Indicator history

One of the problems in the Polish society is poor knowledge and low awareness of what discrimination is, how to defend one's rights and of anti-discrimination legislation, which can be also observed among law enforcement officers, professional advisers and judges dealing with these matters. Another barrier is incorrect and incomplete implementation of the EU Directives. Besides the Act sets up a minimum standard of the protection against unjustified unequal treatment which is not the same for everybody (for example a disabled person is not protected by the Act within the area of education or healthcare). Moreover, the Act vests the competences of an equality body with the Polish Ombudsman who has not obtained any financial support in order to perform new tasks. There is a risk that the Ombudsman's Office activity in this respect would remain illusive.