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.
Bulgaria: Legal action against landlord who “won’t allow Roma as tenants or customers”
08 August 2023
ERRC submission to UN CEDAW on Bulgaria (June 2012)
26 June 2012
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
ERRC Conference Facilitates Stakeholder Discussion of Trafficking in Romani Communities
10 December 2010
08 January 2010
ERRC Prevails in Court against Bulgarian Ministry of Education on School Segregation of Roma
01 February 2006
Kindergarten Workers Abuse Romani Boy in Bulgaria
29 July 2004
Successful Romani School Desegregation: The Vidin Case
07 November 2002
Poverty among Roma in Northwestern Russia
07 May 2002
03 October 2000
Roma Rights 3, 2000: Rights of the Child
03 October 2000
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.
16 February 2024
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Bulgaria (October 2023)
27 October 2023
Brutal and Bigoted: Policing Roma in the EU
09 June 2022
ERRC Submission to UN CRC on Bulgaria (February 2021)
23 February 2021
Blighted Lives: Romani Children in State Care
02 February 2021
Roma Rights in the Time of Covid
09 September 2020
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Bulgaria (April 2017)
20 April 2017
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
07 July 2014
Roma Rights 2012: Challenges of Representation: Voice on Roma Politics, Power and Participation
22 August 2013
ERRC submission to UN CEDAW on Bulgaria (June 2012)
26 June 2012
09 September 2011
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Bulgaria (August 2010)
16 August 2010
ERRC Urges Bulgarian Authorities to Act against Forced Evictions
02 October 2009
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Bulgaria (March 2009)
09 March 2009
Romani Teenager Beaten to Death
20 November 2007
Skinhead Attack of Roma Sparks Unrest
20 November 2007
Equal Rights for the Romani Population
18 June 2007
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Concerned at Housing Rights of Roma around Europe
18 May 2007
Roma Rights 4, 2006: Romani Women's Rights Movement
27 April 2007
The Glass Box: Exclusion of Roma From Employment
21 February 2007
Roma Rights 2-3, 2006: ERRC 10th Anniversary
14 November 2006
Another Romani Man Shot and Killed in Bulgaria
13 November 2006
Romani Communities Under Threat of Forced Eviction in Bulgaria
13 November 2006
Roma Rights 1, 2006: Exclusion from Employment
03 April 2006
03 April 2006
Systemic Exclusion of Roma from Employment
31 March 2006
Tackling the Systemic Exclusion of Roma from Employment
31 March 2006
ERRC Wins Anti-discrimination Case against Bulgarian Restaurant
01 February 2006
ERRC Prevails in Court against Bulgarian Ministry of Education on School Segregation of Roma
01 February 2006
European Court Affirms Failure to Investigate Racial Motivation Amounts to Discrimination
01 February 2006
21 July 2005
Launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
21 July 2005
Two Bulgarian Romani Women Die After Delivery Due to Alleged Inadequate Medical Treatment
11 March 2005
Ethnic Bulgarians Refuse to Accept Romani Neighbours
11 March 2005
Bulgarian Courts Find Discrimination against Roma
16 December 2004
Anti-Romani Hate Speech by Bulgarian Trade Union Leader
16 December 2004
15 December 2004
Reflections on the Access of Roma to Health Care
15 December 2004
Romani Politics as a Profession
29 July 2004
Litigating Discrimination in Access to Health Care
29 July 2004
Kindergarten Workers Abuse Romani Boy in Bulgaria
29 July 2004
Bulgarian Police Fatally Shoot a Romani Man
29 July 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Bulgaria (July 2004)
16 July 2004
28 May 2004
Court Action Against Segregated Education in Bulgaria: A Legal Effort to Win Roma Access to Equality
07 February 2004
07 February 2004
Increased Romani Participation Fuels Anti-Romani Racism in Bulgarian Local Elections
07 February 2004
Bulgaria Adopts Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation
07 February 2004
Romani Pupil Physically Abused by School Teacher in Bulgaria
07 February 2004
Bulgarian Government Approves First Ever Action Plan on Roma
07 February 2004
Police Abuse Romani Man in Bulgaria
07 February 2004
02 December 2003
Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights
29 October 2003
Bulgarian Police and Forest Rangers Shoot and Kill Roma
29 October 2003
29 October 2003
Two Romani Youths Killed by Non-Roma in Bulgaria
10 May 2003
ERRC Scholarship Recipients 2002/2003
10 May 2003
Fighting Discrimination Through the Courts
10 May 2003
Bulgarian Roma Protest after Substandard Living Conditions Lead to Burning of Romani Girl
10 May 2003
Failure to Pay Social Aid to Roma
10 May 2003
Successful Romani School Desegregation: The Vidin Case
07 November 2002
The Roads Before Romani Education: Thoughts after a Public Debate
07 November 2002
Romani Man Killed with Homemade Trap in Bulgaria
07 November 2002
Romani Family Expelled from Romani Neighbourhood in Bulgaria
07 November 2002
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science Issues Landmark
07 November 2002
Romani Children Denied Enrolment in Bulgarian Schools
07 November 2002
Romani Youth Shot by Police Officer in Bulgaria
10 July 2002
Racist Assaults on Roma in Bulgaria
10 July 2002
Poverty among Roma in Northwestern Russia
07 May 2002
07 November 2001
The Roma in domestic and international politics: an emerging voice?
