What we do - European Roma Rights Centre

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.

Romani Families Win Appeal against Paris Municipality Over School Segregation

15 June 2020

Does Separating Romani Schoolchildren in France Violate the Equality Principle or Establish Ethnic Discrimination?

11 May 2017

ERRC Calls for Action Over the Abuse of Romani Children by England Fans in Lille

22 June 2016

Destruction des progrès, progression des destructions : Les femmes et enfants roms, citoyens européens en France

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

Romani Children Talk About Access to Education in France

30 July 2014

Roma and Sinti voices on the right to education in France

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.

Submission to the European Committee against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on France (June 2021)

02 June 2021

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, to the General Assembly in 2021 and to the Human Rights Council in 2021 (April 2021)

10 May 2021

ERRC submission to UN HRC on France (June 2017)

30 June 2017

Macron Election Call Out

05 May 2017

Thirsting for Justice: New Report Reveals Depth of Discrimination faced by Europe’s Roma in Accessing Water

22 March 2017

World Water Day: Thirsting for Justice

22 March 2017

ERRC Joins Call to End Childhood Statelessness in Europe

22 November 2016

ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)

19 February 2016

Roma Rights 2 2015: Nothing About Us Without Us? Roma Participation in Policy Making and Knowledge Production

07 December 2015

ERRC submission to UN HRC on France (June 2015)

08 June 2015

ERRC submission to UN CERD on France (April 2015)

09 April 2015

Destruction des progrès, progression des destructions : Les femmes et enfants roms, citoyens européens en France

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

Romani Children Talk About Access to Education in France

30 July 2014

ERRC submission to UN CEDAW Committee to the General Recommendation on Girls’/Women’s Right to Education (July 2014)

07 July 2014

Roma Rights 2013: National Roma Integration Strategies: What Next?

06 January 2014

France: Country Profile 2011-2012

17 July 2013

Country Profiles 2011-2012

16 July 2013

ERRC submission to the European Commission on France (April 2013)

08 April 2013

ERRC submission to UN HRC on France (July 2012)

10 July 2012

ERRC submission to the European Commission on Violations of EU Law by France (September 2010)

27 September 2010

ERRC submission to the European Commission on Violations of EU Law by France (August 2010)

27 August 2010

ERRC submission to UN CERD on France (August 2010)

23 August 2010

New Security Law in France Targets Travellers

20 November 2007

Très Difficile: Problematic of Civic Associations' Intervention in Human Rights Situations

18 June 2007

Employment Activating Social Assistance Schemes Not Working for Roma and Travellers

18 June 2007

French Mayor Sentenced After Setting Fire to Romani Camp

18 May 2007

Social Inclusion Through Social Services: The Case of Roma and Travellers

03 March 2007

Sociální začleňování prostřednictvím sociálních služeb: situace Romů a Travellerů

03 March 2007

L’Inclusion Sociale dans les Services Sociaux: le cas des Roms et des Gens du voyage

03 March 2007

Os Serviço Sociais ao Serviço da Inclusão Sócial: O caso dos Ciganos

03 March 2007

French Romani Representatives Lobby the Pope for Better Co-operation with French Church-Based Organisations

13 November 2006

Gendarmes Conduct Illegal Raid in Romani Community in France

13 November 2006

Roma Rights 1, 2006: Exclusion from Employment

03 April 2006

European Roma Rights Centre Releases France Country Report

03 April 2006

French National Assembly Proposes Property Tax for Travellers

03 April 2006

Sa po aver than: Anti-Ciganizmo ande Franca

01 February 2006

Always Somewhere Else: Anti-Gypsyism in France

28 November 2005

Hors d’ici! Anti-tsiganisme en France

28 November 2005

Television Station in France Accused of Incitement to Racial Hatred

22 July 2005

European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance Issues Report on France

21 July 2005

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Reviews France

21 July 2005

ERRC submission to UN CERD on France (February 2005)

08 February 2005

More Roma Expelled from France

10 May 2003

Strict Law on Itinerants in France

07 November 2002

Travellers Law not Enforced in France

10 July 2002

The Poorest Teach Us the Indivisibility of Human Rights

07 May 2002

Fifteen more Hungarian Roma receive asylum in France

15 August 2001

Roma granted asylum

10 April 2001

French mayors protest Romani gathering

03 October 2000

UN organisations report on racial discrimination against Roma

11 July 2000

Roma evicted from Paris camp

05 September 1999

Denial of basic rights: the marginalisation of Romani refugees in France

03 April 1999

Mayor orders trench to be dug around Romani camp in France

10 September 1998

Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education

10 September 1998

Chronicle

10 September 1998

Litigating cases on behalf of Roma before the Court and Commission in Strasbourg

02 April 1998

Field report: Britain and France

02 April 1998

Roma Rights: Autumn 1997

07 November 1997

Activities: August - October 1997

07 November 1997

Case of shooting by police in France to be reopened

07 November 1997

Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust

15 July 1997

Roma killed by unknown gunmen in France

15 July 1997

News Roundup: Snapshots from Around Europe

15 July 1997

Activities - November 1996-March 1997

10 April 1997

Roma Revolt After Police Killing in France

10 April 1997

Activities March-October 1996

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.

Training Opportunity for Organisations Supporting Roma and Travellers

08 July 2024

ERRC accuses France of rights violations, criminalisation and segregation of Travellers in new collective complaint

19 September 2023

The killing of Nahel M: when racist policing is the rule, not the exception

03 July 2023

European Roma Rights Network Launched

08 April 2022

European Court Orders France to Compensate Evicted Roma

14 May 2020

The French recipe: evict, demolish and “deliver them back to the borders”

09 January 2020