Deputy Minister Henryka Mościcka-Dendys meets with President of European Court of Human Rights

The interlocutors agreed that both the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights play a major part in ensuring respect for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Europe.

Deputy Minister Mościcka-Dendys stressed the significance of the Court's case-law for Poland's successful democratic transition in the 1990s, noting the institution's invaluable role in the light of today's challenges to human rights across Europe, particularly in regard to the rule of law. "The Court's rulings offer guidance in our ceaseless quest to fully align Polish law and practice with the standards laid down in the Convention," Deputy Minister Mościcka-Dendys said.

President Guyomar pointed out that the Court needs reinforcement and support from the states to better respond to the emerging challenges to human rights. He declared the Court's readiness to engage in dialogue on ensuring respect for fundamental freedoms amid the ever more complex threats, including threats to security.

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President of the European Court of Human Rights Mattias Guyomar is visiting Poland to take part in a conference titled Seventy-Five Years of the European Convention on Human Rights: The Role of Administrative Court Judges, organised by the Supreme Administrative Court.

The European Court of Human Rights is an international court that rules on applications alleging violations of the rights and freedoms as set out in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its additional Protocols. Based in Strasburg, the Court was established in 1959. It is a body of the Council of Europe. Each of its forty-six judges represents one of the states parties to the Convention.