07 November 2001
Racially motivated attacks against Roma in Bulgaria
07 November 2001
15 August 2001
15 August 2001
Police beat a Romani man in Bulgaria
15 August 2001
15 August 2001
Roma Rights 2-3, 2001: Government programmes on Roma
15 August 2001
An obstructed path: Roma and access to justice
10 April 2001
Roma and access to justice in Bulgaria
10 April 2001
Police harassment of Romani organisation in Bulgaria
10 April 2001
10 April 2001
10 April 2001
Roma Rights 1, 2001: Access to Justice
10 April 2001
Bulgarian police violence against Roma
05 December 2000
Desegregation effort begins in Bulgaria
05 December 2000
Parallel worlds: Romani and non-Romani schools in Bulgaria
03 October 2000
03 October 2000
Roma Rights 3, 2000: Rights of the Child
03 October 2000
Bulgarian Roma denied legal remedy for human rights abuse
03 October 2000
Romani youth shot and killed by police officers in Bulgaria
03 October 2000
Anti-Romani unrest in Bulgaria
11 July 2000
Macedonian and Bulgarian Muslim Romani women: power, politics, and creativity in ritual
12 April 2000
Deklaracia le internacionalno konferenciaqi
12 April 2000
12 April 2000
Campaigning for Romani media in Bulgaria
07 December 1999
Instances of police abuse of Roma in Bulgaria
07 December 1999
Romani success in local elections in Bulgaria
07 December 1999
Roma Rights 4, 1999: Romani media/Mainstream media
07 December 1999
Continuing police brutality in Bulgaria
05 September 1999
Ivan Ivanov - Discrimination and the Romani complex
15 July 1999
Youths kill Romani women in Bulgaria
15 July 1999
Roma Rights 2, 1999: Roma and the Kosovo Conflict
15 July 1999
03 April 1999
Round table on the Roma question in Bulgaria in 1999
05 January 1999
05 January 1999
Notes by a Romani teacher in a majority-dominated Bulgarian school: Things a teacher can not forget
