The human rights dimension of Czech foreign policy
The human rights dimension of Czech foreign policy

Author(s): Veronika Bílková
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Politics and society, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Human rights policy; Czech Republic; Foreign policy; Czech human rights dimension; democracy;
Summary/Abstract: The year 2015 brought some pacification in the Czech foreign policy in the area of human rights. The vivid discussion, which was held about human rights diplomacy and its suitable set-up in the Czech media during 2014, was silenced or, as the case may be, it was only brought to mind by a few isolated inputs and summarizing memoir. In the middle of the year, after long months of the preparations, new conceptual materials – The Concept of Foreign Policy and The Concept of Support of Human Rights and Transformation Co-operation were also officially adopted. Both texts showed that in the Czech human rights diplomacy as well as in the Czech foreign policy in general, no revolution was taking place. The objectives and priorities were completed in a partial way, not reassessed on principle. It also applied to the used tools and involved actors. The topic of human rights in the foreign policy remained politicized in 2015, but the level of its polarization was reduced considerably. It became one of many foreign policy topics again, which – with the exception of extraordinary events – did not generate any bigger interest of the public.

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