Miroslav Lehký (born 1947) is a Czech/Slovak

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

activist and civil servant, and the current deputy director (since 2007) and chairman of the advisory board of the

Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes ( or ÚSTR) is a Czech government agency and research institute. It was founded by the Czech government in 2007 and is situated at Siwiecova street, Prague- Žižkov (the street is named after ...

. He was involved in founding the institute. He is signatory of the

Charter 77 Charter 77 (''Charta 77'' in Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members ...

manifesto and a founding signatory of the

Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism The Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism was a declaration which was initiated by the Czech government and signed on 3 June 2008 by prominent European politicians, former political prisoners and historians, among them former ...

. During communist rule in 1980s, he was a co-organizer of the underground university in

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

. From 1990 to 1994, he was secretary to the Czechoslovak/Czech Helsinki Committee. He was employed by the

Office for the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism The Office of the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism (, abbrev. ÚDV) is the Czech police subdivision which investigated criminal acts from 1948 to 1989 which were unsolvable for political reasons during the Czechoslov ...

from 1995 to 2003, and was involved in founding the Nation's Memory Institute in Slovakia in 2003. He studied theology from 1968 to 1970, but was not able to finish his studies due to political persecution by the communists.Speaker Biographies
, Sofia Platform – Republic of Bulgaria Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lehky, Miroslav Living people Czechoslovak democracy activists Czech human rights activists Czech anti-communists Czech civil servants Charter 77 signatories 1947 births