International Treaties
The Czech Republic is bound by these international treaties and documents:
- Directive 2011/36 /EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing trafficking, combating and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (available online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:101:0001:0011:EN:PDF).
- Council Directive 2004/81/EC of 29 April 2004 on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities (available online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1442921561847&uri=CELEX:32004L0081).
- Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA, (available online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012L0029)
- Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (available online: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009L0052).
- ILO Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930 (No.29), which is one of 8ILO fundamental conventions, (available online: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029).
The Czech Republic has neither signed, nor ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings no. 197 dated May 16, 2005, which is not signed nor ratified, but the Czech republic but the Czech Republic fulfills the obligations arising from it (available online: http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/197).