family’s detention? HFHR’s communication to CoE’s Committee of Ministers](/upload/thumb/2022/01/wystapienie-hfpc-do-komitetu-ministrow-rady-europy-457x457_auto_400x500.png)
Has Poland fully executed ECtHR’s judgment on Chechen family’s detention? HFHR’s communication to CoE’s Committee of Ministers
The rights of migrants