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.
Roma spark 2018’s biggest victory for internet freedom
04 December 2018
Joint submission to UN CRC on Hungary (February 2018)
27 February 2018
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (February 2018)
14 February 2018
European Court of Human Rights
04 January 2018
RISC: Stop Discrimination of Roma in State Care
20 November 2017
20 November 2017
#BetterTogether: Stop School Segregation of Roma
13 November 2017
European Roma Rights Centre Receives Stockholm Human Rights Award
26 November 2012
ERRC submission to UN CEDAW on Hungary (June 2012)
26 June 2012
ERRC Research Coordinator Djordje Jovanovic on Romani Children in Institutional Care
20 December 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
Roma Rights 4, 2007: Child Protection
21 April 2008
17 December 2007
Dis-Interest of the Child: Romani Children in the Hungarian Child Protection System
11 December 2007
24 July 2007
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerned about the Situation of Romani Children in Hungary
03 April 2006
ERRC: UN Children’s Rights Committee on Roma Rights in Hungary
03 February 2006
First Instance Court Upheld Segregated Education
01 February 2006
Petition to Segregate Romani Schoolchildren
21 July 2005
Hungary Appoints Ministerial Commissioner for the Integration of Roma and Disadvantaged Children
07 November 2002
Racist Hungarian textbook removed from curriculum
03 October 2000
03 October 2000
03 October 2000
Parliamentary Ombudsman for Minority Rights declares Hungarian education system discriminatory
07 December 1999
Nobody wants to adopt Romani children
05 January 1999
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 AC-FCNM on Hungary (November 2024)
05 November 2024
Human Rights Report Catalogues Structural Discrimination Against Romani Refugees from Ukraine
17 June 2024
16 February 2024
Brutal and Bigoted: Policing Roma in the EU
09 June 2022
Joint Submission to UN HRC on Hungary (March 2021)
30 March 2021
Roma Rights in the Time of Covid
09 September 2020
21 July 2020
ERRC Submission to UN CRC on Hungary (December 2019)
19 December 2019
Joint submission to UN CRC on Hungary (February 2018)
27 February 2018
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (February 2018)
14 February 2018
20 November 2017
#BetterTogether: Stop School Segregation of Roma
13 November 2017
22 March 2017
World Water Day: Thirsting for Justice
22 March 2017
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
07 December 2015
ERRC submission to UN UPR on Hungary (September 2015)
22 September 2015
24 August 2015
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 Hungary (January 2013)
25 January 2013
ERRC Welcomes New Executive Director and Board Chair
19 September 2011
09 September 2011
03 June 2011
Imperfect Justice: Anti-Roma Violence and Impunity
06 April 2011
Imperfect Justice: Anti-Roma Violence and Impunity
06 April 2011
UN Bodies Urge Hungary to Act Against Roma Rights Abuses
11 November 2010
ERRC submission to UN UPR on Hungary (November 2010)
08 November 2010
29 June 2010
Roma Rights 2, 2009: Multiple Discrimination
27 April 2010
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (February 2010)
01 February 2010
Guidelines for submitting articles
23 January 2009
Roma Rights 4, 2007: Child Protection
21 April 2008
Roma and Law: A Semi-Pessimistic Overview
21 November 2007
Water Supply to be Cut Off in Hungary Romani Community
20 November 2007
Hungary's New Minority Ombudsman is Romani
20 November 2007
Romani Children Continue to Face Discrimination in Hungarian Schools
20 November 2007
Hungarian Authorities Forcibly Evict Romani Mother and Daughter
20 November 2007
ERRC submission to UN CEDAW on Hungary (July 2007)
23 July 2007
Hungarian Media Promotes Anti-Romani Hatred
18 May 2007
You have the Right but not the Opportunity
17 May 2007
ERRC submission to UN CESCR on Hungary (September 2007)
30 April 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
CEDAW Finds Hungary Violated Convention in Sterilisation Case
13 November 2006
13 November 2006
13 November 2006
Nachova and the Syncretic Stage in Interpreting Discrimination in Strasbourg Jurisprudence
13 November 2006
Strasbourg Cases and Their Long Term Impact
13 November 2006
13 November 2006
Ten Years' Efforts to Change the Image of Roma in the Media
