Citizens' Rights in 2024: Ombudsman's Report on Courts, Health, and Privacy Issues.
The Commissioner for Human Rights presents the 2024 report, highlighting serious problems with the functioning of courts, which prolongs citizens' cases. It also points to difficulties in accessing healthcare and housing, and threats to privacy from state services, showing where Poles' rights are most at risk.
Key points
The judiciary crisis continues, meaning longer waits for verdicts and uncertainty about their validity due to issues with judges' status.
State services still have overly broad powers for surveillance and data collection on citizens without effective oversight, threatening privacy.
The overuse and extension of pre-trial detention remains a systemic problem, often applied too hastily and for too long.
Access to public healthcare remains difficult due to underfunding and staff shortages, violating citizens' right to health protection.
People with disabilities are still waiting for key changes like personal assistance and the abolition of incapacitation to enable independent living.
Pushbacks of foreigners continue at the border with Belarus, violating Polish and international refugee law.
Poland has still not introduced any form of legal recognition for same-sex partnerships, which is inconsistent with European human rights standards.
Status:
In Progress
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