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  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Contraception
    • Abortion
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Not Followed up with a Recommendation
    Contents:
    JS10 recommended to guarantee access to modern contraception, subsidized from the state budget and unlimited access to emergency contraception without a need to obtain the prescription and to execute the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case R.R. v. Poland and P. and S. v. Poland. JS10 also recommended to issue policy guidance clarifying that sexual and reproductive health care, including emergency contraception, contraception and abortion care, and all forms of maternal health care, including antenatal care, are essential health care that should be provided free of charge and that health-care providers will be fully reimbursed, under existing regulations, for the provision of this care to all those fleeing a neighbouring country. [Para 38]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Guatemala

    Guatemala
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Promptly ratify the OP-CRPD.
    Explanation
    At 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:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    France

    France
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Ensure the full implementation of women’s rights, in particular in relation to effective access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
    Explanation
    Accepted and implemented.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Moldova

    Moldova
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    CIS
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Adopt a comprehensive strategy aimed at preventing and eliminating all forms of violence against women.
    Explanation
    Accepted and implemented.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    Campaign against Homophobia (KPH) and JS5 stated that there were no policies and standards ensuring equal treatment and safety of LGBTI persons in schools. Many schools denied the existence of LGBTI students, who experienced homophobic behavior, not only from other students but also from teachers, educators, and especially priests and nuns conducting religion lessons. CoE-ECRI recommended inclusion in the curricula of all branches of education a programme for raising awareness about, and combating, discrimination towards LGBT persons. [Para 26]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    ... Poland should ensure that all allegations of attacks and threats against individuals targeted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity are thoroughly investigated. It should also: legally prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; and amend the Penal Code to define hate speech and hate crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity among the categories of punishable offences ... [Para 16]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    The CEDAW urged Poland to adopt a comprehensive strategy aimed at preventing and eliminating all forms of violence against women; amend the Criminal Code with a view to specifically criminalizing domestic violence and marital rape ... [Para 70]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    T-FF described the problems faced by transgender people in the work environment and recommended that Poland start monitoring the situation of transgender employees and ensure that every transgender person is protected in their workplace. [Para 36]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    1st session, April 2008
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    A Team for Monitoring the Implementation of the National Program Against Domestic Violence was established in 2007. Its tasks include:
    - elaboration and unification of the standards of assistance granted to victims, witnesses and perpetrators of violence, collection of data on the scale of domestic violence, analysis of local community needs,
    - initiation of and support for undertakings to counter domestic violence,
    - preparation of expert opinions on selected aspects of domestic violence. [Para 71]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    1st session, April 2008
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    AI made recommendations in which it called the Government to ensure thorough and impartial investigations into all allegations of attacks and threats against individuals targeted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; to ensure that no authorities makes public statements which could be interpreted as encouraging discrimination; to actively promote the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly; to ensure the explicit prohibition in Polish legislation of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; and to reinstitute the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equality of Men and Women. [Para 5]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Netherlands

    Netherlands
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Intersex persons' rights
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Rights of same-sex desiring persons
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Rejected
    Contents:
    Take active measures to guarantee equal rights for all, including LGBTIQ+ persons, and ensure adequate protection of minorities from discrimination and hate crimes, including based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
    Explanation
    Poland understands the term “gender” as exclusively biological sex, therefore a natural sex of a person, that is of a woman or a man. Poland does not recognise the term “gender identity”. … Poland has appropriate legal mechanisms that protect all persons against discrimination, hate speech, hate crime, prejudice on the grounds of sexual orientation etc. Therefore, there is no need to categorise individuals, awarding them protection specifically provided for by law of downright individual character.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Panama

    Panama
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • Sexual violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Rejected
    Contents:
    Amend the legal definition of rape in the Penal Code to include lack of consent as a core element, as well as the current definition of domestic violence to include economic violence.
    Explanation
    It ought to be noted that Poland ratified the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (so-called Istanbul Convention) in 2015. The first review of Poland’s compliance with the Convention — GREVIO report of 2021 — was positive for the Government’s conduct and practice of application of the provisions. The suggestion of a need to modify the legal definition of the criminal offence of rape in the Criminal Code to include the lack of consent as a main element of the offence must be rejected. This criticism levied against Polish legislation lacks any foundation in the light of the system of Polish criminal law. The lack of consent is a semantic and legal element of this offence, as attested by scholars and confirmed by common courts’ decisions and those of the Supreme Court. There is accordingly no need to create any new definition for the sole purpose of the evaluation. The lack of consent to sexual intercourse is an immanent semantic feature of the offence defined by Article 197(1) of the Criminal Code.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Cyprus

    Cyprus
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    EU
    OIF
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Ratify the OP-ICESCR.
    Explanation
    Noted without taking a definitive position. Ratification is not planned at the moment.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Denmark

