Monday’s ruling, by exonerating the pro-migrant activists, sends a catastrophic message: smuggling illegal immigrants into Poland is no longer considered a crime, as long as it is done under the guise of humanitarian motives.
Fink’s appointment immediately fueled speculation: would the WEF change its orientation under one of the most powerful men in global finance?
The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality advocates for ensuring that all European Union citizens have access to “safe and legal abortion.”
The practice of selective abortion in India is not merely a cultural problem, but also a serious violation of international law.
Lawyers at the Ordo Iuris Institute have indicated that adopting a uniform, EU-wide definition of “cyber violence” carries the risk of arbitrary interpretation and censorship, as in the case of combating so-called hate speech.
The mass migration of people from foreign countries, some of whom not only disrespect but hate our civilization and its values, radically worsens the situation of Poles, weakening their security.
Doubts about the real chances of a smoother removal of illegal immigrants from the EU after the EU migration pact comes into force next year are well founded.
The European Commission’s latest report on the rule of law in Poland confirms the purely political nature of the dispute over the rule of law between Brussels and EU member states run by conservative governments.
The Ordo Iuris Institute has long called for Poland to initiate a process of far-reaching changes to treaties and international legal rules on asylum and migration, including EU law.
The Ordo Iuris Institute has just intervened by sending a legal opinion to the prosecutors, where it refers to numerous acts of international law that embody the principle of humanitarianism, prohibit inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment, as well as to the ECHR jurisprudence, which says that detaining a person with an exceptionally severe disability in prison, in conditions unsuitable for their state of health, constitutes degrading treatment.
The PACE resolution puts forward a number of proposals that go beyond the traditional scope of human rights protection. These recommendations attempt to introduce new rights into the established catalogue of human rights and could also impact constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, such as freedom of conscience.
The EU directive mandates the criminalization of unspecified “insulting conduct” and so-called “hate speech” under penalty of imprisonment, which violates freedom of speech.
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