Organising institution |
 National School of Public Administration, Poland
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Delivering institution |
National School of Public Administration, Poland
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Type |
Educational programmes | |
Date of commencement/
establishment |
1998 | |
Name |
The system of protection of human rights and citizen in the Republic of Poland | |
Substantive focus |
civil and political rights
human rights | |
Target group |
University students | |
In-service training or
pre-service training |
No | |
Content |
These regular lectures provide information about human and citizen rights in the Polish Constitutional system, with regard to international conventions - such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, etc. General background information and the historical development of the idea of human rights protection are also included. The idea of dignity as the foundation of human rights, equality, and minority rights are addressed. Finally, the mechanisms protecting human rights in Poland, including the Polish Ombudsman and the right to claims in the Constitutional Tribunal, are discussed. | |
HR incorporated in curriculum |
No | |
Methodology used |
Lectures, study cases and examples from Constitutional Tribunal practice. | |
Delivered by |
Professor Jerzy Ciemniewski. | |
Additional information |
Students attending this course are students at the National School of Public Administration for future civil servants. | |
Was the program evaluated |
Information not available | |
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