10 September 1998
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
Projects in Romani education: Bulgaria
10 September 1998
Police abuse of Roma in Bulgaria
10 September 1998
Killing by skinheads in Bulgaria
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
Abuses by police and special police troops in Beglezh, Bulgaria
10 September 1998
Romani boy killed by skinheads in Bulgaria
15 May 1998
Spotlight on civilian violence
15 May 1998
15 May 1998
02 April 1998
Roma-police seminars in Bulgaria
02 April 1998
Roma Rights, Winter 1998: Police Violence against Roma
02 April 1998
Continuing physical abuse of Roma in Bulgaria
02 April 1998
Profession Prisoner: Roma in Detention in Bulgaria
02 December 1997
Violence against Roma in Bulgaria
07 November 1997
Roma case referred to European Court of Human Rights
07 November 1997
07 November 1997
ERRC letter to the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria
07 November 1997
Bulgarian court tries police officers
07 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
News Roundup: Snapshots from Around Europe
15 July 1997
Activities - November 1996-March 1997
10 April 1997
Starving Roma in Bulgaria Beaten by Police
10 April 1997
Elected Official Kills Romani Man in Elin Pelin, Bulgaria
12 October 1996
12 October 1996
Two Romani Soldiers Murdered in Bulgarian Village
12 October 1996
12 October 1996
Mayor Administers Vigilante Justice in Galiche, Bulgaria
12 October 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.
Doomed to fail? EU Roma Framework on course to be scuttled by states’ racist neglect
16 February 2024
Bulgaria: Legal action against landlord who “won’t allow Roma as tenants or customers”
08 August 2023
Bulgaria: ECRI decries anti-Roma hate speech and mob violence, but keeps schtum on police brutality
13 October 2022
12 April 2022
European Roma Rights Network Launched
08 April 2022
01 December 2021
We Demand States Close Down Institutions for Children & Protect Rights of Romani Families
08 April 2021
14 October 2020
ERRC Releases Report on Roma Rights Violations During Lockdown in Europe
09 September 2020
Despair in Stara Zagora as Roma family homes are demolished
10 August 2020
Anti-Roma hate speech by MEP Angel Dzhambazki
04 May 2020
Bigger than football: Bulgaria has a problem with neo-fascism
18 October 2019
Resisting hate ahead of the European elections
16 May 2019
Bulgarian Government Set for Sweeping Victory in EU Elections after Anti-Roma Violence
16 April 2019
A spectre is haunting Europe – spike in anti-Roma pogroms as EU election campaigns kick off
15 April 2019
Two cheers for the European Parliament Roma Resolution
20 February 2019
Calls for Bulgarian Minister Karakachanov to Resign Grow Louder
17 January 2019
More Damaging Bigotry and Intolerance from Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov
24 October 2018
Romani Child Shot Dead in Bulgaria
16 October 2018
13 October 2018
Antigypsyism: we need to talk about policing
18 September 2018
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Bulgaria (April 2017)
20 April 2017
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
07 July 2014
NGOs Visit Hungary to Find Successful Practices on Roma Education and Desegregation
09 February 2014
Empowering Roma Activists Through Human Rights Education
21 December 2012
Roma Rights 2011: Funding Roma Rights: Challenges and Prospects
05 October 2012
Hollande Should Keep His Election Promises Regarding Roma
22 August 2012
Factsheet: Roma Rights in Jeopardy
16 February 2012
Bulgaria Must Ensure the Safety of its Romani Citizens
29 September 2011
ERRC Reports Concerns About Child Marriages to UN Committees
28 September 2011
ERRC Conference Facilitates Stakeholder Discussion of Trafficking in Romani Communities
10 December 2010
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Bulgaria (August 2010)
16 August 2010
Factsheet: Summit-to-Summit Roma Rights Record 2010
08 April 2010
European Committee Rules Bulgaria is Violating the Right to Health Care for Roma People
18 April 2009
27 March 2009
Strasbourg Court Sanctions Bulgaria for Failure to Bring Perpetrators of Racist Killing to Justice
03 August 2007
18 June 2007
Equal Rights for the Romani Population
18 June 2007
30 March 2007
Educational Integration of Roma: Political and Legal Preparation
22 November 2006
Roma Rights 2-3, 2006: ERRC 10th Anniversary
14 November 2006
The 10th Anniversary of the European Roma Rights Centre
31 October 2006
Roma Rights at UN Minorities Group
14 August 2006
European Court issues two judgments against Bulgaria
24 February 2006
ERRC Prevails in Court against Bulgarian Ministry of Education on School Segregation of Roma
01 February 2006
25 October 2005
Forced Evictions of Roma in Bulgaria
01 September 2005
ERRC Letter: Forced Evictions of Roma in Bulgaria
01 September 2005
09 May 2005
First Five Roma Rights Victories under New Bulgarian Equality Law
30 September 2004
ERRC lawsuits in Bulgarian restaurant discrimination cases
11 August 2004
Kindergarten Workers Abuse Romani Boy in Bulgaria
29 July 2004
29 July 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Bulgaria (July 2004)
16 July 2004
28 May 2004
ERRC files a police brutality case against Bulgaria with the Strasbourg human rights court
21 April 2004
The European Roma Rights Center welcomes a landmark decision of the European Court of Human Rights
26 February 2004
18 February 2004
Court Action Against Segregated Education in Bulgaria: A Legal Effort to Win Roma Access to Equality
07 February 2004
Romani Pupil Physically Abused by School Teacher in Bulgaria
07 February 2004
Legal Action on Problematic Bulgarian Police Law Provisions
16 December 2003
12 December 2003
04 December 2003
Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights
29 October 2003
Bulgaria Adopts Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law
18 September 2003
04 September 2003
ERRC Lawsuit Challenges Education Discrimination Against Romani Children in Bulgarian Schools
20 May 2003
ERRC Lawsuit Challenges Education Discrimination Against Romani Childrenin Bulgarian Schools
20 May 2003
Successful Romani School Desegregation: The Vidin Case
07 November 2002
The Roads Before Romani Education: Thoughts after a Public Debate
07 November 2002
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science Issues Landmark
07 November 2002
Romani Children Denied Enrolment in Bulgarian Schools
07 November 2002
13 September 2002
ERRC Welcomes European Human Rights Court Ruling
18 June 2002
28 April 2001
ERRC welcomes report on access to public services
03 April 2001
Desegregation effort begins in Bulgaria
05 December 2000
02 November 2000
Parallel worlds: Romani and non-Romani schools in Bulgaria
03 October 2000
Deklaracia le internacionalno konferenciaqi
12 April 2000
12 April 2000
European Court of Human Rights Hears Bulgarian Police Abuse Case
27 January 2000
Roma Rights 2, 1999: Roma and the Kosovo Conflict
15 July 1999
Balkan Roma Conference on Peace and Security
23 June 1999
03 April 1999
29 November 1998
Round table on the Roma question in Bulgaria
05 October 1998
Notes by a Romani teacher in a majority-dominated Bulgarian school: Things a teacher can not forget
10 September 1998
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
Projects in Romani education: Bulgaria
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
19 November 1997
Activities: August - October 1997
07 November 1997
ERRC Letter to the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria Ivan Tatarchev
04 September 1997
ERRC Letter to the Chief Prosecutor of Bulgaria Ivan Tatarchev
03 December 1996
