A foreigner is allowed to stay for humanitarian reasons on the territory of the Republic of Poland, if the obligation to return it:
- can only take place in a country in which, in the meaning of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, drafted in Rome on November 4, 1950:
- his right to life, liberty and personal security would be at risk
- he could be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or
- he might be forced to work, or he could be deprived of the right to a fair trial or punished without a legal basis, or 2) violate his right to family or private life as defined in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, drawn up in Rome on November 4, 1950,
- would violate the rights of the child, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 20, 1989, to a degree that significantly threatens his psychophysical development.