Eroding checks and balances : rule of law and human rights under attack in Poland / written by Lydia Gall.
2017
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Title
Eroding checks and balances : rule of law and human rights under attack in Poland / written by Lydia Gall.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2017.
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
KKP2460 .G35 2017
Former Call Number
Pol 908.5 G135 2017
ISBN
9781623135379 paperback
1623135370
1623135370
Description
37 pages ; 27 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1019994370
Summary
Recommendations -- I. Independence of the judiciary -- Interference with freedom of expression and the media -- II. Overbroad counterterrorism powers -- III. Restriction of women's reproductive rights -- IV. Restriction of freedom of assembly -- V. Interference with civil society and freedom of association -- VI. Violating asylum seekers' rights -- VII. Regional and international criticism -- Acknowledgments.
"Since coming to power October 2015, Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice party has used its majority in parliament to pass laws that weaken checks and balances on the executive, undermine the rule of law and threaten a broad range of human rights. [This report] documents how the ruling Law and Justice party has sought to bring the country's top courts and judicial appointments under its control, introduced legislation that curbs media freedom, further restricted women's reproductive rights, granted excessive surveillance powers to its secret service agency when combatting terrorism, limited freedom of assembly, violated asylum seekers' rights and pressured civil society. ... The report calls on Polish authorities to bring legislation and practices in line with its obligations under European and international human rights law."--Back cover.
"Since coming to power October 2015, Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice party has used its majority in parliament to pass laws that weaken checks and balances on the executive, undermine the rule of law and threaten a broad range of human rights. [This report] documents how the ruling Law and Justice party has sought to bring the country's top courts and judicial appointments under its control, introduced legislation that curbs media freedom, further restricted women's reproductive rights, granted excessive surveillance powers to its secret service agency when combatting terrorism, limited freedom of assembly, violated asylum seekers' rights and pressured civil society. ... The report calls on Polish authorities to bring legislation and practices in line with its obligations under European and international human rights law."--Back cover.
Note
"September 2017"--Contents page.
"This report was authored by Lydia Gall, researcher on Balkans and Eastern Europe in the Europe and Central Asia Division, based on research conducted in 2017."--Page 37.
"This report was authored by Lydia Gall, researcher on Balkans and Eastern Europe in the Europe and Central Asia Division, based on research conducted in 2017."--Page 37.
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