Krzysztof Smiszek

Krzysztof Smiszek (b. 1979) received his law degree in 2003 from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University in Poland. In 2006 obtained his degree in European Law (Warsaw University, post-graduate studies). From 2003 until 2005 he worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Polish Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status of Women and Men - national equality body responsible for combating discrimination. From 2005 until 2008 he worked as a senior legal specialist at the Polish Prime Minister Chancellery. Krzysztof Smiszek is a certified legal trainer of the EU anti-discrimination law. He cooperates with the Polish nationwide LGBT organization Campaign Against Homophobia where he heads the Legal Team. He has been involved as an adviser on law & equality to numerous Polish NGOs, trade unions and businesses. Krzysztof Smiszek is an author of a number of articles and papers on EU anti-discrimination legislation. He is a co-author (together with Karolina Kedziora) of the book Bullying and discrimination at the workplace (Warsaw 2008, C.H. Beck). He is the current Deputy President of the Polish Society of Anti-discrimination Law which brings together a range of Polish law practitioners, policy experts, lawyers of Polish human rights, NGOs, and academics interested in promoting and improving anti-discrimination legislation (www.ptpa.org.pl). Since 2008 he has been working as a Policy Officer in Equinet - the European Network of Equality Bodies (Brussels). Along with Helmut Graupner, he is Co-chair of the European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL).