Overview

The new government passed legislation further endangering the rights of refugees and migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border. Reproductive rights, in particular greater access to abortion and the decriminalization of aiding an abortion, remained a topic of political debate but there were no changes to the law. LGBTI people continued to face discrimination. The European Court of Human Rights found Poland had violated the right to privacy in its use of Pegasus spyware. The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of three activists charged with “offending religious beliefs”. Parliament adopted a consent-based definition of rape. A significant proportion of the population lived in substandard or overcrowded conditions. The government took no steps to phase out reliance on fossil fuels in the short term.