US embassy cable - 05PRAGUE854

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