CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES OF PROTECTION AND STATE SECURITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE POLISH-BELARUSIAN BORDER CRISIS

Abstract

Every form of statehood, since its inception, has been forced to confront universally existing threats and crises that have attacked its independence, the indivisibility of its territory and its general security.   As a consequence, states began to create mechanisms aimed at enabling the recovery from critical situations, restoring proper functioning and guaranteeing a sense of security and stability for the individual. The 1997 Constitution of the Republic of Poland, by referring to the need to ensure the indivisibility of the territory and the security and inviolability of its borders, gives this duty paramount importance. The crisis caused by the provocation of an artificial influx of foreigners by the Belarusian regime, which is currently taking place on the Polish-Belarusian border, poses a significant threat not only to the Baltic States, but also to the European Union. The methods and measures used to finalise it are primarily intended to ensure border security, which - given the hybrid nature of the actions carried out by Belarus - is an extremely complicated task. The measures implemented by the Polish services in response to the crisis significantly reduce the absolute need to respect human rights, the rules of international law and the rules of democracy, by which the Belarusian regime does not feel bound and obliged to resolve the crisis. Poland has introduced a variety of legal and legislative measures to effectively.