[Source: Parliament of the Czech Republic’s website]

[Act No. 2/1993]

CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

The Federal Assembly, acting on the basis of proposals raised by the Czech National Council and by the Slovak National Council, recognizing the inviolability of the natural rights of man, of the rights of citizens, and of the sovereign character of law, proceeding from the universally shared values of humanity and from the democratic and self-governing traditions of our nations, remembering the bitter experience gained at times when human rights and fundamental freedoms had been suppressed in our country, hoping that these rights will be safeguarded through the common effort of all free nations, ensuing from the right of the Czech and Slovak nations to self-determination, recalling its share of responsibility towards future generations for the fate of life on this Earth, and expressing the resolve that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic should join in dignity the ranks of countries cherishing these values, has enacted this Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms:

Chapter One

General Provisions

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Article 3
1) Fundamental human rights and freedoms are guaranteed to everybody irrespective of sex, race, colour of skin, language, faith, religion, political or other conviction, ethnic or social origin, membership in a national or ethnic minority, property, birth, or other status.
2) Everybody has the right to a free choice of his or her nationality. Any form of influencing this choice is prohibited, just as any form of pressure aimed at suppressing one's national identity.
3) Nobody may be caused detriment to his or her rights because he or she asserts his or her fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Chapter Three

Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities

Article 24
The national or ethnic identity of any individual shall not be used to his or her detriment.

Article 25
(1) Citizens who constitute national or ethnic minorities are guaranteed all- round development, in particular the right to develop with other members of the minority their own culture, the right to disseminate and receive information in their language, and the right to associate in ethnic associations. Detailed provisions in this respect shall be set by law.
(2) Citizens constituting national and ethnic minorities are also guaranteed under conditions set by law
(a) the right to education in their language,
(b) the right to use their language in official contact,
(c) the right to participate in the settlement of matters concerning the national and ethnic minorities.

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Article 37

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4) Whoever states that he or she does not speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted is entitled to the services of an interpreter.

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Chapter Six

Joint Provisions

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Article 42
1) Wherever the Charter uses the term "citizen", it is to be understood as a citizen of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.
2) Citizens of other countries shall enjoy in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic the human rights and fundamental rights and freedoms the Charter extends to everybody irrespective of his or her citizenship.

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