nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201014-233522-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201014s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201014-233522-0 doi eng 342 23 Wróblewski, Mirosław Author aut The Ombudsman before the Polish Constitutional Tribunal If Poland can unite behind Iga Świątek, why shouldn’t it unite behind a new and constitutional Commissioner for Human Rights? Wróblewski, Mirosław Verfassungsblog 2020-10-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 9th September 2020, the 5-years term of the current Polish Ombudsman (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich, Commissioner for Human Rights) Adam Bodnar, has ended. The Parliament did not select a new person for this position yet. Thus, following the Article 3.6 of the Law on the Commissioner, Professor Bodnar stays in the office until the appointment of the new Commissioner for Human Rights. However a group of MPs demands the Constitutional Court to delete this legal basis, leaving the office without its head. The Court wants to decide on this case on 20th October. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Adam Bodnar Ombudsman Polish Constitutional Tribunal Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-ombudsman-before-the-polish-constitutional-tribunal/ raw object