40.The State party should review its counterterrorism legislation in order to bring it into line with its obligations under the Covenant, and ensure that any interference with the right to privacy complies with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality.

Political participation

41.The Committee is concerned about the fact that according to Article 62 of the Polish Constitution, the persons who, by a final judgment of a court, have been subjected to legal incapacitation or deprived of public or electoral rights, have no right to participate in a referendum nor a right to vote. As a result, any person with mental and intellectual disabilities who is subject to incapacitation has no voting rights. (arts. 2, 25 and 26)

42.The State party should revise its legislation to ensure that it does not discriminate against persons with mental and intellectual disabilities by denying them the right to vote on bases that are disproportionate or that have no reasonable and objective relationship to their ability to vote, taking account of article 25 of the Covenant.

D.Dissemination and follow-up

43.The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, its two Optional Protocols, its seventh periodic report, and the present concluding observations with a view to raising awareness of the rights enshrined in the Covenant among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and non-governmental organizations operating in the country, and the general public. The State party should ensure that the report and the present concluding observations are translated into the official language of the State party.

44.In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party is requested to provide, within one year of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee in paragraphs 8 (constitutional and legal framework within which the Covenant is implemented), 24, (voluntary termination of pregnancy) and 32 (rights of aliens) above.