Poland - 2012
Does statelessness serve as a ground for discrimination in access to public goods and services and/or deprivation of economic and social rights?
- Code:
- RED5
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
Short Answer |
Yes/No. |
Qualitative Info |
Statelessness is not mentioned in Polish law directly as a ground of discrimination, however, the Polish Constitution states that no one shall be discriminated against in political, social or economic life for any reason whatsoever. It means that also discrimination on the ground of statelessness would not be lawful. A stateless foreigner may benefit from economic or social rights according to the legal status he or she obtained in Poland. A stateless person who resides illegally in Poland is deprived of economic or social rights. There is no data available on the cases of discrimination on the ground of statelessness in access to public goods and services and/or deprivation of economic and social rights. |
Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Asylum seekers |
Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
External Url | http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/polski/kon1.htm; http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20102541700; http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19740240141 |
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