Czech Republic Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Human rights === {{main|Human rights in the Czech Republic}} {{see also|LGBT rights in the Czech Republic}} Human rights in the Czech Republic are guaranteed by the [[Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms]] and [[international treaties]] on human rights. Nevertheless, there were cases of human rights violations such as discrimination against Roma children,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2016 |title=Diskriminace Romů v českých školách jako evropský problém |url=http://literarky.cz/komentare/michal-komarek/18387-diskriminace-rom-v-eskych-kolach-jako-evropsky-problem |access-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401143159/http://literarky.cz/komentare/michal-komarek/18387-diskriminace-rom-v-eskych-kolach-jako-evropsky-problem |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref> for which the [[European Commission]] asked the Czech Republic to provide an explanation,<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2014 |title=Evropská komise žádá Česko o data kvůli diskriminaci Romů ve školách |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/eu-chce-iformace-o-udajne-diskriminaci-romu-ve-skolstvi.A140925_201335_domaci_cen |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}</ref> or the illegal sterilization of Roma women,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2016 |title=Evropský soud tlačí vládu k odškodnění za nedobrovolné sterilizace romských žen|publisher=Liga lidských práv |url=http://llp.cz/2014/03/evropsky-soud-tlaci-vladu-k-odskodneni-za-nedobrovolne-sterilizace-romskych-zen/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=llp.cz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402194316/http://llp.cz/2014/03/evropsky-soud-tlaci-vladu-k-odskodneni-za-nedobrovolne-sterilizace-romskych-zen/ |archive-date=2 April 2016 }}</ref> for which the government apologized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2009 |title=Vláda: Litujeme nezákonných sterilizací romských žen|url=https://www.lidovky.cz/domov/vlada-litujeme-nezakonnych-sterilizaci-romskych-zen.A091123_165045_ln_domov_mtr |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=Lidovky.cz |language=cs}}</ref> [[File:Logo of People in Need.png|thumb|195x195px|Logo of the Czech humanitarian organization People in Need]] Prague is the seat of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Today, the station is based in Hagibor. At the beginning of the 1990s, [[Václav Havel]] personally invited her to Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=Launch of RFE broadcasts from Prague recalled on 20th anniversary |url=https://english.radio.cz/launch-rfe-broadcasts-prague-recalled-20th-anniversary-8255422 |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Radio Prague International}}</ref> People of the same sex can enter into a "[[Registered Partnership|registered partnership]]" in the Czech Republic. Conducting [[same-sex marriage]] is not legal under current Czech law.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopatka |first1=Jan |last2=Hovet |first2=Jason |title=Czech lawmakers give first nod to same-sex marriage bill, opposition ahead |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czech-lawmakers-give-first-nod-same-sex-marriage-bill-opposition-ahead-2023-06-29/ |website=Reuters |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> The best-known Czech activists and supporters of human rights include [[Bertha von Suttner|Berta von Suttner]], born in Prague, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her pacifist struggle, philosopher and the first Czechoslovak president [[Tomáš Masaryk|Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk]], student [[Jan Palach]], who set himself on fire in 1969 in protest against the Soviet occupation, [[Karel Schwarzenberg]], who was chairman of the International Helsinki Committee for Human Rights between 1984 and 1990, [[Václav Havel]], long-time dissident and later president, sociologist and dissident [[Jiřina Šiklová]] and [[Šimon Pánek]], founder and director of the [[People in Need]] organization. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page