Review of Legal Regulations, Recommendations and International Instruments Related to Social and Legal Protection of Children

1. National legislation

  • Resolution of the Presidium of the Czech National Council No. 2/1993 Coll. on promulgation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
  • Act No. 359/1999 Coll., on social and legal protection of children, as amended
  • Act No. 94/1963 Coll., on family, as amended
  • Act No. 40/1964 Coll., Civil Code, as amended
  • Act No. 99/1963 Coll., Civil Procedure Code, as amended
  • Act No. 97/1963 Coll., on international private and procedural law, as amended
  • Act No. 140/1961 Coll., Criminal Act, as amended
  • Act No. 40/2009 Coll., Criminal Code – in effect from 1 January 2010
  • Act No. 141/1961 Coll., Criminal Procedure Code, as amended
  • Act No. 218/2003 Coll., on juvenile courts
  • Act No. 200/1990 Coll., on offences, as amended
  • Act No. 325/1999 Coll., on asylum and on modification of Act No. 283/1991 Coll., on the Police of the Czech Republic, as amended
  • Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the residence of foreign persons in the territory of the Czech Republic, and amendments to certain acts, as amended
  • Act No. 221/2003 Coll., on temporary protection
  • Act No. 109/2002 Coll., on the provision of institutional education or protective education at school facilities and on preventative educational care at school facilities and on amendments to certain acts
  • Act No. 110/2006 Coll., on subsistence minimum, as amended
  • Act No. 108/2006 Coll., on social services, as amended
  • Act No. 117/1995 Coll., on state social support, as amended
  • Act No. 111/2006, Coll. on assistance to persons in material distress, as amended
  • Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Rules of Administrative Procedure, as amended
  • Act No. 379/2005 Coll., on measures aimed at protection against harm caused by tobacco products, alcohol and other addictive substances and amendments to related acts
  • Act No. 202/1990 Coll., on lotteries and other similar games, as amended
  • Act No. 273/2008 Coll., on the Police of the Czech Republic
  • MLSA Instruction file no. 21-12242/2000 dated 15 March 2000, specifying the scope of records keeping with respect to children and contents of files held by social and legal protection authorities and contents of files on applicants for adopting or fostering children
  • Instruction file no. 142/2007-Org. dated 5 April 2007, regulating the procedure upon enforcement of judicial decisions on upbringing of minors

2. International conventions, EC acquis and recommendations

  • Notification No. 104/1991 Coll. of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Notification No. 45/2003 Coll. of adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
  • Notification No. 209/1993 Coll. of the Agreement between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on legal aid by judiciary bodies and on regulation of certain legal relations in civil and criminal matters
  • Notification No. 34/1998 Coll. of the Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  • Notification No. 43/2000 Coll. of the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption
  • Notification No. 132/2000 Coll., of the European Convention on the Adoption of Children
  • Notification No. 66/2000 Coll., of the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children
  • Notification No. 47/2001 Coll. of adoption of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock.
  • Notification No. 54/2001 Coll., of adoption of the European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Right
  • Notification No. 141/2001 Coll., of adoption of the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children
  • Notification No. 90/2002 Coll., of adoption of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (Convention 182)
  • Notification No. 91/2005 Coll. of the Convention on Contact concerning Children
  • Regulation No. 33/1959 Coll., on the Convention on the Recovery Abroad of maintenance
  • Regulation No. 132/1976 Coll., on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations
  • Notification No. 209/1992 Coll., on the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000
  • Council Resolution 97/C 221/03 of 26 June 1997 on unaccompanied minors who are nationals of third countries
  • Recommendation RE 4(1984) on parental responsibilities
  • Recommendation RE 6(1987) on foster families
  • Recommendation RE 2(1993) on the medico-social aspects of child abuse
  • Recommendation RE 1286 (1996) on a European strategy for children