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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Birth registration
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS9 recommended to immediate repeal resolutions "against LGBT ideology" and Family Rights Charters and stop further proceeding with legislative proposals that deteriorate civic space, human rights and rule of law, in particular the ‘Stop LGBT+ bill” (no.1607). JS9 recommended to ensure all laws and local government projects affecting civic space are prepared through transparent and participatory policy-making, involving NGOs representatives, and explicitly including anti discriminatory activities and measures to advance equality and LGBT+ rights. JS9 also recommended to amend article 196 of the Criminal Code (provision of “offending religious beliefs”) in order to ensure the respect of the freedom of opinion and expression and to adopt legislation recognising the institution of same-sex marriage and civil partnership available to same-sex couples as well as to recognise two same-sex parents while issuing official Polish registration number or passports for their children as well as accepting transcriptions of birth certificates for children born outside Poland. [Para 50]
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-ICESCR.ExplanationAt this time, the Polish Government (the Government) cannot present its final position concerning this recommendation; the justifiability of signing and ratifying the Protocol to the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be subject to a future review. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Extend its anti-discrimination laws and hate crime legislation to ensure equal treatment and broad protection for all from discrimination, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.ExplanationPartially accepted; under implementation. The prohibition of discrimination in political, social and economic life on all grounds is enshrined in Article 32(2) of the Constitution. The Polish legal system, understood as a whole, guarantees broad protection of the observance of the principle of equal treatment on many levels.
We accept recommendations to prohibit discrimination and to ensure equal treatment but we do not see need to amend law. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that safe legal abortions are available and accessible in practice, in keeping with the 1993 Act on Family Planning and consistent with Poland’s obligations under articles 12 and 16 of the CEDAW.ExplanationAccepted and implemented. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Amend the Criminal Code to criminalize domestic violence clearly and implement a comprehensive strategy to eliminate all forms of violence against women. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:The HR Committee was concerned that the Criminal Code did not refer to disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity as grounds for hate crimes. The CAT recommended that Poland amend the Code to punish hate crimes and acts of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, disability or age. [Para 13] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW recommended that Poland facilitate the participation of rural women in decision-making processes at the local level, particularly in the boards of voivodeship (regional) agricultural chambers, so as to address the high risk of female poverty in rural areas. [Para 73] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:N/AContents:In January 2006, the Ministry of Interior and Administration granted a public task assignment to an NGO for the implementation of the "Program of support/protection to victims/witnesses of human trafficking" (currently the program is being implemented by the La Strada Foundation Against Trafficking in Women). It is addressed to aliens who have fallen victim to human trafficking. The Program has the basic objective of providing support and protection to the victims of human trafficking. The Program ensures:
- accommodation in a safe facility under the care of a trained social worker,
- board,
- basic medical care,
- psychological support,
- assistance of an interpreter,
- assistance in contacts with law-enforcement and judiciary officials (e.g. the
presence of an NGO representative during the submission of testimony by a
victim/witness),
- transportation within Poland,
- arrangement of safe return to the country of origin,
- in the case of aliens without regulated status in Poland
- legalization of their status through the obtainment of two-month visas (time for reflection), or of permits for residence of specified duration, i.e. for 6 months, with the possibility of extension for another 6 months if the victim/witness decides to cooperate with law enforcement organs. [Para 46] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Consider signing and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 6) Since the second UPR, Poland has ratified or signed the following international conventions:
• Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, made in Istanbul on 11.05.2011; ratified on 13.04.2015; took effect on 1.08.2015.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 79) SIP indicated that, following the previous UPR recommendations (90.27-28), Poland had ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. However, according to SIP, no steps had been taken to strengthen the protection of migrant women from gender-based violence despite explicit guidelines enshrined in the Convention. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:BelarusBelarusRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt immediate measures, including legislative to eradicate sexual exploitation of children and recruitment of adolescents into prostitution ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 6) Since the second UPR, Poland has ratified or signed the following international conventions:
• CoE Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of 25.10.2007, made in Lanzarote (Lanzarote Convention), took effect on 20.02.2015;
Para 74) Poland has introduced specific categories of offences in the amendment of 5 November 2009 to harmonise Polish law with the Lanzarote Convention.
Para 75) Polish criminal law prohibits sexual intercourse with minors under 15, other sexual activities involving such persons, or coercing such persons to submit to or make such activities. It penalises among other things presenting pornography to minors under 15, soliciting minors for sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, and promoting paedophilia.
