Strategic Litigation
Strategic litigation at the ERRC means supporting legal cases designed to expose and contribute to the elimination of discriminatory structures that prevent Roma from enjoying full equality. We are active in both domestic and international courts as well as making submissions to international tribunals, European committees and UN treaty bodies.
RISC: Stop Discrimination of Roma in State Care
20 November 2017
20 November 2017
27 June 2016
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (April 2016)
18 April 2016
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (July 2015)
01 July 2015
ERRC Research Coordinator Djordje Jovanovic on Romani Children in Institutional Care
20 December 2011
09 September 2011
Life Sentence: Romani Children in Institutional Care
20 June 2011
ERRC Opposes Ethnic Boarding Schools in Slovakia
10 March 2010
21 April 2009
ERRC Statement at OSCE HDIM: Romani Women's Rights
16 October 2006
Košice workshop on human rights litigation
11 July 2000
Advocacy+Research
We work at a national and international level to ensure that human rights issues facing Romani communities in Europe are firmly on the political agenda. We provide reliable data on the human rights situation of Roma in the form of reports, submissions, and articles to inform international bodies and committees, as well as our own litigation work.
16 July 2024
Human Rights Report Catalogues Structural Discrimination Against Romani Refugees from Ukraine
17 June 2024
ERRC Submission to CCPR on Slovakia (August 2023)
14 August 2023
Justice Denied: Roma in the criminal justice system of Slovakia
07 February 2023
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (July 2022)
20 July 2022
Brutal and Bigoted: Policing Roma in the EU
09 June 2022
Justice Denied: Roma in the Criminal Justice System
02 March 2022
02 March 2022
Blighted Lives: Romani Children in State Care
02 February 2021
Roma Rights in the Time of Covid
09 September 2020
21 July 2020
20 November 2017
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (November 2017)
10 November 2017
ERRC submission to UN CAT on Slovakia (October 2017)
09 October 2017
22 March 2017
World Water Day: Thirsting for Justice
22 March 2017
Lekcia z Diskriminácie Segregácia: Rómskych Detí v Základnom Vzdelávaní v Slovenskej Republike
03 March 2017
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (April 2016)
18 April 2016
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
07 December 2015
Joint submission to UN CEDAW on Slovakia (October 2015)
02 October 2015
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (July 2015)
01 July 2015
Slovakia: Country Profile 2011-2012
17 July 2013
16 July 2013
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Slovakia (June 2013)
25 June 2013
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (January 2013)
29 January 2013
09 September 2011
03 June 2011
Imperfect Justice: Anti-Roma Violence and Impunity
06 April 2011
Imperfect Justice: Anti-Roma Violence and Impunity
06 April 2011
Standards Do Not Apply: Inadequate Housing in Romani Communities
02 February 2011
Slovak Towns in Dispute Over Where to House Roma
13 November 2006
Winter without Heating or Hot Water for Roma in Lunik IX
03 April 2006
40 Roma Homeless Following Evictions in Slovakia
01 February 2006
Slovak Bus Driver Convicted of Defamation of Roma
22 July 2005
Slovakia Found in Violation of International Law for Failing to Remedy Racial Exclusion of Roma
22 July 2005
Binding States by Law to Roma Inclusion
11 March 2005
16 December 2004
Racist Mayor Strikes At Slovak Romani Family Again
16 December 2004
16 December 2004
15 December 2004
Undiagnosed: The Impact of Racial Discrimination on Roma Health
15 December 2004
Obhajoba Práv Rómov Na Bývanie Na Slovensku
12 August 2004
03 August 2004
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (July 2004)
30 July 2004
Slovak Parliament Adopts Anti-Discrimination Law
29 July 2004
Controversial Proposal Regarding Romani Education by the EU Commission's Ambassador to Slovakia
29 July 2004
Anti-Romani Action in Slovakia
07 July 2004
Roma Housing Rights in Slovakia
28 May 2004
28 May 2004
ERRC Human Rights Workshops: An Emerging Local Debate About School Desegregation of Roma
27 May 2004
Report on the Field Research into the Housing Situation of Roma in the Village of Svinia, Slovakia
07 February 2004
07 February 2004
07 February 2004
Roma in Politics in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland
07 February 2004
Roma Forcibly Evicted in Slovakia
07 February 2004
Slovak Communications Provider Incites Hatred of Roma
07 February 2004
26 January 2004
Roma Prohibited from Registering Residences in Slovakia
29 October 2003
Slovak Local Council Cancels Romani Housing Project
29 October 2003
Slovak Soldiers Fined for Racist Statements
29 October 2003
Segregated Education for Romani Children in Slovakia
29 October 2003
08 October 2003
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Slovakia (July 2003)
11 July 2003
Fighting Discrimination Through the Courts
10 May 2003
10 April 2003
