ANNEX II COMMON CORE DOCUMENT CONTENT COMMON CORE DOCUMENT ................................................... ................................................ 1 GENERAL PART ................................................... ................................................... ...................... 3 1. General information on the Czech Republic ................................................... ............................. 3 A. Demographic, economic, social and cultural characteristics of the Czech Republic .......... 3 Total ................................................... ................................................... .................................. 17 M en Men ................................................... ................................................... ................................... 17 Women ................................................... ................................................... .............................. 17 B. Constitutional, political and legal structure of the Czech Republic ................................... 18 2. General legal context for the protection and promotion of human rights ................................... 34 C. Adoption of international human rights standards ................................................... .......... 34 D. Legal context of the protection of human rights at national level ..................................... 36 E. Institutions created for the purpose of protection and promotion of human rights ............ 38 F. Report preparation process at the national level ................................................... .............. 43 3. Information on non-discrimination, equality and remedies ................................................... ..... 44 2 GENERAL PART 1. General information on the Czech Republic A. Demographic, economic, social and cultural characteristics of the Czech Republic 1. The total area of the Czech Republic is 78,866 square kilometres and as at 31 December 2006, the total population of the Czech Republic was 10,266,646. 1 Its population density is 130 inhabitants per square kilometre. 2 2. Increase in the number of live births to 105.8 thousand, together with a decline in the number of deaths to 104.4 thousand resulted in a positive natural increase which in 2006 stood at 1.4 thousand people, while last time positive natural increase was recorded in 1993. After adding increase due to foreign migration (34.7 thousand people), the resulting population increase by 36.1 thousand people was recorded in the Czech Republic during 2006. Total fertility rate increased to 1.33 live births per woman at childbearing age. The total population of the Czech Republic has been steadily increasing for the fourth year now, however, till 2005 this was exclusively due to the immigration of foreigners. The population increase of 36.1 thousand people in 2006 was the highest figure since the formation of a separate Czech Republic in 1993. 3. Increase in the birth rate in the Czech Republic since 2002 had been preceded by its dramatic decline compared to the previous period which even despite slightly declining mortality resulted in population loss and which could not have been offset not even by positive migration – therefore, since 1994 the population has been declining. This trend of the total population balance has been reversed only in 2003, since when the population has been increasing, but only thanks to foreign migration surplus. 3 1 http://www.czso.cz/csu/redakce.nsf/c5cfebca9de6e905c125723a004180a6/70205e505233c01cc12570820040b7e7/ $FILE/oby01.xls 2 http://www.czso.cz/csu/2006edicniplan.nsf/p/4032-06 3 Since 2001, (in connection with the 2001 Population and Housing Census of the Czech Republic) the data include also foreign nationals with long stay (over 90 days) visa (under Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on residence of foreign nationals) and foreign nationals who have been granted asylum (under Act No. 325/1999 Coll., on asylum). Since 1 May 2004, in connection with the so-called Euro-amendment to Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on residence of foreign nationals, the data pertain to citizens of EU Member States with a temporary residence in the territory of the Czech Republic and citizens of third countries with a long-term residence in the territory of the Czech Republic. 3 4. In the course of 2006, 105.8 thousand live births were recorded in the Czech Republic, which was by 3.6 thousand more than in the previous year and the highest number since 1995, when the number of live births for the first time dropped under a hundred thousand children. The five-year period 2001 - 2005 in the context of evaluation of the long-term development of the number of births has changed the trend – after a significant decline, an increase was recorded. 