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Police and Human Rights

In the Czech Republic, there is no single, independent police complaints commission, for investigating all charges against the police, whether complaints of misconduct, or criminal charges filed against the police. All such complaints are investigated by the police’s own internal monitoring body, and the most important stage of the investigation; ascertaining whether a crime was, in fact, committed, is undertaken by the Interior Minister’s Inspectorate, which is exclusively made-up of retired police officers, all of whom still retain their rank.

In the vast majority of cases involving the inappropriate use of force by the police, Liga encounters an extreme unwillingness on the part of the Interior Ministry, to acknowledge that an offence has been committed by a police officer, as well as reluctance by the Courts to find police officers culpable. It is for this reason that Liga continues to push for the urgent establishment of an independent monitoring body to deal with all complaints against the police. Liga has published a policy paper focussing on how this independent body would function.

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