Law being prepared to establish Children’s Ombudsman

The government’s legislative council is working on an amendment to the law that will enable the establishment of a Children's Ombudsman. According to the Czech Minister for Legislation Michal Šalomoun the draft law is being finalized and the position should be set up next year. Czechia is one of the last countries in the European Union which lacks a Children’s Ombudsman. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has long called on the country to establish one. Minister Šalomoun told Czech Radio that in view of the state of the country’s finances it is unlikely that the Children’s Ombudsman would have a separate office.