Andrzej Zoll was born in Sieniawa, Poland.[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in 1964.[1] He earned his Ph.D. in 1968, and a habilitated doctor's title in 1973. In 1988 he became professor of legal sciences. Since 1994 he heads the Chair of Criminal Law of the Jagiellonian University.[1]
Zoll is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the European Art and Science Academy in Salzburg.[3] Between 1989 and 1993, he served as a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal and between 1990 and 1993 he was chairman of the State Electoral Committee.[3] In 2002, he was appointed deputy director at the European Ombudsman Institute.[3] Since 2000 until 2006, he served as Polish Ombudsman for Citizens' Rights.[3]