Extremism

Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic
Security Policy Section
public@mvcr.cz

The Report on the Issue of Extremism in the Czech Republic in 2000

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1. Introduction

”The Report on the Issues of Extremism in the Czech Republic” (hereinafter ” the Report”) was produced by the Ministry of the Interior together with the Ministry of Justice. However, the representatives of the following ministries and organisations participated in its preparation: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, the Foreign Relationship and Information Office, the Security Intelligence Service, the Czech Government’s Human Rights Council (the Human Rights Department of the Office of the Czech Government), the Czech Government’s Nationality Council, and the Inter-ministerial Committee for Roma Community Matters.

”The Report” is a consensual view of state administration bodies on the issue in question.

The objective of the Report is to provide summary information on extremist issues (and related issues) in the Czech Republic and their impact on internal security and public order in 2000, and to assess the efficiency of measures adopted by Government’s Resolutions No. 720/1999 and No. 684/2000.1