Poland

Civil liberties

29.04.2022

Murders, beatings, destruction - over 100 acts of hatred against Christians in Poland in 2021

· The number of acts of hatred against Christians in Poland continues to increase.

International Activity

07.03.2022

Anna Kubacka: The war does not prevent the European People's Party from demanding sanctions against Poland

· An extraordinary session was held in the European Parliament to discuss Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Family and marriage

04.03.2022

The Court in Strasbourg dismissed the complaint of a Polish woman demanding the removal of the mention regarding the correction of her gender registered at birth from her birth certificate

· A woman identifying herself as a man demanded that the annotation from 1992, which stated that she had undergone a gender reassignment procedure at that time, be deleted from her birth certificate.

Civil liberties

25.01.2022

Constitutional legitimacy of border restrictions confirmed

· The crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, caused by an increased influx of immigrants, continues.

Family and marriage

23.12.2021

Poland does not have to recognise legal effects of foreign surrogacy agreement – European Court of Human Rights confirms

· The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a complaint by a male couple regarding the refusal to grant Polish citizenship to twins in their care.

International Activity

26.11.2021

International law response to ‘Weapons of mass migration’ – seminar with experts

· There is an ongoing migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.

· The Belarusian authorities are actively involved in organising the increased migration wave and helping migrants to cross its territory to the border with Poland.

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