Strategic Litigation
Strategic litigation at the ERRC means supporting legal cases designed to expose and contribute to the elimination of discriminatory structures that prevent Roma from enjoying full equality. We are active in both domestic and international courts as well as making submissions to international tribunals, European committees and UN treaty bodies.
ERRC submission to UN CRC on Romania (July 2016)
13 July 2016
16 September 2014
Destroying Progress/Progressing Destruction: EU Romani Women and Children in France
16 September 2014
Destroying Progress / Progressing Destruction: EU Romani Women and Children in France
16 September 2014
ERRC Research Coordinator Djordje Jovanovic on Romani Children in Institutional Care
20 December 2011
ERRC Reports Concerns About Child Marriages to UN Committees
28 September 2011
09 September 2011
Life Sentence: Romani Children in Institutional Care
20 June 2011
20 November 2007
European Court of Human Rights Delivers Justice to Romani Victims after Seventeen Years
18 June 2007
Legal Action in Romanian School Segregation Case
29 July 2004
Advocacy+Research
We work at a national and international level to ensure that human rights issues facing Romani communities in Europe are firmly on the political agenda. We provide reliable data on the human rights situation of Roma in the form of reports, submissions, and articles to inform international bodies and committees, as well as our own litigation work.
Human Rights Report Catalogues Structural Discrimination Against Romani Refugees from Ukraine
17 June 2024
Brutal and Bigoted: Policing Roma in the EU
09 June 2022
Blighted Lives: Romani Children in State Care
02 February 2021
Roma Rights in the Time of Covid
09 September 2020
ERRC submission to UN CRC on Romania (July 2016)
13 July 2016
07 June 2016
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
Roma Rights 1 2015: In Search of a Contemporary Roma Identity: In Memoriam - Nicolae Gheorghe
03 July 2015
ERRC submission to UN CAT on Romania (April 2015)
10 April 2015
ERRC submission to UN CESCR on Romania (November 2014)
26 September 2014
16 September 2014
Destroying Progress/Progressing Destruction: EU Romani Women and Children in France
16 September 2014
Destroying Progress / Progressing Destruction: EU Romani Women and Children in France
16 September 2014
07 July 2014
ERRC Challenging Evictions in Romania
09 April 2014
ERRC submission to UN CESCR on Romania (March 2014)
28 March 2014
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Romania (January 2014)
22 January 2014
Roumanie: Profil de pays 2011-2012
21 January 2014
Hidden Health Crisis: Health Inequalities and Disaggregated Data
22 November 2013
Criza ascunsă din sănătate: Un Raport al Centrului European pentru Drepturile Romilor
22 November 2013
Roma Rights 2012: Challenges of Representation: Voice on Roma Politics, Power and Participation
22 August 2013
Romania: Country Profile 2011-2012
17 July 2013
16 July 2013
Taken From the City: Romanian Roma Evicted to a Rubbish Dump
20 December 2012
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Romania (July 2012)
11 July 2012
09 September 2011
ERRC submission to the Council of Europe on implementation of human rights judgments in Romania
19 July 2011
Standards Do Not Apply: Inadequate Housing in Romani Communities
02 February 2011
Romania's Anti- Discrimination Law Amended
18 May 2007
18 May 2007
13 November 2006
New Developments in Hadareni Pogrom Case
13 November 2006
Strasbourg Cases and Their Long Term Impact
13 November 2006
Romanian Equality Watchdog Rules Anti- Romani Speech by Romanian Politician is Discriminatory
03 April 2006
Town Hall in Southern Transylvania Fined for Violating Roma Rights
01 February 2006
Roma Houses Destroyed in Romanian Town of Seica Mare
01 February 2006
European Human Rights Court Moves to Redress Romanian Pogrom
01 February 2006
Anti-Roma Racism at Romanian Football Game
22 July 2005
Romanian Mayor Announces Intention to Evict Romani Families
16 December 2004
Romanian Government to Establish New National Agency for Roma
16 December 2004
Litigating Discrimination in Access to Health Care
29 July 2004
Legal Action in Romanian School Segregation Case
29 July 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Romania (July 2004)
22 July 2004
Roma Refused Medical Treatment in Romania
28 May 2004
Abusive Behaviour against Roma by Romanian Officials
07 February 2004
07 February 2004
Obstacles to the Participation of Roma in Elections in Romania
07 February 2004
Roma Forcibly Evicted by Romanian Officials
07 February 2004
