Czech Republic

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October 12, 2018

Czech Transgender Sterilization Law Violates Right to Health

A policy in the Czech Republic forcing transgender people to undergo sterilization surgeries to legally change their gender violates the right to health, according to the European Committee of Social Rights.

LGBT Rights

October 21, 2014 Letter

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

October 12, 2018 Dispatches

Czech Transgender Sterilization Law Violates Right to Health

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
LGBT Rights

June 22, 2018 Dispatches

Czech Government Supports Marriage Equality Bill

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

August 15, 2017 Dispatches

Door Opens to Achieving Marriage Equality in Czech Republic
March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
June 30, 2016 Dispatches

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

Daily Brief

February 15, 2019

UN investigation needed into mass internment of an estimated one million Turkic Muslims; US still rejects regulations preventing ‘Killer Robots’; new wave of anti-LGBT persecution in Chechnya; post-election killings test for new DR Congo president; 300 babies die in war zones every day; growing concern for jailed women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia; antisemitism on the rise across Europe; rights lawyer faces bogus charges in Equatorial Guinea; and new Barbie doll could help fight stigma around physical disabilities.