Ústavní soud
Some of the hateful campaign slogans in the Czech local elections in Most, October 2018 - "Let's build a village for the riffraff" and "Inadaptables don't need to be addressed, they need the final solution." (Collage: Romea.cz)
Czech Constitutional Court rejects complaint about hateful election campaigns, but agrees they were unethical
22.1.2019 11:13 full story
Czech Constitutional Court says father's anonymous, racist e-mail about a non-white doll at nursery school was blackmail
15.1.2019 14:00 full story
Czech Constitutional Court upholds requirement for supermarket chains to donate to food banks
8.1.2019 10:15 full story
Czech Constitutional Court to review controversial local ordinance about sitting in public
19.11.2018 7:30 full story
Czech Constitutional Court: Complaint against decision to buy pig farm on Romani genocide site is inadmissable
5.5.2018 18:24 The Czech Constitutional Court has declared inadmissible a complaint filed with it against the decision by the Government to approve the purchase of the pig farm in Lety located on the site of a former concentration camp for Romani people. That means the complaint did not meet the requirements, neither in terms of content nor in terms of form, for the court to review it.full story
Czech city ignores Constitutional Court and refuses to abolish ordinance banning sitting outdoors
24.4.2018 15:52 The Mostecký deník daily reports that the City of Most is rejecting a call from the Czech Interior Ministry to abolish the unlawful part of a local ordinance banning sitting outdoors other than in locations intended for that purpose. "This is an effective tool for the local police and we do not just want to give it up," said Mayor Jan Paparega full story
Czech Constitutional Court receives complaint over buyout of pig farm on Romani genocide site
2.2.2018 7:03 The Czech Constitutional Court received a complaint in mid-January about the approval of the handover of the pig farm in Lety (Písek district) to the state. The daily Lidové noviny (LN) reported yesterday that the filing concerns the decree through which the previous coalition government of Bohuslav Sobotka (Czech Social Democratic Party - ČSSD) approved of the purchase last August. full story
Czech Constitutional Court decides local ordinances that ban sitting anywhere but on a bench are unconstitutional
16.7.2017 8:54 The Czech Constitutional Court has abolished the sections of ordinances issued by the towns of Litvínov and Varnsdorf that ban sitting in public anywhere but on a bench. Czech Public Defender of Rights Anna Šabatová filed a motion with the court over the decrees. full story
Czech Public Defender of Rights says municipal bans on sitting in public are unconstitutional
1.2.2016 0:45 News server iDNES.cz reports that Czech Public Defender of Rights Anna Šabatová is asking the Constitutional Court to overturn some parts of ordinances adopted by the northern Bohemian towns of Litvínov and Varnsdorf banning people from sitting down outdoors on low walls or steps. Similar ordinances have multiplied in recent years, but Šabatová believes they violate freedom of movement and are unconstitutional. full story
Czech Constitutional Court says MP's anti-Romani remarks not covered by immunity
25.6.2015 17:01 The Czech Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud - ÚS) has rejected a complaint filed by former MP Otto Chaloupka demanding immunity from prosecution. Last year the Czech Supreme Court rejected his appeal after he was given a suspended six-month sentence and put on probation for one year because of hateful remarks about Romani people that he posted to the Facebook social networking site. full story
Czech Republic: Did Romani people traffic in votes in Brno?
20.2.2015 1:55, (ROMEA) The question of whether a racketeering operation was involved in vote-buying during last fall's municipal elections in Brno depends on how racketeering is defined. On 17 February the Czech Constitutional Court overturned a decision that had invalidated the results of that poll in the Brno-sever municipal department.full story
Czech Constitutional Court backs activist in dispute with MP
Prague, 13.2.2015 22:00, (ROMEA) "The illegal behavior of MP Řápková has generated CZK 8 million of debt for the town of Chomutov so, to be honest, it is rather ridiculous for her to try to combat 'inadpatables' when she has proven so 'inadaptable' herself," said Daniel Hůle. The staffer with the NGO People in Need was commenting on a proposal brought by MP Lenka Kohoutová and MP Řápková to it legal for collections agencies to attach an individual's welfare benefits, which would leave the insolvent with only the legally-defined subsistence minimum as income. full story
Czech Constitutional Court rejects ex-Senator's complaint against fine for racism
Brno, 21.1.2015 16:03, (ROMEA) The Czech Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud - ÚS) has rejected a complaint from former Czech Senator Vladimír Dryml against a fine of CZK 20 000 that he must pay for verbally attacking a doctor from Yemen. The sanction was levied by the Czech Senate's Committee on Immunity, according to which Dryml's remarks were racially motivated. full story
Commentary: Freedom of speech vs. Holocaust denial
Prague, 12.8.2014 3:33, (ROMEA) After the revolutions of 1989, freedom speech became a "sacred right" in the new democracies of the post-communist world. This was hardly suprising. full story
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