Constitution - Czech Republic

Constitutional provisions regarding equality are the following:

1. Article 3 [Constitutional Order] grants that "Part of the constitutional order of the Czech Republic is the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms."

2. Article 96(1) provides that "All parties in legal proceedings have equal rights before the court".

3. Article 10 of the constitution of the Czech Republic deals with the applicability of international human rights treaties in national law. It gives precedence to human rights treaties over national law, which in effect, grants all Czech citizens the ability to enforce rights derived from international agreements in the Czech national courts of law.

4. Article 10 [Human Rights Treaties] states that "Ratified and promulgated international accords on human rights and fundamental freedoms, to which the Czech Republic has committed itself, are immediately binding and superior to law."