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Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/
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Poland: Copies of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe's 1994 Human Rights and Democratization in Poland, and the United Nations document Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 40 of the Covenant

1 August 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: Information on the status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police and the security apparatus, and any human rights violations from December 1990 to the present

1 March 1991 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: Human Rights abuses by Polish police and initiatives by Ministry of the Interior since 10 October 1990

1 December 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: 1) Is there any evidence that persons who are former communist party members are treated with mistrust or in any unfair way by the authorities in Poland (either the old administration or Solidarity) where those persons try to find employment or obtain social benefits generally available to the population? 2) Has ZOMO been officially disbanded and, if so, when? 3) What information is available on a special closed unit of ZOMO called ORZYSZ or OZHYSH? Does it still exist, perhaps in another form, if ZOMO has been disbanded? 4) Do the police in Poland in cities or smaller places still act in an arbitrary manner, ignoring basic human rights and calling people in for questioning in an arbitrary manner? 5) Do people who have been fired from their jobs in Poland experience great difficulty in obtaining new employment? Any figures on the unemployment rate? 6) Is it common practice to fire people who are subjected to questioning by the police? Do the police, as a means of punishing or harassing individuals relay information on them to their employers to cause the employer to fire the employees? 7) Is the military draft still in effect in Poland? What is the penalty for avoiding military service? 8) Any information on the organization called ZSMP? Are students who refuse to join subjected to any special treatment such as being given extra low marks or being put out of class? 9) Has censorship been eliminated in Poland?

1 August 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: 1) Has the Polish judiciary been more independent since Solidarity has been in power? 2) Recent legislative changes on human rights issues including exit/return, arbitrary detentions and other police/military powers

1 July 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: 1) What is the current relationship between "Fighting Solidarity" and the Polish Government (both Solidarity and the Communist Party, separately and together?) 2) Is "Fighting Solidarity" a legal organization today? Are they experiencing any human rights abuses? 3) Information request #POL2611

1 February 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: Information on human rights abuses in Poland since June 1989

1 November 1989 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Poland: Human Rights Watch Report

1 August 1989 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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