Fourth Report Submitted by Poland Pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 2
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ACFC/SR/IV(2019)001 Fourth Report submitted by Poland pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - received on 9 April 2019 ACFC/SR/IV(2019)001 4TH REPORT TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES Warsaw, 2019 2 ACFC/SR/IV(2019)001 PART I: GENERAL ............................................................................................................... 6 1. Characteristics of the political system, the administrative division, and the geographical location of national and ethnic minorities. ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.1. Characteristics of the political system, the administrative division. ....................................................... 6 1.2. Geographical distribution of national and ethnic minorities. ................................................................. 7 2. Status of international law in national legislation. .................................................................................... 7 3. Population of national and ethnic minorities. ............................................................................................ 8 4. Characteristics of national and ethnic minorities and the community using the regional language in Poland. .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1. General characteristics. ........................................................................................................................... 9 4.2. Characteristics of specific national and ethnic minorities in Poland. .................................................... 11 4.3 Characteristics of community using the regional language. .................................................................. 26 5. Description of the situation on areas inhabited by the different minorities. ............................................ 27 6. Base data ................................................................................................................................................ 28 PART II: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES .................................................................................................... 29 Article 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Article 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Article 3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 Article 4 ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Article 5 ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 Article 6 ....................................................................................................................................................... 86 Article 7 ....................................................................................................................................................... 95 Article 8 ....................................................................................................................................................... 96 Article 9 ..................................................................................................................................................... 102 Article 10 ................................................................................................................................................... 117 Article 11 ................................................................................................................................................... 119 Article 12 ................................................................................................................................................... 122 Article 13 ................................................................................................................................................... 134 Article 14 ................................................................................................................................................... 135 Article 15 ................................................................................................................................................... 141 Article 16 ................................................................................................................................................... 144 Article 17 ................................................................................................................................................... 144 Article 18 ................................................................................................................................................... 145 Article 19 ................................................................................................................................................... 148 PART III: Authorities and institutions responsible for the implementation of the policy towards minorities and actions undertaken by them .................................................... 148 I. The Minister of the Interior and Administration ..................................................................................... 149 II. The Sejm National and Ethnic Minorities Committee ............................................................................ 152 III. Joint Commission of the Government and National and Ethnic Minorities ............................................ 152 IV. The Commissioner for Human Rights ................................................................................................... 154 3 ACFC/SR/IV(2019)001 V. The Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment .......................................................................... 155 VI. Ministry of National Education ............................................................................................................. 156 VII. Voivodes .............................................................................................................................................. 157 VIII. Group for the Protection of Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration / Division for European Migration Network .............................................................................................................. 157 and Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings of the Analysis and Migration Policy Department of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration ............................................................................................... 157 Part IV: Data concerning criminality ............................................................................... 158 Extract from the provisions of the Criminal Code regarding offences on racist or xenophobic grounds committed against persons belonging to national and ethnic minorities. ................................................. 158 Examples of qualitative data on offences committed on racist or xenophobic grounds against persons belonging to national and ethnic minorities. ............................................................................................. 160 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 160 Contents: ANNEXES Annex 1: Legal situation Annex 2: General characteristics of national and ethnic minorities and the community using the regional language Annex 3: Distribution of national and ethnic minorities and the community using the regional language Annex 4: National and ethnic minorities and the community using the regional language by place of residence Annex 5: Number of Polish citizens who declare that they belong to a national or ethnic minority in each voivodeship, as well as the number of persons who declare that they speak the Kashubian language at home in each voivodeship Annex 6: List of communes registered under Article 10 of the Act of 6 January 2005 on regional and ethnic minorities and the regional language (Journal of Laws No 17, item 141, as amended) in the Official Register of Communes where a supporting language is used Annex 7: List of communes registered under Article 12 of the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional language (Journal of Laws No 17, item 141, as amended) in the Register of Communes where names in a minority language are used Annex 8: Summary of comments of national and ethnic minority representatives to the 4th Report on the Implementation by the Republic of Poland the Provisions of the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities 4 ACFC/SR/IV(2019)001 INTRODUCTION This document is the fourth report on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of