Providing information about misdemeanours of public officers
December 2, 2013
News
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.
EU court deals with Slovak benefits issue also on the initiative of the Czech ombudsman
July 25, 2013
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has started dealing with the issue of long-time care benefits that Slovakia is not paying to its citizens living in the Czech Republic, on the initiative of Czech ombudsman Pavel Varvarovsky.
Ombudsman is the most popular Czech public institution
July 9, 2013
Ombudsman Pavel Varvarovsky is the most popular institution of the Czech social and political life, followed by President Milos Zeman, according to a CVVM's agency poll.
Cooperation with Pro bono aliance shows first signs of success
May 27, 2013
Ombudsman successfully handed two cases concerning discrimination to attorneys providing pro bono services. Both were concluded by an out-of-court settlement and the satisfaction of the claim of discrimination victims.
New Deputy-Ombudsman
April 4, 2013
Focus on care for the elderly
March 15, 2013
Ombudsman started visits of facilities for seniors. His research reveals that three quarters of regional facilities for seniors write on their websites that they will not admit persons treated for a mental disease (including dementia) or people who had problems with alcohol sometimes in their life.
Research of repletion of the collection of documents of the Trade Register
February 25, 2013
More than two thirds of entrepreneurs do not publish their annual statements in the Trade Register, although it is their obligation. The ombudsman performed an inquiry in order to determine whether registration courts monitor the correctness of the recorded data and the completeness of the collection of documents.
Supervision over restriction of personal freedom in the end of 2012
February 7, 2013
Within the fourth quarter of 2012 the ombudsman conducted eight systematic visits, held meeting with the directors of visited institution for children and prepared the systematic visits to institutions for persons suffering from dementia.
Ombudsman succeeded with his critics of the project DONEZ
January 30, 2013
After critics of the system and unsuccessful recommendation addressed to the Chamber of Deputies to cancel the part of provision of employment law the ombudsman announced he was considering bringing an action to the administrative court protect the public interest. On the 24th January the Minister of Labour announced, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is going to dampen the project.
To the subject-matter of the noise protection act
December 14, 2012
Ombdusman stated that by the failure to discuss the subject-matter of the bill sufficiently with the public, its quality, in addition to democratic values, suffered.
Statement regarding a statutory duty to perform community service, challenged at the Constitutional Court
December 12, 2012
Constitutional Court deleted compulsory community service from the government reform package, agreeing with the ombudsman statement.
Identity of representatives of the public in a courtroom
November 21, 2012
Establishment of identity of representatives of the public in a courtroom as an incorrect official procedure pursuant to Act No. 82/1999 Coll.