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.

ERRC Urges Restraint and Responsible Reporting in Child Removal Cases

22 October 2013

ERRC Reports Concerns About Child Marriages to UN Committees

28 September 2011

ERRC Highlights Romani Children’s Rights Issues before UN Treaty Bodies

27 July 2011

UN Special Rapporteur Urges Greece to Protect the Rights of Minors

03 April 2006

UN Committee Criticises Greece over Treatment of Roma

07 May 2002

Poverty among Roma in Northwestern Russia

07 May 2002

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.

ERRC submission to UN CERD on Greece (November 2024)

05 November 2024

Policy Brief: Police Brutality and Institutional Racism in Law Enforcement

23 May 2024

ERRC submission to UN CRC on Greece (July 2011)

26 July 2011

ERRC submission to UN UPR on Greece (November 2010)

19 November 2010

ERRC submission to the Council of Europe on implementation of human rights judgments in Croatia, Czech Republic and Greece

08 November 2010

Greek Authorities Illegally Evicting Roma as Part of

20 November 2007

European Court of Human Rights Rules in Favour of 17-Year-Old Romani Boy Shot by Greek Police

20 November 2007

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Addresses Situation of Roma in Greece

20 November 2007

Equal Rights for the Romani Population

18 June 2007

Ongoing Evictions of Roma in Greece

18 May 2007

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Report on Greece

13 November 2006

ERRC and IHF Urge Greek Education Minister to End Roma School Segregation

03 April 2006

UN Special Rapporteur Urges Greece to Protect the Rights of Minors

03 April 2006

ECtHR Finds Greece Guilty of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of Two Romani Men

01 February 2006

European Committee of Social Rights Rules Greece in Violation of Three Separate Aspects of the European Social Charter

21 July 2005

United Nations Human Rights Committee Reviews First State Report Issued by Greece

21 July 2005

Challeging Ongoing Forced Evictions of Roma in Greece

21 July 2005

United Nations Committee against Torture Reviews Greece

11 March 2005

Another Forced Eviction of Albanian Roma in Greece

11 March 2005

European Commission on Racism and Intolerance Issues Third Report on Greece

16 December 2004

Circular Bans the Use of Derogatory References to Roma by Greek Police

16 December 2004

Stereotypical Romani Images Portrayed in Greek Olympic Closing Ceremony

16 December 2004

United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Reviews Greece

29 July 2004

Greek Police Issue Anti-Romani Document

29 July 2004

Extreme Harm to Roma Living in Substandard Conditions

29 July 2004

Racist Attempts by Greek Authorities to Keep Roma Out of Their Territories

28 May 2004

Roma Charged Under Sanitary Decree Found Not Guilty

28 May 2004

Highly Irregular Greek Police Investigation into the Ill-Treatment of Romani Men by Police Officers

07 February 2004

Unsuccessful Relocation of Romani Community

07 February 2004

Greek Police Officer Dismissed for Shooting a Romani Man in 2001

07 February 2004

Denial of Justice for Roma in Greece

07 February 2004

ERRC/COHRE Housing Rights Action Before European Committee of Social Rights

07 February 2004

Romani Children Access Education in Greece

07 February 2004

ERRC submission to the European Committee of Social Rights on Greece, Hungary and Turkey (December 2003)

01 December 2003

Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights

29 October 2003

Faces of Romani Statelessness in Greece

29 October 2003

Nea Zoe Romani Settlement Again Threatened with Eviction in Greece

29 October 2003

Housing Rights in Greece: First ERRC Action Under the European Social Charter

29 October 2003

Roma Experience Difficulties Accessing Adequate Housing in Greece

29 October 2003

Greek Authorities Fail to Adequately Discipline and Prosecute Police Officers for Human Rights Violations against Roma

