The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee has officially recommended attorney Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram for the office of Commissioner for Human Rights, while issuing a negative opinion on the PiS-nominated candidate, Adam Borowski. <\/p>\n
The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee met on Wednesday to evaluate candidates for the position of Commissioner for Human Rights (RPO). During the proceedings, 18 deputies voted in favor of attorney Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram, with nine opposing and none abstaining. Conversely, the candidacy of Adam Borowski received only 10 votes in favor, with 18 deputies voting against.<\/p>\n
The formal decision on the new Ombudsman now rests with the full Sejm, with the vote scheduled for Friday’s session. Following the Sejm\u2019s selection, the candidate must be confirmed by the Senate to formally assume the role.<\/p>\n
Proponents of Adam Borowski emphasized his history as a democratic opposition activist and his steadfast character. Supporters of Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram highlighted her two decades of human rights legal practice, including her leadership in the Free Courts initiative and her role in addressing civil society repression.<\/p>\n
According to the RPO Act, the Commissioner must be a Polish citizen distinguished by legal knowledge, professional experience, and high moral authority. The Ombudsman is tasked with safeguarding constitutional rights and freedoms, as well as ensuring equal treatment for all citizens. The current term of Professor Marcin Wi\u0105cek concludes on July 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee has officially recommended attorney Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram for the office of Commissioner for Human Rights, while issuing a negative opinion on the PiS-nominated candidate, Adam Borowski. Committee Vote and Recommendations The Sejm Justice and Human Rights Committee met on Wednesday to evaluate candidates for the position of Commissioner for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}