International Commission of Jurists

Poland: UN experts concerned about renditions and secret detentions

Jun 6, 2007

In its conclusions on the report by Poland, the UN Committee against Torture raised concerns about the potential existence of secret detention facilities on Polish territory and urged the authorities to provide more information on the Polish Parliamentary inquiry...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, A/HRC/4/19/Add.1, June 5, 2007: Poland

Jun 5, 2007

Follow-up to previously transmitted communications 146. On 21 February 2006, the Government replied to the Special Rapporteur’s letter dated 5 December 2005 concerning the banning of assemblies organized by the sexual minority community in Warsaw (June 2004 and May...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, A/HRC/4/19/Add.1, June 5, 2007: Poland

Jun 5, 2007

Communication sent 137. On 26 April 2006, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, sent an urgent appeal regarding the third annual Krakow March for Tolerance, which was due to...

Political platforms which promote or incite racial discrimination. Updated study by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, A/HRC/5/10, May 25, 2007: Europe

May 25, 2007

II. REGIONAL CONTEXTS AND CHARACTERISTICS A. Europe 26. In Poland, the League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR), considered by many as a far-right party, is an ultraconservative Catholic and nationalist political party and a partner in the current...
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