Prohibition of discrimination and violation of the student’s dignity

Abstract

The article deals with the subject of disciplinary responsibility of female and male students from the perspective of discriminatory behaviour. Anti-discrimination legislation in Poland, apart from the employment sphere, does not provide protection against discrimination. The Act on the implementation of certain provisions of the European Union in the field of equal treatment introduces broad protection of only some legally protected features. Universities, in the sense of responsibility for the safety and protection of the academic community, introduce internal anti-discrimination regulations, emphasizing important values and principles that every male and female student should follow. Socio-political conditions may influence the disciplinary proceedings of male and female students. Assessment of the breach of the student’s dignity as one of the premises of disciplinary liability encounters many difficulties and more and more often may refer to the conflict of freedom of speech and the right to equal treatment.