Justice Delayed: The Right to Effective Remedy for Victims of Coercive Sterilization in the Czech Republic

摘要

Tens of thousands of women were coercively sterilized in Czechoslovakia and its successor states.Romani women were particularly targeted for these measures. These practices stopped only in 2004, as aresult of international pressure. Although some measures have been taken to ensure that these practicesare not repeated, to date neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia have completed the work of providingeffective remedy to victims, as is their right. This article focusses on efforts in the Czech Republic. Itconcludes that, inter alia, an administrative mechanism is needed to provide financial compensation tovictims, since the road to remedy via courts is effectively blocked.