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05PRAGUE854
2005-06-06 12:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Prague
Cable title:  

2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS

Tags:  OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ 
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UNCLAS PRAGUE 000854 

SIPDIS

FOR G/TIP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ
SUBJECT: 2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS

REF: STATE 97920

UNCLAS PRAGUE 000854

SIPDIS

FOR G/TIP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ
SUBJECT: 2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS

REF: STATE 97920


1. Poloff delivered the demarche regarding the release of
the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 6,
2005, to First Deputy Interior Minister Miroslav Koudelny and
to Dr. Pavel Rotyka, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of
Justice. Minister Koudelny, who is the Czech Republic's
National Coordinator for the fight against trafficking in
persons, was pleased to learn that the Czech Republic
retained its Tier 1 status in the 2005 report but assured
Poloff that he realizes there is much more to be done on this
important issue, and that combating trafficking will remain a
top priority for the country. Koudelny mentioned in
particular that more will be done to enhance and expand the
country's victim assistance model. Although the Deputy
Minister of Justice was unavailable, his Advisor, Dr. Rotyka,
was pleased to hear the TIP demarche and acknowledged the
fact that more convictions and tougher sentences for
traffickers were the Czechs' main areas for improvement.
Rotyka was eager to use the 2005 TIP Report to impress upon
judges and prosecutors how imporatant the TIP issue is to the
USG, and said that the Justice Ministry would like to post
the report on its own webpage. Poloff told him that in
addition to the copy given at the demarche, the report is
available in both English and Czech on the Embassy's webpage,
and that the Department encourages the Ministry to give the
report the widest distribution possible.


2. Embassy has also passed the TIP report to the Czech
Foreign Ministry, but not yet been able to meet with their
Human Rights Department.
CABANISS