Adam Bodnar

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Adam Bodnar
44-Warsaw
7th Polish Ombudsman
In office
9 September 2015 – 15 July 2021
Preceded byIrena Lipowicz
Succeeded byMarcin Wiącek
Personal details
Born (1977-01-06) 6 January 1977 (age 47)
Independent
Other political
affiliations
Civic Coalition/Senate Pact 2023 (2023–present)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Warsaw
Central European University (Budapest)
AwardsThorolf Rafto Memorial Prize (2018)
Rule of Law Award (2019)
The Order of Legion of Honour (2020)

Adam Piotr Bodnar (born 6 January 1977) is a Polish

Minister of Justice. He was the 7th Polish Ombudsman from 2015 until July 2021.[1]

Life and career

He was born into Polish - Ukrainian family. His Ukrainian father, as a child, was forcibly displaced from a village near Sanok to north-west Poland in Operation Vistula.[2] In 2000, he graduated in law from the

American Law co-organized with the University of Florida at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.[4] In 2006, he received a PhD degree from the University of Warsaw on the basis of his dissertation entitled Multi-level Citizenship in the European Constitutional Sphere.[5] In 2019, he obtained habilitation
at his alma mater.

He worked as an

In the 1990s he collaborated with the anti-racist

UN Fund for Victims of Torture. In 2011 he was awarded with the Tolerance Prize by the Polish LGBT organizations and in 2013 he received a scholarship within the scope of German Marshall Memorial Fellowship programme.[3]

In 2015, he was appointed as the

LGBT-free zones,[9] which met with criticism from the ruling conservative Law and Justice party.[10] In 2018, he was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for the promotion of the fundamental human rights of intellectual and political freedom.[11]

In 2017-2019 the Civil Rights Ombudsman Adam Bodnar supported the 'Let's Kick Racism Out Of Stadiums' tournament, organized by "Never Again" Association at the Pol'and'Rock Festival (also known as Polish Woodstock), the biggest open-air free music festival in Europe. Bodnar officially inaugurated the tournaments, personally refereed during the games and took part in the matches. He participated in a meeting organised by "Never Again" Association during the festival and spoke about the cases of homophobic violence in Poland.[12][13][14]

In 2019, he was awarded the Rule of Law Award conferred by the World Justice Project for his "outstanding efforts in strengthening the rule of law in difficult circumstances".[15] He dedicated the award to Karol Modzelewski.[16] The same year he received the Human Dignity Award from the Roland Berger Foundation; however, he declined the award motivating his decision by the Nazi past of the award founder's father.[17] In September 2020, he was awarded the French Order of Legion of Honour for guarding the civic rights and values in Poland.[18] Bodnar has appeared in leading universities' events including at Yale.[19]

Bodnar's five-year term of office expired in September 2020.[20] The two chambers of the Polish parliament (the Sejm and the Senate) could not agree on a successor.[20] On 15 April 2021, the Constitutional Tribunal issued a ruling that he should stay in office for at most three further months.[21][22][20]

In the

constituency no. 44. He received 628,442 votes and was elected senator.[23] In the same year he was appointed as the minister of justice in the Donald Tusk's cabinet.[24]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senat zatwierdził wybór Adama Bodnara na nowego rzecznika praw obywatelskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  2. ^ "Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich Adam Bodnar". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Adam Bodnar". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lista kandydatów na Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich" (PDF). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ^ "dr hab. Adam Piotr Bodnar". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Pracownicy". Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Che Guevara z korporacji". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Adam Bodnar: Wykształcenie, partia, rodzina, RPO. Kim jest senator KO?". 12 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Bodnar nie odpuszcza ws. uchwał anty-LGBT. Skarży wyrok sądu". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Posłowie skrajnie oceniają pracę RPO Adama Bodnara. PiS i Kukiz'15 krytykują, PO i Nowoczesna uważają za wzór". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ "The 2018 Rafto Prize to Ombudsman Adam Bodnar". Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Peace, Love, and Football at Polish Woodstock Festival".
  13. ^ "Music, Football, and Refugee Rights".
  14. ^ "International Debates on Human Rights Hosted by 'Never Again' at Pol'and'rock Festival".
  15. ^ "Dr Adam Bodnar i Biuro Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich uhonorowani prestiżową Nagrodą Praworządności przez World Justice Project". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Adam Bodnar z nagrodą za obronę praworządności. Zadedykował ją Karolowi Modzelewskiemu". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Bodnar nie przyjmie nagrody Bergera. Ojciec fundatora był nazistą". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Adam Bodnar kawalerem francuskiego Orderu Legii Honorowej" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  19. ^ "Autocratic Legalism in Europe". October 16, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17.
  20. ^ a b c Zalan, Eszter (16 April 2021). "Polish court pushes out critical ombudsman". EUobserver. Brussels. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Polish court rules ombudsman must leave office at term end". washingtonpost.com. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Poland's top court hobbles human rights advocate". 15 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2023 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  24. ^ Tilles, Daniel (2023-12-12). "Incoming Polish PM Tusk presents cabinet and programme ahead of confidence vote". Notes From Poland. Retrieved 2023-12-14.