Brussels, Budapest  12 June 2025 – In a ruling delivered on 10 June 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Hungarian authorities had violated the rights of a Romani family by forcibly separating a mother from her newborn son immediately after birth without sufficient legal or social justification. The case, B.T. and B.K.Cs v. Hungary was brought before the Court by the affected parents with joint legal support from the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU). The ruling highlights the flaws in the Hungarian child protection system, which continues to disproportionately target Romani families.

Brussels, 4 June 2025: The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that an investigation into a case of police brutality against Matija Nikolić, a 17-year-old Romani boy, in 2012 was inadequate and lacked impartiality.

Brussels, Sremska Mitrovica, 27 May 2025: The Higher Court in Sremska Mitrovica today held the first preliminary hearing in the criminal case against Dr. Marko Maksimović who is accused of medical negligence, torture, and ill-treatment by committing extreme obstetric violence against 30-year-old Romani mother, Marica Mihajlović, in Sremska Mitrovica General Hospital. 

Sofia, Brussels, 27 May 2025: In a significant legal victory for Roma rights and child protection, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court has repealed a discriminatory provision that had long penalised vulnerable families by delaying child support payments in cases where the State was responsible for the payment. The case was brought by the Equal Opportunities Initiative and the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC).

Brussels, Budapest, 19 May 2025 – The Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and Ombudsperson for the Rights of National Minorities in Hungary, Dr. Erzsébet Szalayné Sándor, has confirmed systemic violations of the rights of Romani children in the Bűdi district of Tiszavasvári, Hungary, where Romani children are forced to walk up to 7 kilometres daily, often in harsh weather, to attend school due to the complete lack of transportation.

Bratislava, Brussels 16 April 2025: Ten years after the EU launched an infringement procedure against Slovakia for breaching the EU Race Equality Directive, Romani children still face entrenched discrimination in education.

Brussels, 25, March 2025: The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) welcomes a significant settlement agreement reached in a case of systemic discrimination by a water company against Romani residents of the Banlozi camp, located near Zenica in Bosnia & Herzegovina.