Human rights in Poland

Human rights in Poland have vastly improved after the fall of communism in 1989 and replacement of the old repressive regime with the modern, democratic government.

A 2007 report by United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor noted that " [Polish] government generally respects the human rights of its citizens"; it did however note some problems, such as inefficient judiciary, police misconduct, poor prison conditions and other issues.

More recently, in 2007 the issue of LGBT rights in Poland and negative attitude towards the Polish LGBT community by the conservative government of the Kaczyński twins have been an issue of some controversy.

Poland has abolished the death penalty and has ratified the International Criminal Court agreement. It is part to all important international agreements relevant to human rights.

References

*pl icon [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/89022,,,,prawa_czlowieka_w_polsce,haslo.html Prawa człowieka w Polsce] (Human rights in Poland) in [WIEM Encyklopedia]
* [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100578.htm Poland: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007] (official United States report)
* [http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/en/index_pliki/pdf/report_eu_2005_en.pdf EU NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND ITS MEMBER STATES IN 2005:] (2005)
* [http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/europe-and-central-asia/eastern-europe/poland#report Amnesty International report on Poland] (2007)
* [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/eu12240.htm Human Rights Watch Report on EU] (2006)

External links

* [http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=europe&c=poland Human Rights Watch: news related to Poland]
* [http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/europe-and-central-asia/eastern-europe/poland#news Amnesty International: news related to Poland]
*pl icon [http://www.amnesty.org.pl/ Amnesty International Polska]
* [http://www.polska.gov.pl/Human,Rights,in,Poland,394.html PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN POLAND ] (Polish government affiliated site), [http://www.poland.gov.pl/Ochrona,praw,czlowieka,w,Polsce,124.html Polish language version]
* [http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/en Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland]
*Cecylia Bernacka, [http://www.cafebabel.com/eN/article.asp?T=A&Id=356 Human Rights in Poland]
*Thomas Bamforth, [http://arts.monash.edu.au/eras/edition_8/PDF/bamfortharticle.pdf Democratisation, economic reform and human rights in Poland –. conflict or consonance?]

Further reading

*Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala, "Human Rights in Polish Foreign Policy after 1989", Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-89607-46-8, [http://www.pism.pl/ksiazki_content/id/55]
*James E. Will, "Church and State in the Struggle for Human Rights in Poland", Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1984), pp. 153-176 (article consists of 24 pages), [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1051038 JSTOR]

ee also

*Capital punishment in Poland
*Law enforcement in Poland