Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions (Czech Republic)
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The Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions is a committee
of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic concerned with matters of education
, science
, culture
, human rights
and petition
s. It consists of nine members. The current chair of the committee is Jaromír Jermář
. The vice chairs are Hana Doupovcová, Marcel Chládek, Karel Kapoun, and Jiří Oberfalzer. Its remaining members are Petr Bratský‚ Václav Homolka‚ Miloš Janeček, and Richard Svoboda.
There are two subcommittees: The Subcommittee on Pre-school, Elementary and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education, Science,Culture, Human Rights and Petitions, and the Subcommittee on Sport of the Committee on Education, Science,Culture, Human Rights and Petitions.
In 2008, the committee hosted the international conference European Conscience and Communism
.
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic concerned with matters of education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and petition
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
s. It consists of nine members. The current chair of the committee is Jaromír Jermář
Jaromír Jermář
Jaromír Jermář is a Czech historian and politician. He is serving as a Senator in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic , and is chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions...
. The vice chairs are Hana Doupovcová, Marcel Chládek, Karel Kapoun, and Jiří Oberfalzer. Its remaining members are Petr Bratský‚ Václav Homolka‚ Miloš Janeček, and Richard Svoboda.
There are two subcommittees: The Subcommittee on Pre-school, Elementary and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education, Science,Culture, Human Rights and Petitions, and the Subcommittee on Sport of the Committee on Education, Science,Culture, Human Rights and Petitions.
In 2008, the committee hosted the international conference European Conscience and Communism
Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism
The Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism , which was signed on 3 June 2008, was a declaration signed by prominent European politicians, former political prisoners and historians, including past signatories of Charter 77 such as Václav Havel, which called for condemnation of and...
.