29 October 2003

Litigation - Legal defence

10 May 2003

Komparativo Analiza Pala Nacionalo Thaj Europako Zakono

10 May 2003

Albanian Roma Evicted in Greece

10 May 2003

Police Officer Sentenced for Killing Romani Man in Greece

10 May 2003

Roma Rights and Anti-Discrimination Law

10 May 2003

Homes Intended for Roma Given to Non-Roma in Greece

10 May 2003

Physical Abuse of Roma by Greek Police

10 May 2003

Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece

30 April 2003

Tenuous Living Conditions for Roma Throughout Greece

07 November 2002

Police Abuse of Roma in Greece

07 November 2002

Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Visits Greece

07 November 2002

First Ever Conviction of a Greek Policeman for Abuse of Roma

10 July 2002

Greek Ombudsman Pressures Authorities to Act

10 July 2002

Low Romani Attendance in Greek Schools

10 July 2002

Roma Suffer Discrimination in Access to Health Care in Greece

10 July 2002

Roma Refused Registration in Municipal Rolls in Greece

10 July 2002

Grants Awarded

07 May 2002

Statement by the Secretary General of the International Romani Union on the Situation of Roma in Greece

07 May 2002

Poverty among Roma in Northwestern Russia

07 May 2002

Continuing Violence against Roma in Greece

07 May 2002

Romani Youth Sexually Harassed by Police in Detention in Greece

07 May 2002

UN Committee Criticises Greece over Treatment of Roma

07 May 2002

Romani Woman Suffers Miscarriage after Being Beaten during Police Raid in Greece

07 May 2002

Killing of Romani man by police in Greece

07 November 2001

Evictions, threatened evictions, destruction of property, harassment of Roma by authorities in Greece

07 November 2001

Council of Europe official decries

07 November 2001

Not enough action: government policy on Roma in Greece

15 August 2001

Greece criticised by the UN for its treatment of Roma

15 August 2001

Public school in Greece closes in order to exclude Romani children

10 April 2001

Threatened evictions of Roma in Greece

05 December 2000

Abusive police raids on Romani communities in Greece

03 October 2000

Greek authorities evict Roma

03 October 2000

Expel first: housing policy for Roma in Greece

11 July 2000

Greek municipalities evict Roma

11 July 2000

Greek court acquits police officer in killing case

11 July 2000

Greek authorities still have not completed promised accommodation for Roma

12 April 2000

Aliens of gypsy Descent: Romani images in the Greek press

07 December 1999

Police brutality against Roma in Greece

07 December 1999

Mayor of Greek city makes racist comments about Roma; more evictions of Roma in Greece

07 December 1999

Police attempt to evict families from settlement in Greece

05 September 1999

Declaration of the participants in the Balkan Roma conference for peace and security

15 July 1999

Roma Rights 2, 1999: Roma and the Kosovo Conflict

15 July 1999

Municipal authorities in Greece expel Roma

15 July 1999

Abuse of Roma by police and municipal authorities in Greece

03 April 1999

Greece: charges brought against policemen for abuse of Roma in detention

03 April 1999

ERRC letter to the Chief Prosecutor of Greece concerning the destruction of Romani dwellings

03 April 1999

Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education

10 September 1998

Orthodox priest in Greece refuses to baptize Romani children

10 September 1998

Agrammatos

10 September 1998

Police killing and abuses in Greece

10 September 1998

Roma forbidden access to the rubbish dump in Aspropyrgos, Greece

15 May 1998

Roma face housing rights' violations in Greece

15 May 1998

Greek Roma settlements: police raids, inhuman conditions

02 April 1998

Roma Rights, Winter 1998: Police Violence against Roma

02 April 1998

News roundup: Snapshot from around Europe

07 November 1997

Roma Rights: Autumn 1997

07 November 1997

Community expulsions in Greece

07 November 1997

Activities: August - October 1997

07 November 1997

Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust

15 July 1997

Activities: April - July 1997

15 July 1997

Greek authorities resettle Roma of Ano Liosia in restrictive camp

15 July 1997

News Roundup: Snapshots from Around Europe

15 July 1997

Police Excesses against Roma in Greece

10 April 1997

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.

Greece: three years after police kill Romani teen, investigators accused of stalling

29 October 2024

Reflections on the 2024 Roma Rights Summer School: Empowering Through Vulnerability and Connection

31 July 2024

Greek Ombudsman to Investigate Mayor Who Racially Abused and Threatened a Romani Family

01 July 2024

Greek Mayor Racially Abuses & Threatens A Romani Mother and Children Before Spraying Them With Water

21 May 2024

Roma Rights Summer School 2024: Call for Applications

15 February 2024

Another Romani teen shot dead by Greek police

13 November 2023