Poland - Country Report - Poland
Poland - Country Report - Poland

Author(s): Władysław Bułhak
Subject(s): Criminal Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Recent History (1900 till today), Criminology, History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Summary/Abstract: The following report applies to the execution of tasks performed by the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, related to the prosecution of communist, Nazi and war crimes, crimes against the humanity as well as those against peace. The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation was called into being by the passing of a parliamentary act of 18 December 1998. The preamble to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation indicated the foundations and leading principles this legal document was supposed to satisfy in regard to the injustices suffered under the totalitarian regimes: The leading principles include: – remembering about the multitude of victims, losses and damages suffered by the Polish Nation during WWII and after its end, – patriotic traditions of the Polish Nation’s fight against the oppressors, Nazis and communists, – civil actions aimed at the independence of the Polish Nation and executed in defense of freedom and human dignity, – the obligation to prosecute crimes against peace, humanity, as well as war crimes, – the duty of the state to satisfy all those harmed by the law violating the human rights.

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