Czech Government Will Submit Anti-Discrimination Law To Parliament

The Prague Daily Monitor reported yesterday that the government of the Czech Republic has drafted an anti-discrimination law that will be submitted to Parliament. The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion (as well as sexual orientation, physical disability, language, political conviction, property, marital status or membership in a political party and trade union). The law was supposed to be adopted by last year as a condition of the Czech Republic's entry into the European Union in 2004. The country faces the possibility of large fines in the European Court for failing to yet adopt anti-discrimination provisions. Last year the Czech Senate defeated a proposed bill.