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Legal protection

The overarching goal in the Legal protection area is to strengthen legal protection in the Czech Republic.

More about the area

Expenditure in this area is administered by three chapters. The Ministry of Justice administers 99.6% of total expenditure; the remainder falls to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

State budget expenditure 2027: CZK 43.3 bn draft state budget
Share of state budget: 1.7%
Year-on-year change: +6.6%

State budget expenditure 2027 (draft): CZK 43.3 bn.

Topics and performance indicators

Judiciary: CZK 21.6 bn
Goal: Maintain the efficiency of court proceedings and the workload of courts at the same level.
- Disposition time of civil cases at district courts (days)
- Disposition time of criminal cases at district courts (days)
- Disposition time of administrative cases at regional courts (days)
Public Prosecution: CZK 5.1 bn
Goal: Ensure effective criminal prosecution.
- Share of persons acquitted or with proceedings discontinued (%)
Prison service and probation: CZK 14.3 bn
Goal: Ensure effective enforcement of sentences with regard to the capacity stability of the prison system. Increase the use of probation and resocialisation programmes.
- Prison capacity occupancy (%)
- Success rate of Probation and Mediation Service programmes (%)
Research and development: CZK 0.0 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.
Administration: CZK 2.1 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.
Other: CZK 0.3 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.

State budget areas

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