TY - JOUR TI - Human Rights Cities. Idea versus Practice of the Selected Polish Cities in the Field of Human Rights AU - Ploszka, Adam TI - Human Rights Cities. Idea versus Practice of the Selected Polish Cities in the Field of Human Rights AB - This article deals with a new development in the field of implementation and protection of human rights: the Human Rights Cities. The paper seeks to answer the research question, whether this development occurs also in Poland. To answer this question, an empirical study was conducted with the participation of 40 Polish cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. This study enables to categorized Polish cities, that were subject of the study, according to their level of involvement in the implementation of human rights. The leading local Polish governments, which can be labeled as a human rights cities, were identified. These cities account for nearly a third of the cities surveyed. VL - 2022 IS - Issue 2 (2022) PY - 2022 SN - 2544-2031 C1 - 2956-3623 SP - 63 EP - 87 DO - 10.4467/25442031PKO.22.012.16010 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-konstytucyjny/article/miasta-praw-czlowieka-idea-a-praktyka-dzialania-wybranych-polskich-miast-w-obszarze-praw-czlowieka KW - Human Rights KW - Cities KW - Local Government KW - Poland KW - Equality