About Us
The Ethics Commission for Recognition of Participants in Anti-Communist Opposition and Resistance (hereinafter only “Ethics Commission") comprises of nine members. The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Senate of the Czech Parliament, Czech Government and the Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes elect and recall two members each. One member is appointed and recalled by the President of the Czech Republic. The Chair of the Ethics Commission is elected and recalled by the government from the members elected by the government.
The members of the Ethics Commission are elected for a five-year term. Nobody can be elected for more than two consecutive terms.
The authority of the Ethics Commission is regulated by the provision § 7 of the Act No. 262/2011 Coll., on the Participants in Anti-Communist Opposition and Resistance.