Country

Czechia

Detention issue

Protection against violence

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Regulation No. 345/1999, Rules of Procedure of the Exercise of the Punishment of the Deprivation of Liberty (řád výkonu trestu odnětí svobody)In order to protect prisoners against violence, Prison Service employees are required to report all cases of violence to the director of a prison and carry out all measures to stop such behaviour. The prison’s director is required to investigate these reports. He/she has a duty to ensure that prisoners who may become a victim of violence are lodged separately from aggressive prisoners. Every cell needs to be equipped with an emergency signalling button.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2017The NPM said it is necessary to modify the Healthcare Services Act so that it is not a breach of the physician’s confidentiality duty to report the discovery of signs of ill-treatment. Furthermore, it is necessary to initiate a professional debate so that physicians accept their role in combatting ill-treatment with understanding and without undermining the physician-patient relationship. Report details