16 June 2016

Deutsche Welle: Poland's legal framework threatens human rights, says Council of Europe

The Council of Europe, a prominent human rights organization, on Wednesday called on Polish lawmakers and the government to "urgently change course" after analyzing a series of legal measures that endanger human rights in the EU member state.

"Recent far-reaching changes to Poland's legal and institutional framework threaten human rights and undermine the rule of law, on which the protection of human rights ultimately depends," said Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights. [...]

Speaking at a German-Polish business summit in Warsaw, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäub­le touched on the subject of Poland's rule of law, calling on Europe to remain focused on "lessons from our past."

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