OSCE/ODIHR Preliminary Opinion on the Draft Act Amending the Act on the Commissioner for
Human Rights of Poland
TABLE OF CONTENT
I.
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 3
II.
SCOPE OF REVIEW ................................................................................ 3
III. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................... 4
IV. ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................... 5
1. International Standards on NHRIs ............................................................................. 5
2. General Comments ........................................................................................................ 8
3. Scope of Immunity ...................................................................................................... 12
3.1. Material Scope of the Functional Immunity .......................................................... 12
3.2. Personal and Temporal Scope of the Functional Immunity .................................. 15
4. Procedure for Lifting the Immunity .......................................................................... 16
4.1. The Request to Lift Immunity ................................................................................. 16
4.2. The Need for Clear, Transparent and Impartial Procedures ................................ 17
4.3. The Outcome of the Procedure .............................................................................. 20
5. Final Comments........................................................................................................... 20
Annex: Draft Act Amending the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland
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