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“Pranks” on teachers
February 13, 2017
Complaints in the 4th Quarter of 2016
January 31, 2017
Administrative punishment by the Labour Inspectorate
December 15, 2016
Regulation of advertising in Prague
November 29, 2016
More children turn to Czech ombudsman, offices make mistakes
October 31, 2016
(CTK) – The Office of Czech Ombudsman Anna Sabatova has received 49 complaints from children this year, her assistant Barbora Kubikova told CTK, adding that the number for the full last year was 51 in the country with a population of 10.5 million.
Czech police erred during Chinese President's visit
October 10, 2016
(with CTK) – According to Ombudsman Anna Sabatova, the Czech police acted chaotically and disproportionately during some incidents in the streets of Prague accompanying the March visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The police detained some people groundlessly.
Conditions in education
September 1, 2016
Imposition of the duty to visit a mediator
August 17, 2016
A father of a child approached the Defender with a request for inquiry into the procedure of the Prague City Hall (hereinafter also the “City Hall”), which, in the appellate proceedings, annulled the decision of the Prague 10 Municipal Authority on imposing on the mother the duty to visit a mediator.
The Defender’s main findings in the 2nd Quarter of 2016
July 25, 2016
Complaints in the 2nd Quarter of 2016
July 18, 2016
European Standards for Equality Bodies
June 16, 2016
Mr Polak, Head of the Division of Equal Treatment, as a member of the Equinet Executive Board has been actively involved in formulating the European standards on the independence, effectiveness, functions and powers of national equality bodies, which are being presented at the Equinet Conference in Brussels (15-16 June).
Recommendations on enrolment in primary schools
June 15, 2016
Ombudsman reveals mistakes in children's protection
June 8, 2016
The Czech Ombudsman's Office has looked into 142 complaints against the bodies for social and legal protection of children (OSPOD) in the past two years and has found mistakes in 77 cases (54 percent).
Age discrimination at work
June 6, 2016
Access of sight impaired persons to the “Inspection of the Land Registry” online application
May 18, 2016
The Deputy-Defender inquired into the conditions under which sight impaired persons are able to use the “Inspection of the Land Registry” online application without entering CAPTCHA codes.