[983] Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, 1993, http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/laws/charter.html.
[984] Act no. 101 of 2000 "On Personal Data Protection."
[985] Act of April 29, 1992 on Protection of Personal Data in Information Systems (No. 256/92).
[986] "E.U. warns applicants on slow preparations," Financial Times, November 5, 1998.
[987] Commission of the European Communities 2002 Regular Report on Czech Republic's Progress Towards Accession, 60 (October 9, 2002) available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/report2002/.
[988] "Czech President Signs Amendment to Law on Personal Data Protection," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, May 25, 2001.
[989] Office for Personal Data Protection, available at http://www.uoou.cz/.
[990] Office for Personal Data Protection, Annual Report 2002, http://www.uoou.cz/eng/vyroc_zprava.php3.
[991] E-mail from Ivan Procházka, Head of Department of Foreign Relations for the Office for Personal Data Protection, Czech Republic, to John Baggaley, Electronic Privacy Information Center, June 10, 2003 (on file with Electronic Privacy Information Center).
[992] Office for Personal Data Protection, Annual Report, June 1 -December 31 2000, http://www.uoou.cz/eng/vyroc_zprava.php3.
[993] Office for Personal Data Protection, Annual Report 2001, http://www.uoou.cz/eng/vyroc_zprava.php3.
[994] Office for Personal Data Protection, Annual Report 2002, http://www.uoou.cz/eng/vyroc_zprava.php3.
[995] As of June 12, 2002, the case is still ongoing before the Constitutional Court. E-mail from Ivan Procházka, Head of Department of Foreign Relations for the Office for Personal Data Protection, Czech Republic, to John Baggaley, Electronic Privacy Information Center, June 10, 2003 (on file with Electronic Privacy Information Center).
[996] Article 88 of Criminal Process Law.
[997] "Bugging Device found in Czech Foreign Ministry Conference Centre," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, May 22, 2001.
[998] US State Department, Human Rights Report, 1999, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/index.cfm?docid=325.
[999] Id.
[1000] CTK National News Wire, November 8, 1996.
[1001] Penal Code, section 238.
[1002] Penal Code, section 206.
[1003] Penal Code, section 239.
[1004] Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit, Legal Aspects of Information Services and Intellectual Property Rights in Central and Eastern Europe, Feb 1995.
[1005] "Constitutional Court to Deal with Complaints Against Police," CTK National News Wire, November 29, 2000.
[1006] Act no. 106/1999 Coll., on free access to information.
[1007] "Freedom of info clears last hurdle," The Prague Post, May 19, 1999.
[1008] "Czech cabinet rejects legislation facilitating access to information," CTK news agency, August 5, 2002.
[1009] Act no. 123/1998 Coll., on the right to information about the environment.
[1010] "Internet publication of Czech communist era agents' names legal," CTK news agency, March 17, 2003, available at http://www.mvcr.cz.
[1011] "Czech data protection office against SARS registration cards - press," CTK news agency, May 3, 2003.
[1012] Signed 21/02/91, Ratified 18/03/92, Entered into Force 01/01/93. http://conventions.coe.int.
[1013] See http://conventions.coe.int.