Lipavský recalls legacy of Havel and Schwarzenberg for Czech foreign policy

The promotion of democracy, human rights and civil society as part of Czech foreign policy since the 1990s is also a legacy of the late politicians President Václav Havel and Karel Schwarzenberg, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said at the opening of the informal session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Prague on Friday.

Mr Lipavský also said that protecting human rights can reduce the emergence of security threats such as terrorism or illegal migration.

Czechia is running for the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2025 to 2027 and for the position of non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the years 2032 and 2033. The current chair of the Human Rights Council is Václav Bálek, Czechia’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva.