SLP 11 (2016)

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. 9 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. The Public Defender of Rights as the National Preventive Mechanism; transforming the Ombuds-institution into the National Human 32 SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND NATIONAL 22 Rights Institution JUDr. Ondřej Vala

PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS – PRACTICAL ISSUES Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and the System of Visits in Individual Countries JUDr. Lukáš Machoň Ill-treatment in Findings of the Defender… and what next? Mgr. Marie Lukasová 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. 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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