Czech Republic

August 15, 2017

Door Opens to Achieving Marriage Equality in Czech Republic

If it was up to the thousands who participated in last week’s Prague Pride, it’s clear the Czech Republic would be joining the growing list of countries legalizing same-sex marriage.

LGBT Rights

October 21, 2014 Letter

Letter to the Chair of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
LGBT Rights

August 15, 2017 Dispatches

Door Opens to Achieving Marriage Equality in Czech Republic

Boris Dittrich
Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
LGBT Rights

Courts are sometimes better allies than elected politicians when it comes to upholding the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. A striking example is last year’ s US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. This month, it was the Czech Constitutional Court’s turn.

What’s the case?

June 30, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Czech Court Finds Denial of Same Sex Adoption ‘Illogical, Irrational,’ Discriminatory

Boris Dittrich
Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Reports More Reports

June 2, 1996

Czech Republic

Roma in the Czech Republic Foreigners in Their Own Land
June 1, 1996

Roma in the Czech Republic

Foreigners in their Own Land
August 1, 1992

Struggling for Ethnic Identity

Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies

News

March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
November 20, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Discrimination at Western Balkan Borders Puts People at Risk

Lydia Gall
Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
January 29, 2015 News Release

EU: Lackluster Commitment to Rights Protection
February 13, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Pressure Keeps Karimov Away

Andrew Stroehlein
European Media Director
February 12, 2014 Letter

Open letter to Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman on the upcoming visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov
February 12, 2014 Letter

Reply to Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman on the upcoming visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov
February 6, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Prague's Absurd Invitation

Andrew Stroehlein
European Media Director
January 29, 2014 Commentary

Uzbekistan: Who's Coming To Prague Castle For Dinner?

Steve Swerdlow
Researcher, Central Asia

Published In: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
February 14, 2013 Commentary

Divided We Fall: Intolerance in Europe Puts Rights at Risk

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: open Democracy
December 21, 2011 Commentary

Vaclav Havel: The Playwright in Prague Castle

Jeri Laber

Published In: International Herald Tribune
December 18, 2011 News Release

Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Vaclav Havel
December 17, 2008 Letter

Joint NGO Letter to the Czech Republic Regarding the EU Network on Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes

Daily Brief

June 20, 2018

Big day - Lots of news - Deep breath... Trump's policy of ripping children away from their parents; Looking at deaths in ICE custody; US leaving UN Human Rights Council; Hungary criminalizing assistance to migrants; Believe it or not, it's World Refugee Day; The danger that chemical weapons will become normal again; Saudi crackdown on women's rights activists; The need to investigate protester deaths in Gambia; What is the Indonesian government hiding in Papua?; and finally, some good news: new global health guidelines are a victory for transgender people.