Czech Senate resolution on the selection of the new 15th Dalai Lama and the situation of minorities following the adoption of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress in the People’s Republic of China

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Country
  • EU Member States: 🇨🇿 Czechia
National Institution
  • Czechia: Czech Senate
Document Type
  • Resolution
Date
Mar 25, 2026
Topic
  • Assimilation
  • Dalai Lama
  • Religious Freedom
Summary

The resolution clearly states that the People’s Republic of China has no legitimate authority to select the successor to the 14th Dalai Lama, and calls on the Czech government to support the Tibetan people’s free choice of the 15th Dalai Lama.

It also expresses grave concern over China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress that was adopted that same month and which the Senate described as an instrument “openly advocating assimilation” that restricts cultural, religious and linguistic freedoms, including for Tibetans.

Source
ICT