Newsletters Subscribe

Poland

Map chart showing the list of countries covered in the 2017 Voices from the Field series

Voices From The Field

14 December 2017

Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field

Affirmative Action Basic Constitutional Principles Constitutional Building Institutions Constitutional Court/Judical Review Constitutional Amendment Diversity and Conflict/Minority Issues Electoral Issues Gender Human Rights Independent Commissions Interim Arrangements Public Participation Federalism/ Devolution/ Decentralization Referendum Structure of Government Africa Asia Australia Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Chile Europe France Gambia Germany Japan Kazakhstan Latin America Malawi Mali Malta Moldova Mongolia Nepal Nigeria Poland Somalia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Togo Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Venezuela West Asia/North Africa Yemen Zimbabwe

'Chain of Light' protests in Poland against government judicial reform plans (photo credit: Sakuto/Flickr)

Voices From The Field

31 July 2017

A Polish legal road roller: Can the political sentence be stopped?

Basic Constitutional Principles Constitutional Court/Judical Review Independent Commissions Europe Poland

People take part in protests against the PiS government (Photo credit: Czarek Sokolowski / AP/Press Association Images)

Voices From The Field

13 April 2016

Constitutionalism in times of extraordinary developments: Resolving the Polish constitutional crisis

Basic Constitutional Principles Constitutional Court/Judical Review Constitutional Amendment Europe Poland

Adam Bodnar, outgoing human rights ombudsman (photo credit: AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

News

19 April

Polish constitutional tribunal rules human rights ombudsman cannot exceed term when position is vacant

Constitutional Court/Judical Review Human Rights Europe Other Poland

Parliament of Poland (photo credit: Bartosz Morag/flickr)

News

14 April

Polish president says new courts may require constitutional amendment

Constitutional Amendment Europe Poland

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland (photo credit: Kancelaria Premiera/flickr)

News

30 March

Poland's prime minister asks top court to decide if constitution has primacy over EU law

Constitutional Court/Judical Review Europe Poland

Constitutional Court of Poland (photo credit: Lukas Plewnia/flickr)

News

21 October 2020

Poland's constitutional court to determine fate of human rights office

Constitutional Court/Judical Review Human Rights Independent Commissions Europe Poland

Supreme Court of Poland (photo credit: alex.ch/flickr)

News

17 July 2020

Poland's opposition challenges presidential election results before supreme court

Constitutional Court/Judical Review Electoral Issues Europe Poland

President Andrzej Duda of Poland (photo credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization/flickr)

News

7 July 2020

Poland's president proposes constitutional ban on gay adoption

Constitutional Amendment Human Rights Europe Poland

Parliament of Poland (photo credit: Bartosz Morag/flickr)

News

6 May 2020

Poland's lower house refers election postponement to constitutional tribunal

Constitutional Court/Judical Review Electoral Issues Europe Poland

Subscribe to Poland