ABSTRACT
Poland regained its independence only in 1918. Earlier, its territory was part of three neighbouring countries, as the Kingdom of Prussia, Russia and Austria partitioned the land of the Polish State between 1772 and 1795. Poland became a member of the Council of Europe on 26 November 1991, and it ratified the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, which came into effect on 19 September 1993. The existence of adequate review of judgment in the due administrative course of instance understood as one of the types of internal review is not classified as a mandatory European standard. Administrative procedure – as a necessary condition prior to the submission of a complaint to an administrative court – should not be excessive, and the applicant must be guaranteed a reasonable period of time to lodge a judicial complaint.
