Discrimination against Roma remained prevalent. The European Court of Human Rights found in favour of two Roma victims of police ill-treatment. A bill restricting access to abortion was rejected by parliament.

In this submission, Amnesty International l evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Slovakia in its previous review, including in relation to Roma rights, rights of LGBTI+ people and women´s rights. It also assesses the national human rights framework regarding healthcare, right to...

More than 100 organisations are calling on the members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Slovak Parliament) to reject a renewed attempt to restrict access to abortion in the country. The draconian bill would impose new barriers to abortion and endanger the health and wellbeing of...

Together with 110 other organizations, Amnesty International expressed its deep concern regarding current threats to reproductive rights in Slovakia. At this time Parliament is debating draft legislation that if adopted would impose new barriers to accessing lawful abortion care, harm women’s...

On 11 March, the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic and called on states to take urgent measures to tackle it. This report covers 12 countries and exposes how the enforcement of the ‘lockdown measures’ adopted by many European states have...

Amnesty International sent a letter to the Council of Europe raising concerns about the treatment of Roma communities in Bulgaria and Slovakia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports from Bulgaria and Slovakia indicate that respective governments have imposed measures, including mandatory...

Amnesty International sent a letter to the European Commission raising concerns about the treatment of Roma communities in Bulgaria and Slovakia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports from Bulgaria and Slovakia indicate that respective governments have imposed measures, including mandatory...

Bulgaria and Slovakia have put a number of Roma settlements under compulsory quarantine, arguing that such measures are necessary for the protection of public health and safety. Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the implementation and enforcement of the quarantine measures. Any...

On International Roma Day this year, Amnesty International calls on the government of Slovakia to ensure that human rights are at the centre of any COVID-19 response measures. Amnesty International is seriously concerned that conducting targeted testing in Roma settlements without providing Roma...

More than 30 organizations call on the Slovak legislators to reject a proposal currently in parliament that aims to further restrict access to abortion rights. The draft legislation would require women seeking abortion care to undergo a mandatory ultrasound scanning, to view and obtain the...

Amnesty International calls on the Slovak MPs to ensure that the legal and policy framework allows women and girls in the country to have access to safe abortion services, without barriers or restrictions, as required by international human rights law and standards. In line with the international...

This case concerns an obligation to carry out an effective investigation into allegations of discriminatory ill-treatment as required by the procedural aspect of Article 3 in conjunction with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’). Amnesty International provides legal...

Amnesty International welcomes the 4 December decision of the Prosecutor General to release all 12 Greenpeace activists who were arrested and detained after they hang an anti-coal banner on a mine tower in the town of Nováky on 28 November. The organization calls on the Slovak authorities to...