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.

Slovak parliament should reject bill making legal gender recognition impossible

Responding to the Slovak parliament’s failure to adopt an amendment to the School Act which would take steps to address discrimination against Roma children, Rado Sloboda, Director of Amnesty International Slovakia, said: “The Slovak parliament missed a crucial chance today to adopt measures that...

Following the brutal killing of two  people outside an LGBTI bar in Bratislava on 12 October, numerous organizations are organizing a demonstration tomorrow to express solidarity with Slovakia’s LGBTI community. Amnesty International will be participating in the solidarity march, and is also...

Ahead of tomorrow’s expected parliamentary vote on a bill that would severely restrict access to abortion in Slovakia, Rado Sloboda, Director of Amnesty Slovakia said: “Imposing unjustified and harmful hurdles to getting an abortion would endanger the health and even the lives of women and girls...

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...

TheStart the Change! project, active from 2017 to 2020, aimed to raise the awareness of young Europeans on the United Nations 2030 Agenda, the program of action for people, the planet and prosperity signed in September 2015 by governments of 193 UN member countries. Start the Change! is a project...

On 20 October, the Slovak Parliament rejected a bill that would have further obstructed access to safe abortion care, violating the human rights of women and girls, and endangering the health and wellbeing of those who could be seeking an abortion.

Lawmakers in Slovakia must reject a draconian law that would impose new barriers to abortion and endanger the health and wellbeing of women and girls, said Amnesty International, ahead of the start of a parliamentary plenary session that will debate on a new abortion bill. If passed, the law would...

Lawmakers in Slovakia must reject a draconian law that would impose new barriers to abortion and endanger the health and wellbeing of women and girls, said Amnesty International, ahead of the start of a parliamentary plenary session that will debate on a new abortion bill. If passed, the law would...

The Slovak Parliament is currently debating a bill that if passed will impose new barriers on abortion care, endangering the health and wellbeing of women and girls, and all people who could be seeking an abortion, and violating their human rights. If enacted, the bill will create a dangerous...

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...