Czech authorities planning to register child sex offenders

The Czech authorities are planning to introduce a register of offenders of child sex crimes in order to prevent such individuals from working with children. According to Deputy Justice Minister Antonín Stanislav the justice, interior and education ministries have agreed on the conditions under which it would operate. In the case of serious offences,  such as the rape of a child, offenders will be registered automatically. In the case of less serious offences, the respective court will decide on the registration. The register will feature people convicted of sexually motivated crimes committed against children i.e. rape, sexual coercion, crimes involving child pornography and prostitution.

Currently there is no central list of child abusers available to the authorities and there have been cases of pedophiles who were convicted of child abuse being employed in schools and children’s groups where they repeated the offense.