Senator Pavel Fischer, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and
Security. T.: +420 739 205 995
Katerina Bursik Jacques, Secretary of the Senate Group of Friends of Tibet. T.: +420 603 167
937, jacques.katerina@gmail.com
THE SENATE OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
I. A c k n o w l e d g e s
The ideals of the Olympic Charter, which include respect for the preservation of human
dignity and non-discrimination on grounds of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language,
religion, political or other opinion, nationality or social origin, property, origin or another
status among the basic principles and values of Olympism;
II.Notes with concern that
1. There are massive violations of human rights and freedoms, genocide and crimes against
humanity, ethnic discrimination, and the suppression of cultural, religious and political
identity in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in particular in the Autonomous Regions of
Tibet and Xinjiang;
2. The Government of the PRC, despite official repeated requests from representatives of the
UN Human Rights Council, refuses to grant access to independent missions of the
international community;
3. The Government of the PRC, contrary to its commitment to hold the Olympic Games as
“free and open,” already misused the 2008 Olympic Games to further suppress human rights
and freedoms and restrict freedom of expression;
III. Makes and appeals to
1. The Government of the Czech Republic to evaluate the fulfilment of international human
rights obligations by the PRC, to systematically comment on the human rights situation in the
PRC at the UN Human Rights Council or the UN General Assembly, and to actively support
similar initiatives of other countries;
2. The government and other political representatives of the Czech Republic to reject the
invitation to participate in the Olympic Games in the PRC, as their presence could be misused
to legitimize further discrimination, violence, and suppression of fundamental rights;
3. The Czech Olympic Committee, when selecting the organizers of the Games, to ensure
their readiness to comply with the principles of the Olympic Charter and its other
international obligations and to prevent the abuse of the Olympic Games for political
propaganda;
IV. Reminds of