Documents

The District Court Košice II has decided that the Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, Slovakia, violated the rights of a Romani woman whom they sterilized without securing her informed consent.

Written comments describe a number of persisting shortcomings in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to Romani children in Slovakia.

The Committee of the United Nations (CERD), with its opinion from the 4th December 2015, rendered an opinion regarding the violation of the right to access employment of a Roma woman.

The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic ruled concerning the violation of the rights of a Roma woman, who with vain efforts sought justice for discrimination.

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and Centre for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa) express serious concerns about the recent decision of the Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Interior to terminate criminal proceedings in relation to four charges and consider this decision illegal.

The non-governmental organization Center for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa) is suing the state represented by the Ministry of Education and the city of Stará Ľubovňa for segregation of Roma children at the primary school in Stará Ľubovňa – Podsadek.

The report describes concrete shortcomings in the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women particularly in relation to Romani women in Slovakia.

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) confirmed the concerns raised by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and Centre for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa).

The report describes concrete shortcomings in the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in relation to Roma minority in Slovakia.

The report describes a number of persisting shortcomings in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to Roma children in Slovakia.