United Nations High Commissioner for the Protection of Human Rights

Abstract

Recently, we have been celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the appointment of High Commissioner for the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations. From this perspective, one may attempt to evaluate the previous activities of the High Commissioner and his Office as far as the protection of all human rights is concerned. Inter alia, this publication serves this purpose. It will also provide us with the answers to such questions as: in which way and in what circumstances this institution was established, what aims were set and what tasks were assigned to it, what powers were conferred on it and finally what competences it was given to fulfill its aims. Since it is possibly the first such publication in Polish which is related to this subject area, it was mainly used to present the institution of the High Commissioner without going into any further considerations. Monographic method was used in the preparation of this elaboration.