The Basic Institutions for the Protection of Human Rights Under the Czech Constitution and the Charter

This part of the paper primarily examines the human rights protection system in the Czech Republic. Given the extensiveness of its legal regulation and the multitude of bodies involved in its implementation, the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms might appear robust and their status unproblematic. In reality, however, the opposite is true. According to the 2023 reports of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Amnesty International, European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, European Commission, United Nations Human Rights Council, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and Public Defender of Rights, significant shortcomings persist in the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Roma, persons with disabilities, and women.