2005, after ten years, was again the year in which the number of births exceeded the 100,000 level. 5. However fertility still remains to be low, in the long-term does not guarantee simple reproduction of the population. The continuing trend of postponement of childbirth till higher age has been proved by the fact that the average age of mothers further increased by 0.3 years to 28.9 years in the aggregate and to 26.9 years at birth of the first child. 6. The number of marriages was in 2006 by 1.0 thousand higher than in 2005 and reached 52.9 thousand. At the same time in the course of 2006, 31.4 thousand divorces were recorded which was by 127 higher than in 2005. The total divorce rate was 48.7 % of marriages ending in divorce. 7. In 2006, life expectancy at birth increased by more than half a year, compared to the previous period, to 73.4 years among men and 79.7 years among women. 8. The composition of the population in terms of the total share of women and men is stable: the share of women is slightly higher. In 2005, as at 31 December, of the total population, there were 10,251,079 women, i.e. 51.2 % (in the period 2000 – 2004 it was always 51.3 %). However, the share of women and men in individual age groups is different. Up to the age of thirty, the share of men is slightly higher. Between thirty and 49 years, the proportion between sexes is almost balanced and starting from fifty years, women start to prevail which is even more marked with higher age , in the 70- 79 age bracket, the ratio of men to women is 60.4 % : 39.6 % and among older people this ratio is 69.6 % : 30,4 %. 9. The above data are summarized in the table below Unit of Indicator 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 measure Population thousand 10 224 10 200 10 201 10 206 10 234 10 266 (Mid year-) population persons 192 774 651 923 092 646 4 Including those aged: thousand 0–14 persons 1 643 1 605 1 571 1 539 1 514 1 490 thousand 15–64 persons 7 168 7 180 7 211 7 240 7 275 7 308 thousand 65+ persons 1 413 1 416 1 420 1 428 1 445 1 469 thousand thereof: women persons 5 245 5 236 5 233 5 235 5 243 5 254 Life expectancy at birth men Years 72,1 72,1 72,0 72,5 72,9 73,4 women Years 78,4 78,5 78,5 79,0 79,1 79,7 Live births per 1,000 population ‰ 8,9 9,1 9,2 9,6 10,0 10,3 Deaths per 1,000 population ‰ 10,5 10,6 10,9 10,5 10,5 10,2 Natural increase/loss per 1,000 population ‰ -1,7 -1,5 -1,7 -0,9 -0,6 0,1 Marriages per 1,000 population ‰ 5,1 5,2 4,8 5,0 5,1 5,1 Divorces per 1,000 population ‰ 3,09 3,11 3,22 3,24 3,06 3,06 Divorces per 100 marriages % 60,3 60,2 67,1 64,3 60,4 59,4 National accounts CZK billion, current Production prices 5 874,0 6 033,2 6 385,4 7 060,5 7 531,9 8 421,4 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 107,3 103,1 105,1 106,8 105,6 110,8 CZK billion, current Intermediate consumption prices 3 741,6 3 793,1 4 042,3 4 528,2 4 845,6 5 516,6 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 110,1 103,4 106,4 108,1 105,1 113,0 CZK billion, current Gross domestic product 4 prices 2 352,2 2 464,4 2 577,1 2 817,4 2 994,4 3 220,3 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 102,5 101,9 103,6 104,6 106,5 106,4 CZK billion, current Gross national income prices 2 273,2 2 352,1 2 466,1 2 661,3 2 846,4 3 042,0 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 103,0 102,8 104,2 103,4 105,7 . CZK billion, current Gross disposable income prices 2 287,4 2 365,1 2 467,8 2 660,4 2 830,0 3 026,6 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 103,0 102,7 103,7 103,3 105,2 . Gross domestic product per capita in purchasing power parity PPS 5 13 738 14 595 15 390 16 595 17 426 18 777 4 The data are taken from annual national accounts, the data for 2006 are derived from the sum total of quarterly GDP estimates. 5 PPS (Purchasing Power Standard), the average purchasing power of 1 PPS is equal to the average purchasing power of 1 euro in EU 25 countries.. 5 CZK Household final consumption billion, expenditure current prices 1 206,9 1 248,1 1 317,4 1 400,0 1 445,8 1 532,0 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 102,3 102,2 106,0 102,9 102,4 104,4 CZK billion, current Gross national saving prices 570,4 553,3 532,2 618,5 703,1 784,5 Gross national saving rate 6 % 24,9 23,4 21,6 23,2 24,8 25,9 CZK billion, current Gross fixed capital formation prices 659,3 677,8 687,5 727,2 746,1 812,9 (previous year = 100) %, s. c. 106,6 105,1 100,4 103,9 102,3 107,6 Investment rate 5) % 28,0 27,5 26,7 25,8 24,9 25,2 CZK billion, Fixed assets (balance as at 31 current 10 10 December) prices 10 345,2 618,7 965,7 11 501,4 11 928,2 .