Country Profile
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.
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Slovakia
Right to Health
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.
November 24, 2020
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Slovakia
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
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...
September 10, 2020
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Slovakia
Women's Rights
The Slovak Parliament rejected a bill aimed at obstructing access to safe and legal abortion. If adopted, this bill would have undermined women’s privacy and autonomy and subjected them to harmful stigma, humiliation and degrading treatment.
December 12, 2019
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Slovakia
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
Slovak MPs are debating a bill that aims to further restrict access to abortion. If passed, it would require women seeking abortion care to fulfil a number of mandatory requirements that are not justified by medical reasons and would undermine women’s privacy, personal integrity, autonomy in...
November 27, 2019
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Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
On 17 July, Aslan Yandiev was extradited to Russia. He is suffering from a long-term illness and is at grave risk of torture and other ill-treatment and an unfair trial in Russia.
July 19, 2018
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Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
Aslan Yandiev is at imminent risk of extradition to Russia. The extradition date has been set for 17 July 2018. If extradited to Russia, Aslan Yandiev would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
July 13, 2018
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Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
Aslan Yandiev is once again at risk of imminent extradition to Russia following the decision of the Slovak Constitutional Court which concluded his extradition would not constitute a human rights violation. If extradited to Russia, Aslan Yandiev would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
May 4, 2018
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Europe and Central Asia
Torture and other ill-treatment
Aslan Yandiev was detained by the Slovakian authorities on 20 January 2011, shortly before the Prosecutor General’s office of the Russian Federation submitted a request for his extradition. He is now at risk of imminent extradition to Russia following the Minister of Justice’s decision on 7...
February 21, 2018
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Slovakia
International Justice
Ethnic Chechen Anzor Chentiev, who was seeking asylum in Slovakia, has been extradited to Russia, where he might be at risk of torture and unfair trial.
July 11, 2014
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Russia
International Justice
Anzor Chentiev, an ethnic Chechen asylum-seeker in Slovakia, is facing imminent extradition to Russia. If returned to Russia, he will be at risk of torture and an unfair trial.
June 9, 2014
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Slovakia
Discrimination
On 13 March 2008 the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic ruled that Mustapha Labsi cannot be extradited to Algeria until the Court has made its final decision on his appeal. Mustapha Labsi appealed to the Constitutional Court after the Supreme Court of Slovakia decided that his extradition...
March 18, 2008
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Algeria
International Justice
On 22 January 2008, the Supreme Court of Slovakia decided that extradition of Mustapha Labsi to Algeria is admissible. The Slovakian authorities are now preparing to forcibly return him, which would put him at serious risk of torture. Only the Minister of Justice now has the power to stop the...
January 22, 2008