09 April 2003
ERRC submission to UN CESCR on Slovakia (November 2002)
11 November 2002
07 November 2002
Police Violence against Roma in Slovakia
07 November 2002
Violence by Non-State Parties Against Roma in Slovakia
07 November 2002
Punishing Anti-Romani Crimes in Slovakia
07 November 2002
10 July 2002
10 July 2002
Discrimination in the Slovak Judicial System
07 May 2002
Lawsuit filed in Slovak defamation case
07 November 2001
Slovakia creates a pure Romani ghetto
07 November 2001
Legal action in Slovak police killing
07 November 2001
Crusts from the table: policy formation towards Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
15 August 2001
Slovakia moves to prevent Roma from leaving
15 August 2001
Slovak officials kill another Rom
15 August 2001
Romani parliament meets in Slovakia
10 April 2001
10 April 2001
Fight over housing Roma heats up between Slovak government and racist municipal authorities
10 April 2001
05 December 2000
More police abuse of Roma in Slovakia; Slovak courts don't mind
05 December 2000
More disturbing events in Slovak police custody
03 October 2000
Romani woman in Slovakia dies after beating
03 October 2000
Košice workshop on human rights litigation
11 July 2000
Easter-time attacks on Roma in Slovakia
11 July 2000
More attacks by skinheads in Slovakia
12 April 2000
Slovak authorities annul election on racist grounds
12 April 2000
12 April 2000
Hate speech: new European perspective
07 December 1999
Under pressure by western governments, Slovak government publishes package of Roma measures
07 December 1999
05 September 1999
Romani man shot in police custody in Slovakia
05 September 1999
05 September 1999
Slovak towns repeal anti-Romani ordinances
15 July 1999
15 July 1999
Disparate impact: removing Roma from the Czech Republic
03 April 1999
Abuse of Roma by officials in Slovakia
03 April 1999
03 April 1999
Roma Rights Autumn 1998: Legal Defence
05 January 1999
05 January 1999
The aftermath of the summer floods in Jarovnice, Slovakia
05 January 1999
Police raid in Rudňany, central Slovakia
10 September 1998
Flood destroys Romani settlement in Jarovnice, Slovakia
10 September 1998
Roma and the right to education - Roma in the educational systems of central and eastern Europe
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
15 May 1998
Asylum news on Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Roma
15 May 1998
Spotlight on civilian violence
15 May 1998
Attacks on and ghettoisation of Roma in Slovakia
15 May 1998
Field report: Britain and France
02 April 1998
Slovak officials criticise ERRC report
02 April 1998
Two settlement bans and a fire in northeast Slovakia
07 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
Skinhead attacks and murder in Slovakia
07 November 1997
Another skinhead attack in eastern Slovakia
15 July 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
10 April 1997
Activities - November 1996-March 1997
10 April 1997
Time of the Skinheads: Denial and Exclusion of Roma in Slovakia
02 January 1997
12 October 1996
Rom Burned to Death in Slovakia
12 October 1996
News
Using our European network and in-country activists, we publish accurate news about human rights violations against Romani people which are often untold, or silenced, by governments and media. We make it clear that legal action can, and will, be taken to end this injustice.
Do Roma have the right to be more than clickbait?
12 September 2024
Landmark Verdict Finds Police Discrimination Against Roma, a First in Slovak Civil Court History
22 July 2024
ERRC Launches ‘Roma Justice Project’ Platform
16 May 2024
The Toll of Discrimination on Mental Health
29 February 2024
Doomed to fail? EU Roma Framework on course to be scuttled by states’ racist neglect
16 February 2024
13 September 2023
Slovak Ombudsperson Recommends Disciplinary Action for Police Who Tortured Roma in Milhosť
06 June 2023
War in Ukraine: ERRC Monitoring Report Confirms Discrimination Against Romani Refugees
28 February 2023
Katarína Kuruová – I have seen similar incidents happened before
09 February 2023
Michal Zálešák about Moldava nad Bodvou case
09 February 2023
09 February 2023
Roma Face Discrimination at Every Stage of Criminal Proceedings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
07 February 2023
Milan Hudák: We felt like it was in World War II
06 February 2023
Policing Roma in Slovakia: After Moldava, is there any end in sight to racism and brutality?
30 June 2022
01 December 2021
No case to answer: Slovak authorities dismiss another two police brutality cases against Roma
24 November 2021
European Court Dismissal of Slovak Eviction Case Sends Terrible Message for Roma in Europe
23 November 2021
01 June 2021
We Demand States Close Down Institutions for Children & Protect Rights of Romani Families
08 April 2021
ERRC Releases Report on Roma Rights Violations During Lockdown in Europe
09 September 2020
Bittersweet legal victory for Roma in Strasbourg court – seven years after brutal police raid
02 September 2020
07 January 2020
This time, it’s really time to go Robert Fico!
