In a joint statement released today, 1 March 2016, representatives of ENNHRI and other global and regional human rights organizations expressed their support and appreciation for the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights, Dr. Adam Bodnar.

The statement follows a meeting on 15 January 2016, in Warsaw, which discussed the institutional landscape in Poland and the environment in which the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights is currently operating.

ENNHRI is a signatory of the statement, together with ODIHR, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Council of Europe.

Photo: Dr. Adam Bodnar, the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights ©Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights