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Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in the Czech Republic with European human rights mechanisms. Search CRIN's ratifications table to find regional instruments to which the Czech Republic is a party. European Court of Human Rights The Czech Republic is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/WCD/simpleSearch_en.asp). You can find summaries of decisions of the Court relevant to children here. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on the Czech Republic and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/CzechRep_en.pdf The case law database of the European Committee of Social Rights can be accessed here European Union The Czech Republic is a member of the European union and is therefore subject to EU directives and other standards pertaining to children's rights. Read more on the EU and children's rights.