Poland
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted by the National Assembly on April 2, 1997, and confirmed by a referendum on May 25, 1997
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- a mixed system of continental (Napoleonic) elements and communist theory; gradual changes have been introduced as part of the democratization process
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral National Assembly, composed of the Senate and Sejm (lower house)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Head of State on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, for an indefinite term); Constitutional Tribunal (judges chosen for nine years by the Sejm)
RELIGIONS
89.8% Catholics, 1.6% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- AUGUST 2, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that the right-wing League of Polish Families party...
it was reported that the right-wing League of Polish Families party...
- JANUARY 1, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal code introduced in 1998 replaced it with life imprisonment.
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal code introduced in 1998 replaced it with life imprisonment.
- OCTOBER 5, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE WOULD BACK THE DEATH PENALTY
Polish conservative candidate for president Lech Kaczynski he would restore the death penalty if given the chance, putting his views on a collision course with the European Union. Kaczynski was five points behind moderate frontrunner Donald Tusk ahead of
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. EUROPEAN OFFICIALS WARN POLAND AGAINST INTRODUCING DEATH PENALTY
European officials said that Poland would be in clear breach of its international commitments if the winners of the parliamentary elections were to reintroduce the death penalty.
- APRIL 20, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Poland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 5, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka held out hope...
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka held out hope...
- JANUARY 1, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal code introduced in 1998 replaced it with life imprisonment.
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal code introduced in 1998 replaced it with life imprisonment.
- OCTOBER 22, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's parliament narrowly rejected a proposal by...
Poland's parliament narrowly rejected a proposal by right-wing lawmakers to restore the death penalty, abolished in 1997
- JULY 13, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his...
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiar Zebari in Brussels to dissuade the Iraqi government from using capital punishment
- JULY 12, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was...
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was against the death penalty but was in favour of life imprisonment without parole
- JULY 11, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded...
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded the restoration of the death penalty for murderers
- JULY 1, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Baghdad's decision to re-establish the death penalty...
Baghdad's decision to re-establish the death penalty ahead of the war crimes trial of Saddam Hussein evoked a mixed reaction in Europe, recalling the split across the continent over the war that toppled the Iraqi leader