Powers of border guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border Cover Image

Uprawnienia straży granicznej, Sił Zbrojnych (w tym Wojsk Obrony Terytorialnej), Żandarmerii Wojskowej, Policji ingerujące w prawa i wolności obywatelskie w kontekście sytuacji na granicy polsko-białoruskiej
Powers of border guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border

Author(s): Michał Binkiewicz, Jakub Cema, Tadeusz Marek, Robert Kmieciak, Karolina Staros, Artur Oniszczuk, Zbigniew Szpiczko, Alfred Staszak, Andrzej Śliwski
Contributor(s): Aleksandra Antoniak-Drożdż (Editor)
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Security and defense, Migration Studies, Penal Policy, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: refugees; crisis; coersive measures; border crossing; duress; Polish-Belarusian border; state of emergency; restrictions on rights and freedoms;

Summary/Abstract: The refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border related to the appearance on the border of a significant number of people who were brought to the territory of Belarus and then directed to the territory of Poland in an organized manner by Belarusian services led to a number of actions by, among others, Polish authorities, the legal aspects of which required urgent elaboration. This article addresses the issue of powers of Border Guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. It contains a comprehensive description of all potential competences of those forces with respect to both refugees and volunteers providing medical assistance.

  • Issue Year: 26/2022
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 7-67
  • Page Count: 61
  • Language: Polish
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