Roma Rights Review
The Roma Rights Review is the authoritative source on the state of Roma rights in Europe. It is a bi bi-annual human rights publication that combines consolidated data with direct expert commentary from activists and human rights experts working to combat antigypsyism across the continent.
This publication marks the relaunch of a historic legacy, as the successor to the Roma Rights Journal, which stood as the first and oldest academic human rights journal dedicated to Roma in Europe from 1996 until 2017. Reimagined for the current political climate, the Review is designed to be a usable and actionable tool for anyone seeking to learn about and improve the state of Roma Rights in Europe in the present situation.
Compiled primarily through the direct input of the Roma Rights Network's member organisations, the Review moves beyond abstract analysis to provide consolidated data, legal victories, documented cases of abuse, and strategic insights from those on the ground. In an era where human rights watchdogs are targeted and defunded, and narratives are increasingly distorted by rising fascism, this publication serves as a critical network network-driven source of truth. It provides evidence, amplifies local struggles on an international stage, and offers a unified counter counter-narrative to the erosion of democracy and the normalisation of discrimination.
Through this publication, the Roma Rights Network reaffirms its commitment to the fundamental role of activists as watchdogs for the state of rights and democracy, ensuring that vital documentation continues even as the political landscape grows darker.
Roma Rights Review: Summer 2026
On 8 June 2026, the Roma Rights Network issued a stark warning that the human rights situation of the Romani people has entered a state of acute crisis. crisis.’ In a joint declaration, the coalition, comprised of 34 member organisations from 18 countries, warned of systemic attacks on Europe s largest ethnic minority amidst rising fascism, securitization, and the dismantling of the rules rules-based order. This relaunched issue of the Roma Rights Review is the evidence for that declaration.
The Winter 2019 Issue of the Roma Rights Review is Out
Eyes Wide Shut: Collective Punishment of Roma in 21st Century Europe Collective punishment lies at the heart of antigypsyism. The systems of discrimination which persecute Roma in our society do so by collectivising them into a homogenous group. This imagined group is called the Gypsies, and they pay for this stereotype in a thousand different ways as a result of collective punishment by those with power. Whether it is punitive forced evictions of entire Romani neighbourhoods, violent and indiscriminate police raids, deadly pogroms by murderous race mobs, or segregated education of Romani children; the persecution of the Gypsies has always been carried out through collective punishment for the crimes, imagined or real, of the few.
Read more20 years of Roma Rights: the anniversary archive issue is out today!
Today we launch the 20th anniversary archive issue of Roma Rights, looking back at two decades of the struggle for justice and emancipation, with scores of highlights and excerpts from a distinguished array of contributors.
