THE STATEWIDE Strategy for the Protection and Support of Human Rights has been approved by the Government Council for Human Rights, Ethnic Minorities and Gender Equality, with the document slated to be discussed by the government. It took three years to draft the Strategy and no one was excluded from the discussion about it, according to Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák who is serving as the coordinator for the drafting process and also chairs the government’s human rights council. No council member voted against the Strategy, with three members abstaining. See more
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Strategy for human rights drafted
Anti-discrimination news from Slovakia
- Slovakia - Discrimination of Roma children in education March 14, 2025The first instance court in its new decision dismissed the case of discrimination of Romani child in access to education during the Covid-19 pandemic in line with legal opinion of the Appeal court
- Slovakia - Discrimination of Roma children in education January 15, 2025The appeal court ruled on discrimination of Romani child in access to education during the Covid-19 pandemic annulling the first instance court decision.
- Slovakia - Country report gender equality 2024 October 11, 2024
- Slovakia - First instance court decision on Ministry of Education duty to desegregate Roma children August 30, 2024The first instance courts did not oblige the Ministry of Education to desegregate Roma children at primary school in a town Stará Ľubovňa
- Slovakia - Discrimination of Roma minority August 2, 2024The first instance court ruled that unjustified use of force by the police against Roma residents from the village Vrbnica amounts to their discrimination based on ethnicity
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