Poland
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- 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
- APRIL 21, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Poland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004PolandDEATH 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.
- MARCH 26, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll...
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll by the CBOS opinion center thought the death penalty should be reintroduced for the most serious crimes
- DECEMBER 22, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
According to the President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski,...
According to the President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, visiting Polish troops near Baghdad, Saddam should be tried by a court in his own country with the presence of international observers
- APRIL 24, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Poland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 31, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 30, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 1, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Poland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished despite vocal campaigning...
The death penalty was abolished despite vocal campaigning by right-wing activists who pointed out that more than 60 percent of Poles supported capital punishment for brutal murders
- JANUARY 1, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal...
Poland abolished the death penalty in 1997 and a penal code introduced in 1998 replaced it with life imprisonment
- AUGUST 28, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 74 per cent of Poles are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- JULY 19, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
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