• On March 6, the Polish Sejm passed a new law that criminalizes so-called hate speech.

• The 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is taking place in New York from March 10 to 21. This year’s theme marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration.

Over the past 70 years, the European Union has evolved from a simple economic cooperation project into a powerful supranational entity with its own currency, court, and ability to impose financial sanctions on Member States.

· During its first reading, the Polish Sejm referred the citizens’ bill on protecting minors from online pornography to committee work.

• The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld complaints from same-sex couples who were denied a certificate of no impediment to marriage abroad by a Polish registry office.

• Ordo Iuris (OI) experts participated in informal consultations which were held before the 58th sessio