Commissioner's responsibility is to protect civil and human rights implied by the Constitution of Poland and other legislative acts.

In September 2020, the term of office of the incumberent ombudsman (Adam Bodnar) was supposed to expire, but the Sejm and the Senate had not agreed on a successor.

Twice the Sejm (where the parties in government were in majority) voted down the opposition candidate, the lawyer[7] Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz [pl].

Once the Sejm appointed the government's candidate, Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk, who however was not confirmed by the Senate (where the opposition parties were in majority).

[9] The same day, the Sejm appointed government candidate Bartłomiej Wróblewski as new ombudsman, to be considered for approval by the Senate (with 240 MPs voting "for", 201 "against", and 11 abstaining).