Powers of border guards, Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering
with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border
Czasopismo Prawa Karnego i Nauk Penalnych Rok XXVI: 2022, numer 3-4
Journal of Criminal Law and Penal Studies Volume XXVI: 2022, No. 3-4
Aleksandra Antoniak-Drożdż (red.), Michał Binkiewicz, Jakub Cema, Robert Kmieciak, Tadeusz Marek,
Artur Oniszczuk, Karolina Staros, Alfred Staszak, Zbigniew Szpiczko, Andrzej Śliwski
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Keywords
refugees, crisis, coersive measures, border crossing, duress, Polish-Belarusian border, state of emergency, restrictions on rights and freedoms
Summary
The refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border related to the appearance on the bor-
der of a significant number of people who were brought to the territory of Belarus and
then directed to the territory of Poland in an organized manner by Belarusian services
led to a number of actions by, among others, Polish authorities, the legal aspects of which
required urgent elaboration. This article addresses the issue of powers of Border Guards,
Armed Forces (including Territorial Defense Forces), Military Police, Police interfering
with civil rights and freedoms in the context of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian
border. It contains a comprehensive description of all potential competences of those
forces with respect to both refugees and volunteers providing medical assistance.
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