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CONTENTS
Foreword
Pavel Šturma
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LEGITIMACY OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS
The Legitimacy of National Human Rights Institutions in the System
of International Protection of Human Rights
doc. Dr. iur. Harald Christian Scheu, Mag. phil., Ph.D.
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND NATIONAL
PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS – THEORETICAL ISSUES
The Operation of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and
the National Preventive Mechanism
JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.
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The Public Defender of Rights as the National Preventive Mechanism;
transforming the Ombuds-institution into the National Human
Rights Institution
JUDr. Ondřej Vala
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND NATIONAL
PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS – PRACTICAL ISSUES
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and the System
of Visits in Individual Countries
JUDr. Lukáš Machoň
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Ill-treatment in Findings of the Defender… and what next?
Mgr. Marie Lukasová
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The Provision of Health Services in the Czech Republic
from the Perspective of the UN Convention against Torture
JUDr. Petr Šustek, Ph.D.
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EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE
AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in the Case-law
of the European Court of Human Rights
JUDr. Bc. Alla Tymofeyeva, Ph.D.
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Criminalization of Ill-treatment under the European Convention
on Human Rights: the Obligation of an Adequate Legal Framework
Mgr. Viktor Kundrák, E.MA, Mgr. Petr Konůpka
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Summary
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Bibliography
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