    Denmark
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Ensure the full implementation of the Istanbul Convention and withdrawal from the Constitutional Court of the motion for verification of the Convention’s constitutionality.
    Explanation
    Noted in regard to the full implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Rejected in regard to the withdrawal of the motion to the Constitutional Tribunal. Poland has exercised protection from violence at a higher level than provided for by the Istanbul Convention.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Indonesia

    Indonesia
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    OIC
    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Women's participation
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Continue to adopt further effective measures to improve equal treatment for women in private and public spheres, including political participation.
    Explanation
    Noted.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Lithuania

    Lithuania
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Continue active efforts to combat all forms of violence, especially domestic violence against women and children.
    Explanation
    The 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.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Republic of Korea

    Republic of Korea
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Make efforts for early ratification of the CRPD.
    Explanation
    Poland is going to finish shortly the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 6) Since the second UPR, Poland has ratified or signed the following international conventions:
    • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); ratified on 6.09.2012 ...

  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Liechtenstein

    Liechtenstein
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Issue:
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Continue to support the reform of the legislation on domestic violence by conducting public awareness-raising and providing professional training on the provisions of the 2010 Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence to ensure its effective implementation.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 116) The programme “Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence on Grounds of Gender” is under implementation, aimed at raising awareness of domestic violence by:

    • raising awareness and sensitising the general public to domestic violence;
    • improving the skills of responsible services tackling domestic violence;
    • improving the efficacy of interventions and reinforcing prevention of domestic violence;
    • aligning the institutional infrastructure with the needs of victims of domestic violence
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Sweden

    Sweden
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Abortion
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Examine possible ways to make the bureaucratic process required when terminating a pregnancy as quick as possible, and maximize its efforts to make sure that the process is conducted in a professional way.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The organization of healthcare in health-care establishments providing maternity care is governed by the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 16 August 2018 concerning the organizational standard of maternity care. This includes healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, and neonatal care. To ensure appropriate care, the first preventive care, diagnostics and consultations referred to above had best be performed already prior to the 10th week of the pregnancy. [Para 37]

  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Forced sterilization
    • Right to marry
    • Marginalized groups of women
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Not Followed up with a Recommendation
    Contents:
    CRPD recommended that Poland ensure that women and girls with disabilities had access to support when they made important life decisions for themselves and were not subjected to sterilization without their full, free and informed consent. It urged Poland to put an end to the use of conversion therapy and to offer support for persons with a psychosocial disability that respected the gender identity and sexual orientation of the persons concerned. The Committee also recommended that Poland abolish all legal provisions prohibiting persons with disabilities from marrying and from founding a family and that it develop inclusive support systems to assist families with children with disabilities and parents with disabilities, to support their parenthood. [Para 41]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    AI recommended to amend the Criminal Code so that crimes motivated by discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity are investigated and prosecuted as hate crimes. [Para 48]
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Mongolia

    Mongolia
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Ratify the OP-CRC-IC, which was signed in 2013.
    Explanation
    At 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 the Child will be subject to a future review.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Cuba

    Cuba
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Women's participation
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    1st session, April 2008
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Recommended to Poland to continue to promote the participation of women in the public and political life of the country until they have gradually achieved a level of gender equality.
    Explanation
    Two multi-module projects are planned in 2008 under Operational Program Human Capital of the European Social Fund. The first project is focused on reconciling the vocational and family roles of men and women. It will involve research on the family roles adopted by men and women (division of household chores, attitudes to work etc.) for the purpose of charting changes in social trends, including those stimulated in the framework of the Operational Program Human Capital. The second project will be designed to stimulate women's socio-economic activity at the local and regional level.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 93) To promote women's participation in public and political life, the Parliament passed in 2011 Amendment to the Electoral Law to Municipal Councils, Poviat Councils and Voivodeship Councils; the Electoral Law to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and to theSenate of the Republic of Poland and the Electoral Law to the European Parliament that introduces the quota system.

    Para 94) The number of women candidates may not be less than 35% of the total number of candidates on the ballots and the total number of men candidates may not be less than 35% of all the candidates on the ballots to municipal councils, poviats, voivodeship councils, the Sejm and the Senate and to the European Parliament. If the quota is not met and the defect is not removed within a specified time, such ballot will not be registered.

    UN Compilation:
    Para 39) While welcoming efforts to increase the proportion of women in the public and private sector, HR Committee remained concerned about the continued underrepresentation of women in senior positions in the public and political sphere.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 34) JS5 stated that the participation of women in public and political life is low. It mentioned that the results of the latest elections demonstrated that the new Electoral Code requiring that electoral lists consist of at least 35 per cent of representatives of each gender is not effective as only 24 per cent of newly elected parliamentarians are women. JS6 stated that the new Code permits the political parties to put women at the less prestigious positions on the electoral lists.
  • State Under Review:

    Poland

    Poland
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Source Of Reference:

    Czechia

    Czechia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Strengthen the protection of individuals against discrimination, including based on sexual orientation or gender identity ...
    Explanation
    Preventing and combating all forms of discrimination is an ongoing task of public authorities

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