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HFHR’s letter to Prime Minister
“The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights would like to reiterate the appeal for immediate and complete explanation by Polish authorities of the issue of alleged existence of CIA prisons in the Republic of Poland.”
‘Gay inherits from gay’
Piotr brought a complaint against Republic of Poland at the ECHR for being evicted from the municipal flat, which his deceased partner had been renting. Delivered on March 2nd, 2010, the judgment of the Strasbourg Court affirmed that the State is under obligation to acknowledge various forms of family life.
Successful Monitoring of Candidates for Justices of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal
A coalition of non-governmental organizations monitored the election process for a justice of the Polish Constitutional Court. The civic monitoring led to withdrawal of the candidate initially thought to have the support of the parliamentary majority. The involvement of the press and the NGOs proved necessary for the official, parliamentary vetting process to work.
Serious charges require immediate actions
On 8 February 2010 the European Court of Human Rights informed the Polish government about a complaint by Józef Jędruch against Republic of Poland (Application no. 8915/09). Józef Jędruch claimed that custody officers violated article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights by treating him in a humiliating and discriminatory manner during body searches.
Minor and his procedural rights
On 2 March 2010 the European Court of Human Rights issued an interesting sentence in the case Adamkiewicz v. Republic of Poland (Application No. 54729/00).
A. Bodnar, A. Pietryka: Constitutional freedoms – constant limitations
The Supreme Court should hear appeals against assembly bans. On 3 May 2007 the European Court of Human Rights pronounced a sentence in the case “Bączkowski and others v. Poland” (complaint no. 1543/06), concerning the ban put on the Warsaw Pride Parade in 2005.
New Public Prosecutor General in Poland
On the 6th of March 2010 the President of Republic of Poland appointed a new Public Prosecutor General, who for the first time will be independent from the Ministry of Justice and will be elected in open and transparent elections.
‘War on Terror and Human Rights – In Search for Truth and Responsibility’
On December 14, 2010, a one day international conference entitled ‘War on Terror and Human Rights – In Search for Truth and Responsibility’ was held at the Warsaw University Law Faculty premises. The conference was organized by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) in Warsaw under the auspices of the Dean of the Law Faculty of Warsaw University.
HIV and serving in the Police force – judgement of the Constitutional Tribunal
On 23 November 2009 the Constitutional Tribunal pronounced a judgement (ref. no. P 61/08) concerning a ban from serving in the Police force imposed on a person infected with HIV. The Tribunal found that the regulation which provides that HIV infection automatically makes any kind of service in the Police impossible is a disproportionate limitation of the constitutional right of access to the public service under equal conditions.