Amnesty International and the Centre for Civil and Human Rights (Poradňa pre občianske a ludské práva) submit this briefing to provide policy guidance to the Ministry of Education of Slovakia on the right to education without discrimination. Amnesty International and the Centre for Civil and Human...
In this open letter, Amnesty International, the European Roma Rights Centre and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (hereby, the organizations) express their deep concern at the threat of forced evictions of Romani families in Plavecký Štvrtok. In addition, the organizations are concerned...
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Thousands of Romani children across Slovakia remain trapped in substandard education as a result of widespread discrimination and a school system that keeps failing them. Entrenched anti-Roma attitudes within the education system have led to a situation in which Romani children are sometimes...
Amnesty International is deeply concerned that Romani children across Slovakia remain segregated in inferior education that traps them in a cycle of poverty and marginalization. The causes of the segregation of Romani children in the Slovak educational system are complex. To ensure that all Romani...
This document is a schoolbook of a fictional Romani child living in Slovakia. His story is drawn from the experiences and testimony of real Romani children across Slovakia. The segregation of Roma in Slovak schools is a result of racial discrimination within the education system. It reflects...