Person detained in a police cell in degrading conditions
August 18, 2014
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Complaints in the second quarter of 2014
July 26, 2014
Czech bill on foreigners' health insurance is bad
July 24, 2014
The Defender (ombudsman) Anna Šabatova is convinced that the draft of the bill on foreigners' health insurance is completely bad and has so many shortcomings that it is incorrigible.
EU citizens living in the Czech Republic are denied to vote in local poll
July 24, 2014
Foreigners from EU states with a long-time residence permit in the Czech Republic have been denied the right to take part in local elections which is at variance with European law.
Ombudsman warns of unregistered institutes for elderly
June 25, 2014
Proportionality of the manner of performing distrainment
June 23, 2014
Child benefit after leaving children’s home
May 19, 2014
Cases and investigations in the first quarter of 2014
April 28, 2014
Comments on non-legislative material relating to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 3, 2014
In his last report for the Chamber of Deputies the previous Defender informed about his comments on non-legislative document concerning of establishing a monitoring mechanism.
Release from employment in civil service due to HIV diagnosis
February 24, 2014
Infection with HIV (including the asymptomatic phase) can be considered disability, i.e. a prohibited ground of discrimination according to the Antidiscrimination Act. On the basis of the Defender’s report, the complainant filed a court action.
Anna Šabatová becomes new Czech ombudsman
February 14, 2014
She will take up the post after being sworn-in by Chamber of Deputies chairman Jan Hamacek on the 18th February.
Pavel Varvarovsky resigned as Czech ombudsman
December 20, 2013
Shortcoming in providing subsidies from the Green Savings Programme
December 10, 2013
The Ombudsman informed the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic about shortcoming of the Ministry of Environment and the State Environmental Fund in proving subsidies from the Green Savings Programme. The Ombudsman has not managed to achieve adequate remedial measures, even after having advised a higher authority or the government or informed the public of the findings from inquiries.
Providing information about misdemeanours of public officers
December 2, 2013
Instant assistance allowance for covering co-payments for medicinal products
November 20, 2013
The ombudsman dealt with a complaint about the procedure of a labour office which had not awarded an instant assistance allowance for covering co-payments for medicinal products, stating that expenses for medicinal products were already contained in the amount of the living minimum and that they needed to be paid from the subsistence allowance received by the complainant. He arrived at a conclusion that the office had erred because it had failed to substantiate in a sufficient manner its decision not to award the benefit.
Financial compensation of a victim of discrimination
October 31, 2013
Thanks to collaboration of the Ombudsman with Pro bono aliance, a complainant received CZK 80,000 as compensation for discrimination in access to employment on grounds of age.
Admission of a child to a kindergarten "in excess of the maximum capacity"
September 26, 2013
The Defender had pointed out the problem of only theoretical and solely formal possibility of a child to defend itself against an unlawful decision of a head teacher by appealing such a decision.
EC launches action against Czech Republic over foreigners' registration
September 5, 2013
The European Commission (EC) has launched proceedings EU Pilot before court action against the Czech Republic over Visapoint, the Foreign Ministry's system for foreigners' registration, on the initiative of the Czech Ombudsman.
ECHR confirmed the Ombudsman’s findings concerning humiliating treatment
August 7, 2013
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last week convicted the Czech Republic of inhuman and humiliating treatment of a detained man at a police station, which is the first similar verdict related to Czechs.