Cases of Relevance to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Hungary and Yugoslavia.

This report is structured as follows: following discussion of large-scale deportations of Roma from western Europe, specifically Germany, which have taken place throughout the 1990s, the report discusses the effects on Roma of the 1992 Act on Citizenship, and the existence of high numbers of stateless persons among Roma in Macedonia.

Овој извештај е направен по следниов редослед: следејќи ја дискусијата за високиот степен на депортирање на Ромите од Западна Европа, особено од Германија, што се случи за време на деведесетите.

Written Comments of the European Roma Rights Center Concerning the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. For Consideration by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in Strasbourg in June 1998.

Written Comments of the European Roma Rights Center Concerning the Czech Republic.

Three categories of people are housed in Bulgaria’s prisons: inmates convicted of crimes who are serving their sentences, persons detained on remand who are awaiting trial, and persons who are on trial or at various stages of the appeal procedure.

Albania has emerged from a repressive communism and has not yet established democratic institutions and practices, rule of law or respect for human rights. There was a considerable worsening of the human rights situation since Sali Berisha took power in 1992. All Albanian citizens, regardless of ethnicity, have been subject to human rights violations of the kind described in this report with regard to Roma. Extortion, expulsions, police abuse, and illegitimate political manipulation are a common problem. It is important to bear in mind when reading this report that in an undemocratic society such as in Albania, all citizens suffer human rights violations. However, minorities are especially susceptible to abuse.