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Poland UN: Mixed Results for New Review Process States Avoid Serious Discussion of Rights in Algeria, Tunisia The first session of the new country review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council was undermined by inconsistencies and the timidity of some governments in reviewing others, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 18, 2008 the council concluded a two-week session in which it examined the records of 16 countries as part of the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. April 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Human Rights Council Begins Universal Periodic Review Will Assess India, the Philippines, South Africa, the United Kingdom and 12 Others The UN Human Rights Council will begin a new review process on April 7, 2008. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is the most innovative and ambitious instrument of the council and was set up to assess the human rights performance of all 192 UN member states over a four-year cycle. April 6, 2008 Memorandum Printer friendly version Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed The Central Intelligence Agency secretly operated illegal prisons for terrorism suspects in multiple locations in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005, according to a report released today by the Council of Europe, a European intergovernmental human rights body. June 8, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Petition Poland: Hands Off Human Rights Send a message to Poland’s government that it must respect all human rights for everyone. Sign the petition below! May 10, 2007 Campaign Document Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to Polish Prime Minister about Censorship in Schools On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I write to you concerning proposed legislation that, if passed, would prevent free speech and access to information by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in schools and other institutions of learning in Poland—as well as legally sanctioning discrimination against them. The legislation—which Deputy Minister of Education Miroslaw Orzechowski has stated will be introduced within a month—would create a climate of intolerance and threaten the civil and political rights of Polish educators and of LGBT Poles in schools, especially youth. March 19, 2007 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Poland: School Censorship Proposal Threatens Basic Rights The Polish government’s proposed legislation to censor all discussion of homosexuality in schools and other academic institutions would violate freedom of speech and impede free access to information, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. March 19, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity The European Parliament should condemn European complicity in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program of “extraordinary renditions” and secret detention of prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today. February 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Basic Freedoms HRW Letter to the Polish Prime Minister On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I write to you in concern over a pattern of acts and statements by members of your government that seem intended to instigate violence, hatred and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Poland. June 5, 2006 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Basic Freedoms Government Must End Repression of Gay People, Groups Recent threats by Polish officials against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and organizations threaten everyone’s basic freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. June 5, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Human Rights As a new government in Poland brings to power officials with long records of opposing gay and lesbian rights, it is more important than ever for the country’s leadership to affirm all citizens’ equality, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Polish President Lech Kaczynski. February 16, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Human Rights HRW Letter to Polish President Lech Kaczynski On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I write in concern over a climate that increasingly threatens the basic rights and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Poland. February 15, 2006 Letter Printer friendly version Ukraine: On the Margins Rights Violations against Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the New Eastern Border of the European Union This 77-page report documents the routine detention of migrants and asylum in appalling conditions, including severe overcrowding, frequently inadequate bedding and clothing, and little or no access to fresh air, exercise and medical treatment. The report also documents the physical abuse, verbal harassment, robbery and extortion suffered by those in detention. Migrants and asylum seekers in detention often have no access to a lawyer and are unable to apply for release. The asylum system is barely functioning, leading to the forced return of people to countries where they face persecution or torture. HRW Index No.: D1708 November 30, 2005 Report Download PDF, 995 KB, 80 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Global Progress on Banning Landmines United States Gets Mixed Review Eighteen countries destroyed their stockpiles of antipersonnel mines in the past year, according to the annual global report by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), released today in Washington, D.C. September 9, 2003 Press Release Printer friendly version EU: Keep Up Pressure for Arms Trade Reforms in Candidate Countries The European Union (EU) should continue to press candidate countries in Central and Eastern Europe to improve arms trade controls, Human Rights Watch said today. Tomorrow, the EU is expected to release the latest annual reports assessing the progress of individual candidates toward accession. These will help pave the way for final decisions, expected later this year, on the next round of EU enlargement. October 8, 2002 Press Release Printer friendly version Arms Trade, Human Rights, and European Union Enlargement: The Record of Candidate Countries The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including several that are candidates for European Union (E.U.) membership, have long been a major source of weapons flows to human rights abusers, conflict regions, and clients suspected of diverting weapons to unauthorized destinations. There has been some recent progress to tighten controls, but serious problems remain. October 8, 2002 Background Briefing Purchase online Types and Manufacture rs of Remotely Delivered Antivehicle Mines Human Rights Watch Fact Sheet, December 2001 (Prepared for the CCW Review Conference, December 2001, Geneva, Switzerland) Twelve countries are reported to have manufactured at least twenty-seven different types of remotely delivered antivehicle mines: Bulgaria , China, the former Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Poland, Russia, United States, and Yugoslavia. Except Iran, all of these countries are party to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). December 1, 2001 Campaign Document Poland: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There are indications of under-18s in government armed forces as compulsory and voluntary recruitment are possible from seventeen. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report Poland: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Although it signed the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) on 4 December 1997, Poland has said that it is not likely to ratify the treaty in the foreseeable future. At the First Meeting of States Parties to the MBT in May 1999, head of delegation Zbigniew Szymanski, Director of UN Political Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spelled out the reasons for this position. Noting Poland's "particular geostrategic situation," he said that while showing support for the MBT by signing it, states "can not neglect the other side of the anti-personnel landmines problem, the Convention has also considerable security implications." August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Democracies Urged to Protect Rights Participation of One-Party States in Democracy Summit Questioned (Warsaw, Poland, June 24, 2000) - Human Rights Watch today expressed dismay that a number of one-party states and governments restricting political freedom are attending the Community of Democracies Conference in Warsaw on June 26 and 27. Human Rights Watch questioned the participation of non-democracies such as Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Kenya, and Kuwait. June 1, 2000 Letter Printer friendly version Threats to Press Freedom A Report Prepared for the Free Media Seminar Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe The Free Media Seminar of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe is taking place at a critical time. First, because developments throughout the region suggest that protection for media freedoms fall well short of international standards. Second, because there are disturbing signs of erosion for universal free expression protections on the part of international and continental bodies that should be insisting on bedrock protections for freedom of the press. Helsinki Watch, which since 1978 has monitored the state of human rights in many of the nations that signed the Helsinki Final Act, has in recent months published reports or conducted investigations in the countries listed above. We summarize our findings in the sections that follow. We do not claim that this is a comprehensive or exhaustive listing of curbs on media freedom in CSCE countries, or even in the countries we have included in this report. November 1, 1993 Report Download PDF, 275 KB, 39 pgs Printer friendly version |
 
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