What are the main human rights documents?

There are certain national and international human rights documents that could be important for you. 

Slovakian

In Slovakia, human rights have been included in the highest national law – our Constitution. Chapter 2 of the Constitution contains fundamental human rights and freedoms.  

In addition to the Constitution, there are a number of special laws further elaborating on safeguarding and enforcing some human rights or rights of special groups of people. E.g., rights of the child are guaranteed by the Family Law, Education Law or the Law on the Commissioner on Children.

There are also many other laws which are not human rights documents in themselves, but which protect different aspects of human rights. 

example The Criminal Procedure Law contains provisions guaranteeing human rights during a criminal trial. The Press Act and the Act on Broadcasting and Retransmission regulate the freedom of expression of the media.

European & International

There are several important international human rights documents that Slovakia has joined and therefore they are binding to it.

Some documents are general and contain a broad human rights catalogue. Those are the following:

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Last updated 24/04/2021