Report on Article 55a of the proposed Polish antidefamation bill

The Polish NGO, Institute for Legal Culture “Ordo Iuris” has issued on February 2, 2018 a report on Article 55a of the Act amending the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance. The Article 55a has sparked controversies between Poland and Israel.

The bill passed the Polish parliament on February 1, 2018 and was referred to the Office of the President of Republic of Poland. The Polish President Andrzej Duda has three weeks to sign, reject or to pass it on the Constitutional Tribunal.