Romani Children Denied Personal Identification Documents in Romania
07 February 2004
ERRC Scholarship Recipients: Academic Year 2003/2004
07 February 2004
Roma Prohibited from Entering Public Accommodation in Romania
07 February 2004
07 February 2004
02 December 2003
Romanian Police Shoot Two Romani Men
29 October 2003
Roma Denied Access to Public Accommodation in Romania
29 October 2003
Eleven Romani Women Refused Birth Allowance in Romania
29 October 2003
10 May 2003
Romanian Roma: Two Years After the Adoption of the Government Strategy, No Visible Change
10 May 2003
Roma Rights 1-2, 2003: Anti-Discrimination Law
10 May 2003
07 November 2002
The Quality of Education in Romanian Schools with High Percentages of Romani Pupils
07 November 2002
Stateless Roma Detained at Airport in the Romanian Capital
07 November 2002
07 November 2002
Civilian Attack on Roma in Romania
07 November 2002
Romanian Authorities Stop Roma from Leaving the Country
07 November 2002
Hate Speech against Roma in Romania
07 November 2002
Roma Rights 3-4, 2002: Segregation and Desegregation
07 November 2002
Romani Man Beaten to Death in Romanian Penitentiary
07 November 2002
07 November 2002
10 July 2002
Roma Expelled from Romanian Capital
10 July 2002
Roma Denied Access to Social Services in Romania
10 July 2002
10 July 2002
Police Violence against Roma in Romania
07 May 2002
Discrimination against Roma in Romania
07 May 2002
Racist Harassment of Roma in the Romanian army
07 May 2002
Extreme Poverty, Human Rights and Roma
07 May 2002
Riot and Fire in Detention Facility in U.K.
07 May 2002
The Roma in domestic and international politics: an emerging voice?
07 November 2001
Romanian town plans ghettoisation of Roma
07 November 2001
Racist leaflets and graffiti in Romanian towns
07 November 2001
Romanian deputies exclude rights of communities from anti-discrimination legislation
07 November 2001
State of Impunity: Human Rights Abuse of Roma in Romania
12 September 2001
Romania adopts government programme on Roma
15 August 2001
More police abuse of Roma in Romania
15 August 2001
Anti-discrimination action in Romania
15 August 2001
Attempted ghettoisation of Roma in Romanian town
15 August 2001
Plan to segregate Roma in Romania
10 April 2001
Violence against Roma in Romania
10 April 2001
Racist authorities abuse Romanian Roma in Romania
10 April 2001
05 December 2000
Discrimination against Roma by Romania's Ministry of Labour
03 October 2000
Police abuse of Roma in Romania
11 July 2000
Villagers attack Roma in Romania
11 July 2000
12 April 2000
Romani women in Romani and majority societies
12 April 2000
Anti-Romani hate speech in Romania
12 April 2000
Cutting edge: the Romanian press and Roma 1990-1994
07 December 1999
Roma denied access to hospitals in Romania
07 December 1999
Police kill Romani man in Romania
07 December 1999
Tony Gatlif's film Gadjo Dilo furthers the Roma cause
05 September 1999
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Romania (August 1999)
02 August 1999
Aid for Holocaust survivors in Romania
15 July 1999
Roma in Italy: forced nomadism
15 July 1999
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Romania (July 1999)
02 July 1999
Romani settlement in Spain becomes national controversy
03 April 1999
03 April 1999
03 April 1999
05 January 1999
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
15 May 1998
15 May 1998
Spotlight on civilian violence
15 May 1998
Arson to evict a Romani woman in Romania
02 April 1998
Chronicle - Activities: November 1998 - March 1999
02 April 1998
02 April 1998
07 November 1997
Sensitising a younger generation - A Roma rights workshop in Romania
07 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
News Roundup: Snapshots from Around Europe
15 July 1997
Romanias Roma demand restitution
15 July 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
The Things Told to Foreigners: The Bizarre Conversation of the ERRC with the Romanian Authorities
10 April 1997
Activities - November 1996-March 1997
10 April 1997
Maria lonescu: ERRC Legal Scholarship Recipient
10 April 1997
Rom Shot and Killed by Policeman in Romania
12 October 1996
12 October 1996
Sudden Rage at Dawn: Violence Against Roma in Romania
08 September 1996
Furie în zori: Violenţa împotriva rromilor în România
08 September 1996
News
Using our European network and in-country activists, we publish accurate news about human rights violations against Romani people which are often untold, or silenced, by governments and media. We make it clear that legal action can, and will, be taken to end this injustice.
