OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Act on Establishment of the
Slovak National Centre for Human Rights
unimpeachable integrity is to be showed by an extract from the Criminal Records5).
Information of the third sentence is to be immediately sent by the Centre in electronic form to
General Prosecutor’s office for the purpose of delivering an extract from the Criminal Records.
(6) A person is considered active in line with para. 4 subpara. b) if he/she is active in public
sector, non-government sector, in science, research and education or legal profession,
mediation and other forms of provision of legal aid.
(7) Within election, the respective committee pays due attention to secure independence and
pluralistic participation of experts active in the area of human rights or in the area of
non-discrimination, reflecting different parts of society.
(8) Membership in the Board is incompatible with a function in a public body or membership
in a political party or a political union. A member of the Board is obliged to terminate
such function or membership within 30 days since his/her appointment.
(9) Term of office of a member of the Board is five years; it starts from the day of
appointment. A subject that appointed the member under para. 1 delivers a written
notice of appointment to the Centre without undue delay. The same person can be
appointed as a member of the Board for not more than two consecutive terms.
Membership in the Board is not substitutable.
(10) Membership in the Board is an honorary function. A member of the Board is entitled to
compensation of costs related to the performance of his/her function under a special
act.6)
(11) The membership in the Board is terminated
a) by expiration of the term of office of a member of the Board,
b) by resignation of a member of the Board,
c) by recalling of a member of the Board,
d) by effectiveness of a decision of conviction of a member of the Administrative Board for a
deliberate crime or crime in case the court has not ruled on suspension of sentence of
imprisonment, or
e) by death or declaration of death of a member of the Board.
(12) A member of the Board shall be recalled by the Board in case
a) he/she fails to participate in three consecutive meetings of the Board without giving serious
justification,
b) he/she hurts or hurt good name and interests of the Centre by his/her conduct or
statements,
c) his/her health condition does not permit due performance of duties resulting from the
membership for a long period of time, at least for three consecutive months,
d) he/she failed to fulfill the obligation under para. 8, or
e) he/she no longer fulfills the requirement of incompatibility under para. 8.
(13) The Board notifies a subject who appointed the recalled member of Board about the
recall without undue delay and requests that this subject proposes two candidates for
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