Para 76) An amendment of the CC and the CCP effective in January 2014, reinforced protection of minors who are victims or witnesses against the adverse impact of repeated interviews during criminal proceedings. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:Reference AddressedContents:The HR Committee in 2004 and CAT in 2007 noted with concern alleged recent manifestations of hate speech and intolerance against homosexuals and lesbians. They recommended that such discrimination be specifically prohibited in Polish law and that appropriate training be provided to law enforcement and judicial officials in order to sensitize them to the rights of sexual minorities ... [Para 11] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:RejectedContents:Ensure effective access to safe and legal abortion.
ExplanationThe conditions for the permissibility of termination of pregnancy in Poland are defined by the provisions of the Act of 7 January 1993 on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Foetus and Conditions for the Permissibility of Termination of Pregnancy. In accordance with Article 4a(1) of the aforesaid Act, termination of pregnancy may only be effected by a physician in a case when: (1) the pregnancy endangers the life or health of the pregnant woman; (2) there is a reasonable suspicion that the pregnancy originates from an act capable of constituting a criminal offence. The circumstances referred to in subsection 1 are certified by a physician other than the one performing the abortion, except where the pregnancy presents a direct threat to the pregnant woman’s life, and the circumstance referred to in subsection 2 is certified by a public prosecutor. The circumstances referred to in subsection 1 are certified by a physician other than the one performing the abortion, except where the pregnancy presents a direct threat to the pregnant woman’s life, and the circumstance referred to in subsection 2 is certified by a public prosecutor. The Act also requires the woman’s written consent to an abortion. In the case of a minor or completely legally incapacitated woman, the legal guardian’s consent is required. In the case of a minor above 13 years of age, her written consent is also required. In the case of a minor below 13 years of age, the guardianship court’s consent is required, and the minor has a right to make her opinion known. In the case of a completely legally incapacitated woman, her written consent is also required, except where the condition of her health does not so permit. In the absence of the legal guardian’s consent, termination of pregnancy requires the consent of the guardianship court. Moreover, the provisions of the Act specify the time-limit in which the procedure may be carried out. Where there is a reasonable suspicion that the pregnancy originates from an act capable of constituting a criminal offence, termination of pregnancy is permissible if no more than 12 weeks have elapsed since the beginning of the pregnancy. The Regulation of the Minister of Health and Social Care of 22 January 1997 concerning the professional qualifications of physicians authorized to perform abortions and to determine that the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life or health or suggests a high probability of severe irreversible impairment of the foetus or life-threatening incurable illness specifies that an abortion may be performed by a physician holding a first-degree specialization in obstetrics and gynaecology or the title of a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology. The existence of circumstances suggesting that the pregnancy endangers the pregnant woman’s life or health is certified by a physician holding the title of a specialist in the medical discipline proper to the type of the illness suffered by the pregnant woman. As for access to benefits in the discussed area, Article 4b of the Act of 7 January 1993 on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Foetus and Conditions for the Lawful Termination of Pregnancy provides that, ‘persons covered by social insurance and persons eligible for free health-care under separate provisions shall be eligible for free pregnancy termination in health-care establishments.’ The list of guaranteed benefits in relation to abortion is specified by Annex 1 to the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 22 November 2013 concerning guaranteed benefits in the area of hospital care. Furthermore, it ought to be noted that in the light of the applicable provisions, including chiefly the provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 8 September 2015 concerning the general terms of contracts for health-care services (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1146), all health-care establishments (hospitals) having contracted with the National Health Fund (NFZ) have a duty to provide the benefits specified therein in the full scope and in compliance with the applicable law. By signing a contract for health-care services, the provider agrees to provide all services specified as guaranteed benefits in the relevant executive regulations under the Act, to the extent of the relevant scope and type of benefits covered by the contract. As noted above, the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 22 November 2013 concerning guaranteed benefits in the area of hospital care includes abortion. The effective legal remedy for, among others, women denied the right to carry out the abortion procedure (in circumstances prescribed by the Act of 7 January 1993 on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Foetus and Conditions for the Lawful Termination of Pregnancy) is the patient’s right to object to the physician’s opinion or decision. The aforesaid right was introduced to the Polish legal system by the provisions of the Act of 6 November 2008 on the Patient’s Rights and on the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman. The right accrues to the patient and can also be exercised on the patient’s behalf by the statutory guardian. In accordance with the aforementioned Act, the objection against a physician’s or dentist’s opinion or decision may be lodged with the Medical Board operating under the auspices of the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman, if the opinion or decision affects the patient’s rights or obligations arising from the provisions of the law. The activities of the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman’s Medical Board are governed by the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 10 March 2010 concerning the Medical Board operating under the auspices of the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman. Pursuant to Article 32(2) of the Act of 6 November 2008 on the Patient’s Rights and on the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman, the national consultants, in consultation with the relevant voivodeship consultants, shall once a year by 30 March compile lists of physicians eligible to serve as members of the Medical Board. The Patient’s Rights Ombudsman has reached out to the national consultants in the relevant medical disciplines concerning updates to the lists prepared and submitted by them. It should furthermore be noted that the Act of 6 November 2008 on the Patient’s Rights and on the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman, in addition to the right to object, has also created a central organ of government administration — significant from the perspective of the protection of the rights of all patients, including without limitation pregnant women experiencing difficulties with access to abortion — in the form of the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:NeglectedContents:Liberalize its legislation and practice on abortion. [Para 30; HR Committee] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:SwazilandSwazilandRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Right to marry
- Marginalized groups of women
- Right to health
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:RejectedContents:Consider removing reservations to article 23.1(a) and (b); Article 25 (a) on the CRPD.
