National human rights institution
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-089-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 51.919438
Longitude: 19.145136
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Poland
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
collaboration with international bodies by Commissioner; In October 2016, Mr. Bodnar presented an alternative report to the Human Rights Committee in Geneva during its review of Poland. In its concluding observations (CCPR/C/POL/CO/7), the Committee addressed points raised by Mr. Bodnar
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- October 2016
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- since 2016
- Reprisal information
have been continually subject to acts of intimidation and reprisals in connection to their work; Since 2016, there has reportedly been a reduction of the budget assigned to the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights by the Parliament, in part because of Mr. Bodnar’s international engagement. Despite numerous international recommendations to provide the Commissioner with appropriate resources, 93 it does not have enough to effectively fulfil its statutory obligations
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Administrative reprisal
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0