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Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Poland vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms.
Search CRIN's ratifications table to find regional instruments to which Poland is a party. European Court of Human Rights Poland is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/WCD/simpleSearch_en.asp). CRIN's case law database currently contains no decision of the European Court of Human Rights on Poland. If you are aware of any relevant cases, please contact CRIN at [email protected]. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on Poland and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/Poland_en.pdf The case law database of the European Committee of Social Rights can be accessed here European Union Poland is a member of the European Union and is therefore subject to EU directives and other standards pertaining to children's rights. Read more on the EU and children's rights.