13 September 2019
ERRC 2018 Review: no justice, no peace – taking racists to court
15 January 2019
Slovakia Mishandled Racist Murders of Roma by Off-Duty Cop
11 December 2018
Something is rotten in the state of Slovakia
07 December 2018
Antigypsyism: we need to talk about policing
18 September 2018
Shots Fired and Pepper Spray Used in Police Incident with Roma, Slovakia
12 September 2018
FRA report exposes the “scourge of anti-Gypsyism”
10 April 2018
RISC: Stop Discrimination of Roma in State Care
20 November 2017
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (November 2017)
10 November 2017
21 March 2017
Lekcia z Diskriminácie Segregácia: Rómskych Detí v Základnom Vzdelávaní v Slovenskej Republike
03 March 2017
27 June 2016
10 June 2016
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (April 2016)
18 April 2016
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
26 January 2016
16 December 2015
Will the EU Put an End to Segregation of Roma?
03 December 2015
01 December 2015
UN: Slovak Politicians Must not Tolerate Police Violence Against Roma
07 September 2015
Joint submission to UN CRC on Slovakia (July 2015)
01 July 2015
09 June 2015
14 April 2014
Slovak Investigation Bodies Disciplined After Mentally Disabled Romani Man ‘Forgotten’ in Custody
14 October 2013
Slovakia: State Authorities Turn a Blind Eye to Police Abuse of Roma
06 September 2013
ERRC Calls for an End to Walls that Divide Us All
22 August 2013
New Country Profiles on Roma from ERRC
17 July 2013
Slovakia: Country Profile 2011-2012
17 July 2013
16 July 2013
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Slovakia (June 2013)
25 June 2013
One Year on From Roma Deaths, ERRC Highlights Low Sentence for Mass Murderer in Slovakia
17 June 2013
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Slovakia (January 2013)
29 January 2013
Empowering Roma Activists Through Human Rights Education
21 December 2012
Slovak Republic Targets Roma Homes as ‘Waste’
20 December 2012
Roma Rights 2011: Funding Roma Rights: Challenges and Prospects
05 October 2012
ERRC and Slovak Civil Society Call for End to Anti-Roma Election Materials in Slovakia
15 February 2012
Court Slams Slovakia for Death of Romani Man in Police Custody
20 December 2010
Factsheet: Summit-to-Summit Roma Rights Record 2010
08 April 2010
ERRC Opposes Ethnic Boarding Schools in Slovakia
10 March 2010
21 April 2009
Hundreds of Activists Support Campaign for Compensation for Coercively Sterilised Romani Women
15 July 2008
Support the Campaign of Romani Survivors of Coerced Sterilisation for Apologies and Compensation
03 July 2008
Slovak Parliamentary Commission Recommends Overhaul of State Housing Rights Strategy
27 February 2008
Rise in Forced Evictions in Slovakia Alarming
21 September 2007
18 June 2007
ERRC Statement at OSCE HDIM: Romani Women's Rights
16 October 2006
New Slovak Government Includes Extreme Right Party
06 July 2006
Slovak Officials Release False and Misleading Information Concerning Coercive Sterilisation
04 October 2005
Roma Rights Advocates Win Compensation for Mother of Skinhead Victim
07 February 2005
Slovakia Before UN Body in Hearing on Racial Discrimination
09 August 2004
Controversial Proposal Regarding Romani Education by the EU Commission's Ambassador to Slovakia
29 July 2004
ERRC Human Rights Workshops: An Emerging Local Debate About School Desegregation of Roma
27 May 2004
ERRC Letter to Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda Concerning Events in Zahorska Ves
13 February 2004
26 January 2004
11 December 2003
Segregated Education for Romani Children in Slovakia
29 October 2003
04 September 2003
ERRC Welcomes UN Human Rights Committee Findings on Slovakia
08 August 2003
UN Body's Review Provides Opportunity to Highlight Human Rights Emergency Facing Roma in Slovakia
17 July 2003
Slovakia under review by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
12 November 2002
07 November 2002
Harassment of Roma Rights Activists in Slovakia
30 November 2001
United Nations CERD Finds Slovak Anti-Romani Municipal Ordinances Violate International Law
27 September 2000
ERRC Letter to Slovak Prime Minister
28 February 2000
Open letter of the Romano Centro to the OSCE
10 January 2000
05 September 1999
29 November 1998
Roma and the right to education - Roma in the educational systems of central and eastern Europe
10 September 1998
19 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
