This joint briefing paper published by the ERRC and Amnesty International Slovakia evaluates legislative changes and policy measures implemented following the European Commission’s referral of Slovakia to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in April 2023.

Based around the concept of a football ‘fanzine’ this publication highlights the experiences of Romani and Traveller people in sport, both historical and contemporary, and serves as an anti-racist celebration of sport as a tool to fight discrimination.

This report and its companion, Brutal and Bigoted: Policing Roma in the EU, aim to break the silence over institutionally racist policing of Roma.

This report provides vivid first-hand accounts of how volunteer Roma Rights Defenders monitored online hate speech against Roma; and recounts their experience in submitting complaints to social media platforms, compiling evidence for legal challenges against digital anti-Roma racism.

This report was published in cooperation with the Equal Opportunities Initiative in Bulgaria and builds upon decades of ERRC research, legal work, and activism aimed at ending the discrimination of Romani families in the state care systems of Europe.