Calling all Roma Rights Defenders! Volunteers Challenging Digital Antigypsyism Opportunity
20 September 2024
ERRC Launches Flagship LGBTQI+ Roma Initiative
16 May 2024
Doomed to fail? EU Roma Framework on course to be scuttled by states’ racist neglect
16 February 2024
08 February 2024
22 September 2023
Activists Take Legal Action After Romani Woman Gives Birth on Pavement Outside Hospital in Romania
24 August 2023
Criminal Complaint Filed Against Romanian Police who Beat a Romani Man to Death in Arad
17 August 2023
War in Ukraine: ERRC Monitoring Report Confirms Discrimination Against Romani Refugees
28 February 2023
01 August 2022
Policing Roma: man beaten and bloodied in Romanian police station and fined for abusive behaviour
21 June 2022
A grim situation for Romani children in state care [ROMANIA]
16 February 2022
01 December 2021
ERRC Releases Report on Roma Rights Violations During Lockdown in Europe
09 September 2020
Antigypsyism: we need to talk about policing
18 September 2018
ERRC submission to UN CRC on Romania (July 2016)
13 July 2016
In Second Emergency Order in a Week, European Court Temporarily Halts Eviction of Roma
31 March 2016
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
12 results in 2015 that will make Europe a better place for Roma
29 December 2015
25 June 2015
03 December 2014
25 November 2014
Romanian Roma Victimised by New Evictions
17 July 2014
07 July 2014
14 April 2014
NGOs Visit Hungary to Find Successful Practices on Roma Education and Desegregation
09 February 2014
Three Years On, Roma Evicted from Cluj-Napoca Call for Justice
17 December 2013
Romania Eviction Leaves 100 People Homeless in Dangerous Conditions – Authorities Must Act Urgently
02 October 2013
Public Officials in Romania Should Cease Anti-Roma Statements
30 September 2013
New Country Profiles on Roma from ERRC
17 July 2013
16 July 2013
Roma Housing in Spotlight as NGOs Meet New Government in Romania
15 February 2013
10 January 2013
Taken From the City: Romanian Roma Evicted to a Rubbish Dump
20 December 2012
Roma Rights 2011: Funding Roma Rights: Challenges and Prospects
05 October 2012
New Deal between France and Romania on Roma Returns Must Not Breach Rights to Free Movement
14 September 2012
Hollande Should Keep His Election Promises Regarding Roma
22 August 2012
Romania: Authorities Must Investigate Police Responsibility for Death of Two Romani Men
18 June 2012
ERRC and GLOC Call For Action on Evicted Romani Families in Romania
19 December 2011
ERRC Reports Concerns About Child Marriages to UN Committees
28 September 2011
ERRC Raises Eviction Concerns as Roma Protest in Romania
19 January 2011
ERRC Urges Romanian Authorities to Reject
15 December 2010
Factsheet: Summit-to-Summit Roma Rights Record 2010
08 April 2010
Romanian Government Urged to Respect European Court Judgments
06 October 2008
Strasbourg Court Sanctions Romania over the racially motivated ill-treatment of a Romani juvenile
05 March 2008
Strasbourg Court Sanctions Romania for Failure to Remedy Police Ill-Treatment of Romani Man
27 July 2007
Romanian Draft Law on Housing Expected to Worsen Situation of Roma and other Marginalised Groups
22 March 2007
Local Workers Set Fire to Romani Encampment
24 January 2007
Action to Stop Forced Evictions in Romania
31 October 2006
Romanian Equality Watchdog Rules Anti-Romani Speech by Romanian Politician is Discriminatory
14 February 2006
Romani Victims of Police Abuse in Romania Bring Lawsuit at European Court of Human Rights
24 January 2006
Romanian National Council for Combating Discrimination Ineffective
25 November 2005
Legal Action in Romanian School Segregation Case
29 July 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Romania (July 2004)
22 July 2004
04 December 2003
07 November 2002
The Quality of Education in Romanian Schools with High Percentages of Romani Pupils
07 November 2002
Roma Rights 3-4, 2002: Segregation and Desegregation
07 November 2002
State of Impunity: Human Rights Abuse of Roma in Romania
12 September 2001
ERRC welcomes report on access to public services
03 April 2001
03 April 1999
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
Sensitising a younger generation - A Roma rights workshop in Romania
07 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
Maria lonescu: ERRC Legal Scholarship Recipient
10 April 1997
29 November 1996
ERRC Letter to the General Prosecutor of Romania Nicolae Cochinescu
25 November 1996
