March 10, 2020
Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic elected Mr. Stanislav Křeček as the new Public Defender of Rights for the term of six years. Mr. Křeček succeeded Ms. Anna Šabatová and took his office on 19 February 2020.
March 5, 2020
As part of the Plan to Expand the Human Rights Activities of the Public Defender of Rights, the Office of the Public Defender of Rights has launched a series of educational seminars for employees of facilities detaining persons subject to restricted personal freedom.
February 4, 2020
On 4 December 2019, the newly elected Deputy of the Public Defender of Rights Monika Šimůnková took her office. The current Ombudswoman Anna Šabatová entrusted Ms. Šimůnková with the concrete agendas on 9 January. Ms. Šimůnková will deal with the cases and issues from the areas of the protection of children’s rights, environmental law, building law, issues concerning the transportation, law on administrative delicts, tax law, and the right to information.
February 4, 2020
On 4 December 2019, the newly elected Deputy of the Public Defender of Rights Monika Šimůnková took her office. The current Ombudswoman Anna Šabatová entrusted Ms. Šimůnková with the concrete agendas on 9 January. Ms. Šimůnková will deal with the cases and issues from the areas of the protection of children’s rights, environmental law, building law, issues concerning the transportation, law on administrative delicts, tax law, and the right to information.
January 23, 2020
The Office of the Public Defender of Rights has launched a four-year plan focused on human rights protection. The Plan will allow the ombudsman to focus even more strongly on particularly vulnerable groups, such as children, people with disabilities and people whose freedom has been restricted.
November 26, 2019
August 21, 2019
July 4, 2019
Number of international organisations and networks, namely ENNHRI, Equinet, GANHRI, IOI and OHCHR Europe, recently issued a statement in which they openly supported the Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland Adam Bodnar who is currently facing a strong criticism including the hateful campaign against him and hate speech for publicly protecting the right to a fair trial and the prohibition from inhumane and degrading treatment.
March 19, 2019