In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, domestic legislation and human rights violations. The abuses and rights considered include use of excessive force; impunity; death penalty;...

Amnesty International has assessed the extent to which 12 of the states up for review have implemented key recommendations accepted in their previous UPR in 2009. The organization strongly urges these states to pay close attention to the implementation of accepted recommendations and to address any...

Despite the acknowledgements, the political declarations and the judicial decisions denouncing school segregation of Roma, the situation of Romani children in Slovakia remains fundamentally unchanged. Thousands of Romani children around Slovakia continue to be unjustly placed in separate schools or...

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In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation by Slovakia of recommendations related to the rights of Roma. Amnesty International welcomes a landmark ruling at the Regional Court in Prešov that segregating Roma children into separate classes infringed equal treatment...

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Amnesty International submits this contribution to the European Commission on the occasion of its monitoring report on the implementation of the Race Equality Directive and the Framework Employment Directive. The submission focuses on discrimination against the Roma on grounds of race or ethnicity...

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This Amnesty International briefing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights focuses on concerns regarding Slovakia’s compliance with the provisions for equal access of Romani children to education. Amnesty International is concerned that Slovak authorities have claimed that the...

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