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Poles, Hungarian and Czechs about fundamental
rights research output Agnieszka Sora GfK
Polonia Warsaw, October 23th, 2006
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Agenda
Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right
Perceived necessity to establish an institution
for the monitoring of fundamental rights
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Summary
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Introduction on methodology
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• The aim and kind of survey GfK Institute
  conducted a survey in 3 countries of Central and
  Eastern Europe
• aimed at examining public awareness of
  fundamental rights in Poland, Czech Republic and
  Hungary, exploring
• attitudes to temporary restriction on selected
  fundamental rights in specific circumstances such
  as a threat to
• national security, and probing for perceived
  necessity to establish an institution for the
  monitoring of
• fundamental rights.
• Term of survey The end of April and beginning of
  May 2006
• Method The survey was conducted on a
  representative sample of adult residents of each
  country, through
• face-to-face interviews held in respondents
  homes.
• Interviews were based on identical
  questionnaires.
• Number of interviews
• Poland N 944
• Czech Republic N 932
• Hungary N 982

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Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights
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Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights (in )
Average number of rights listed by one
respondent Poland 2.4 Czech Republic 1.7
Hungary 2.8
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Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights (in )
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Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights (in )
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Spontaneous awareness of fundamental rights (in )
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) - Poland
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
73
72
71
71
71
69
69
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) - Poland
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
64
59
59
52
50
48
42
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) Czech Republic
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
88
84
84
83
81
81
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) Czech Republic
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
74
73
73
70
70
68
59
58
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) Hungary
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
84
84
84
83
82
80
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Willingness to accept temporary restriction of a
fundamental right (in ) Hungary
I would not be willing to accept (definitely
unwilling quite unwilling)
79
79
77
76
75
68
62
60
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Perceived necessity to establish an institution
for the monitoring of fundamental rights
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Perceived necessity to establish an institution
for the monitoring of fundamental rights (in )
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Summary
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Summary
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• In Czech Republic To a large degree fundamental
  rights are reduced to the existence of one right
  the right to freedom of speech
• b) In Hungary the highest degree of awareness
  of fundamental rights simultaneously with divided
  attention for all rights. The most frequently
  mentioned rights the right to vote and stand as
  a candidate at elections and the right to the
  protection of rights
• In Poland a little lower awareness of rights
  than in Hungary and simultaneously similarly
  divided general awareness of rights and the most
  frequently mentioned
• right to freedom of thought, conscience and
  religion and the least frequently mentioned
  right freedom of movement
• In all countries the first place in the ranking
  items takes the right to freedom of speech and
  the right to life, dignity and the integrity of
  the person. The last place takes prohibition of
  torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.

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