Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Field of Equality and Non-discrimination. Does a Common Standard Exist and is it Implemented? Example of Poland

Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska

doi:10.21697/priel.2019.8.1.03

Published: 2020-01-30

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2019)

Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Field of Equality and Non-discrimination. Does a Common Standard Exist and is it Implemented? Example of Poland

Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska

Polish Review of International and European Law

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.21697/priel.2019.8.1.03

Abstract

This article examines the recommendations adopted by UN human rights treaty bodies in 2000-2017 addressed to Poland and concerning equality and non-discrimination. It aims to answer two research questions – firstly, to what extent are the recommendations convergent and, therefore, can we speak of a certain common standard of equality and non-discrimination formulated by treaty bodies? For this purpose, two case studies – on LGBT rights and women’s reproductive rights – have been presented. The second part of the research aims to establish to what extent do the recommendations of treaty bodies on equality and nondiscrimination affect Polish law.

Keywords:

equality, human rights, LGBT rights, non-discrimination, Polish law, reproductive rights, UN standards

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Sękowska-Kozłowska, K. (2020). Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the Field of Equality and Non-discrimination. Does a Common Standard Exist and is it Implemented? Example of Poland. Polish Review of International and European Law, 8(1), 65–89. https://doi.org/10.21697/priel.2019.8.1.03

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