Glossary to the Decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court of May 11, 2021, file ref. no. III OSK 3265/21

In the commented order, the Supreme Administrative Court held that the matter of conferring the title of professor is an administrative matter. The court assumed that the conferring the title of professor is not a discretionary decision of the President, falling within the scope of his personal prerogative. The decision of the President of the Republic of Poland falls into a category “acts or actions related to public administration regarding rights or obligations under legal regulations” referred to in Art. 3 § 2 point 4 of the Act of August 30, 2002 – the Law on proceedings before administrative courts. The President of the Republic of Poland should be treated as an administrative body in a functional sense, and thereby a lack of action or excessive length of proceedings in this case can be a subject to review by an administrative court.

Gloss to the Decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of February 16, 2022, file ref. no. II OSK 128/19

In the commented order, the Supreme Administrative Court held that the state is obliged to grant Polish citizenship to a person whose parents are of the same sex, which results from the birth certificate submitted by them, and that the implementation of this obligation does not threaten the public order of the Republic of Poland. The use of the public order clause in such a case is not legally justified and constitutes a form of discrimination against the child on the basis of the content of international instruments.

Gloss to the Decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of May 17, 2023, file ref. no. II OSK 1461/20

The subject of the commented judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court (II OSK 1461/20) is the issue of determining the admissibility of transposing the British act of same sex marriage under Polish law. A judgment permitting such a substantive and technical act would lead to the preparation of a marriage certificate containing personal data of persons of the same sex. Currently, administrative court share the position on the refusal under Polish law to transcribe the act of marriage concluded abroad by of the same sex. However, the NSA presents a position that may evolve. For this reason, arguments have been presented to consistently distinguish marriage between a man and women a same-sex relationship.