ExplanationArticle 23(1)(a) of the Convention deals with the recognition of the right of all persons with disabilities who are of the right age to marry to do so and to start a family, on the basis of consent given freely and fully by the spouses to be. Pursuant to Article 46 of the Convention, the Republic of Poland reserves the right not to apply Article 23(1)(a) of the Convention until Polish law is amended. Until the reservation is withdrawn, a person with a disability whose disability is the result of mental illness or deficiency and who is of the right age to marry cannot marry unless the court permits marriage upon determining that the health condition or mental condition of such a person does not endanger the marriage or the health of the expected progeny, if the person is not completely legally incapacitated. This is the consequence of Article 12(1) of the Act of 25 February 1964 — Family and Guardianship Code (uniform text: Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1359). Additionally, Poland has submitted a reservation against Article 23(1)(b) and Article 25(a). The reason for the reservation is that the right to health is sometimes interpreted on the international level as an unconditional right to abortion. In order to avoid pressure to amend the provisions governing the conditions for the termination of pregnancy, Poland submitted a reservation whereby it reserves its freedom to decide upon the conditions for the permissibility of abortion.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:CyprusCyprusRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupEUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.
ExplanationNoted without taking a definitive position. Ratification is not planned at the moment.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:FinlandFinlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend its legislation to prohibit discrimination faced by sexual and gender minorities and to provide them effective legal protection against hate crimes and hate speech.
ExplanationNoted. The National Action Programme for Equal Treatment for 2022-2030 foresees a review and possible update of the anti-discrimination regulations.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:LiechtensteinLiechtensteinRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Take effective steps to prevent the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and to provide appropriate services and remedy to victims.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:PeruPeruRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen services for victims and survivors of gender-based violence and their access to justice, in particular minority women and migrant women.
ExplanationThe Victim Assistance Network financed by the Justice Fund provides legal, psychological and therapeutic assistance for all victims, as well as medical assistance in justified cases. Unpaid assistance for victims is provided by legal professionals, psychologists, psychotherapists and physicians authorized to provide the aforesaid services pursuant to the provisions of domestic law, including without limitation special provisions governing the right to practice the profession. Currently, the Victim Assistance Network operates 305 centres throughout Poland providing assistance financed by the Justice Fund. Through them, victims of crime are given access to legal and psychological assistance. Assistance from the Justice Fund is offered to all victims of all sorts of criminal offences. This assistance is easily accessible; from 1 January to 30 November 2022 nearly 28,000 persons used the assistance provided by the Victim Assistance Network, the majority having been women — 20,000. ... Poland understands the term “gender” as exclusively biological sex, therefore a natural sex of a person, that is of a woman or a man.
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:Reference AddressedContents:... Poland should further amend the Law on Equal Treatment so that the issue of discrimination based on all grounds and in all areas is adequately covered. Furthermore, CESCR remained concerned at the de facto discrimination experienced by some disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups, such as ... lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS3 and JS6 recommended that Poland develop and implement a policy to address the wage gap between women and men, particularly in low-paid feminized employment sectors. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Human rights defenders
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice ... recommended that the Government: ... (c) secure an enabling environment for women human rights defenders, who should receive a fair share of public funding, and protect them from any intimidation. [Para 24]
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination encouraged Poland to consider ratifying ... the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). [Para 2]
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Human rights defenders
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS4 also recommended that government officials and non-state actors perpetrating intimidation and harassment against women human rights defenders and LGBTQI+ defenders are effectively investigated and establish mechanisms that protect human rights defenders, including by adopting a specific law on their protection. [Para 28]
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State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:GuatemalaGuatemalaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Promptly ratify the OP-CRPD.ExplanationAt this time, the Government cannot present its final position concerning this recommendation; the justifiability of signing and ratifying the Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be subject to a future review. -
State Under Review:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure the full implementation of women’s rights, in particular in relation to effective access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.ExplanationAccepted and implemented.