Commissioner for Human Rights

Economic crisis, terrorism and growing radicalism result in insecurity and uncertainty among societies. An individual is subjected to the increasing pressure accompanied by the conviction that the protection of his or her rights is insufficient, both in the national and international level. The question arises whether existing instruments of international law pertaining to the protection of human rights, democracy and rule of law are sufficiently effective and whether the standards of human rights protection in a vacuum. Those questions refer also to the individual’s rights protection in the national regime, and therefore whether the state fully realises international standards of human rights protection and whether legal measures and institutions created within state successfully defend individual’s rights. To find this out we do need the smooth functioning of the monitoring system of the international legal obligations and ensuring cohesion of the activities of international organisations dealing with human rights.