Brussels, 9 June 2026: A coalition of human rights activists and civil society organisations today warned of systemic attacks on Europe’s largest ethnic minority amidst rising fascism, securitization, and the dismantling of the rules-based order. The Roma Rights Network, a group of 33 member organisations spanning 21 European countries, today declared that the human rights situation of the Romani people has entered a state of acute crisis. This joint declaration follows the Roma Rights Network’s annual meeting in Paris, where members assessed a rapidly deteriorating landscape defined by the rise of far-right governance, the erosion of democracy, and the systematic removal of protections for racialised minorities.

Brussels, Skopje, 4 May 2026: North Macedonia's Commission for Prevention & Protection against Discrimination has issued a decision against Councillor Ljube Temelkov, finding that his call for Romani people to be "forbidden from voting" constitutes unlawful harassment. The decision, issued on 28 April 2026, is a victory against public, coded hate speech, as the Commission explicitly recognised that using historical slurs and ambiguous language to target Roma does not shield public officials from liability.

Brussels, 28 April 2026:  The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) has filed formal complaints with the national ombudsman institutions in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, and Romania, alleging that Romani children fleeing the war in Ukraine are being systematically denied their right to education. The complaints highlight a pattern of discrimination where children face insurmountable barriers to schooling because of their ethnicity and their refugee status, leaving thousands of children in a state of educational limbo.

Brussels, Bratislava 26 March 2026: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the beating of two Romani sisters by Slovak police, their detention in a toilet and cleaning cupboard, and a deeply flawed investigation violated both the prohibition on inhuman treatment (Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 of the Convention).

Brussels, Skopje, 11 March 2026: The ERRC welcomes the decision communicated by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) concerning the confiscation of passports from Romani citizens who were returned from EU countries. The UN CERD found that North Macedonia violated several provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in relation to the treatment of the applicants in Salim and Others v. North Macedonia.

Brussels, 17 February 2026: The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of a Romani couple who were tortured in a police cell in 2017 after reporting their car stolen.

Brussels, Podgorica, 3 February 2026: The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) welcomes the Ombudsman’s finding that residency and birth registration requirements for Roma, Ashkali, & Egyptian communities in Montenegro are discriminatory, and must be reformed with immediate effect.