03 November 2006
Thoughts about Achievements, Challenges, the Past and the Future
03 November 2006
31 October 2006
Reflections on Roma Rights and the Romani Movement
31 October 2006
Ten Years of the European Roma Rights Centre
30 October 2006
Roma Rights 1, 2006: Exclusion from Employment
03 April 2006
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerned about the Situation of Romani Children in Hungary
03 April 2006
Systemic Exclusion of Roma from Employment
31 March 2006
Tackling the Systemic Exclusion of Roma from Employment
31 March 2006
Roma Rights 3-4, 2005: Justice for Kosovo
01 February 2006
Court Punishes Disco for Denying Entrance to Roma on Racist Grounds
01 February 2006
First Instance Court Upheld Segregated Education
01 February 2006
Racist Game Reappears in Internet After Removal
01 February 2006
ERRC submission to UN CRC on Hungary (September 2005)
13 September 2005
Petition to Segregate Romani Schoolchildren
21 July 2005
Hungarian Romani Woman Gives Birth in Hospital Toilet
11 March 2005
11 March 2005
Romani Job-Seekers Discriminated Against
16 December 2004
16 December 2004
Strasbourg Court Finds Hungary in Breach of Human Rights Standards in a Roma Police Brutality Case
15 December 2004
15 December 2004
“Gypsy Rooms” and Other Discriminatory Treatment Against Romani Women in Hungarian Hospitals
15 December 2004
Litigating Discrimination in Access to Health Care
29 July 2004
Hungarian Court Punishes Employment Discrimination
29 July 2004
23 July 2004
ERRC Biannual Report 2001-2002
11 June 2004
28 May 2004
27 May 2004
ERRC Human Rights Workshops: An Emerging Local Debate About School Desegregation of Roma
27 May 2004
27 May 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Hungary (April 2004)
05 April 2004
Out and Away: The Housing Rights Situation of Roma in Hungary
07 February 2004
Hungarian Roma Denied Justice in Attack by Police
07 February 2004
Romani Parents Unsuccessful in Enrolling Their Children in Private School in Hungary
07 February 2004
ERRC Scholarship Recipients: Academic Year 2003/2004
07 February 2004
01 December 2003
Mixed Outcomes in Roma Rights Cases in Hungary
29 October 2003
Romani Education Issues in Hungary
29 October 2003
Will the Groom Adopt the Bride's Unwanted Child? The Race Equality Directive, Hungary and its Roma
10 May 2003
10 May 2003
Roma Rights 1-2, 2003: Anti-Discrimination Law
10 May 2003
Training Workshop for Judges in the Implementation and Enforcement of the EU Race Equality Directive
10 May 2003
Romani Man Shot by Police in Hungary
10 May 2003
Mourning Roma Beaten by Police in Hungary
10 May 2003
09 April 2003
07 November 2002
07 November 2002
07 November 2002
Private School in Hungary Declared Unlawful
07 November 2002
Legal Action on Behalf of Roma in Hungary
07 November 2002
Roma Rights 3-4, 2002: Segregation and Desegregation
07 November 2002
Roma Rights Summer University 2002
07 November 2002
ERRC submission to UN CERD on Hungary (August 2002)
02 August 2002
Roma Under Hungary's "Status Law"
10 July 2002
10 July 2002
Romani Activist Sues Government Official in Hungary
10 July 2002
Roma Rights 2, 2002: Fortress Europe
10 July 2002
Roma in the Hungarian Elections
10 July 2002
More Evictions of Roma in Hungary
10 July 2002
Who is this Krisztina Rostás? - One Romani Woman Testifies About Extreme Poverty in Hungary
07 May 2002
Grassroots Strategies to Combat Extreme Poverty
07 May 2002
07 May 2002
Roma in Hungary Denied Justice
07 May 2002
07 May 2002
Romani Youths Beaten by Border Guards in Hungary
07 May 2002
Racist Attacks on Roma in Hungary
07 May 2002
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (March 2002)
10 March 2002
Legal Representation Grants - grants guideline
07 November 2001
Smoke and mirrors: Roma and minority policy in Hungary
07 November 2001
The Romani movement: what shape, what direction?
07 November 2001
Four Romani men to receive compensation from police in Hungary
07 November 2001
Hungarian courts finally acknowledge a racist anti-Romani crime, but punish it inadequately
07 November 2001
15 August 2001
Roma Rights 2-3, 2001: Government programmes on Roma
15 August 2001
Roma refused protection by police in Hungary
15 August 2001
Police violence against Roma in Hungary
15 August 2001
Firebomb attacks on Roma in Hungary
15 August 2001
Plan for the elimination of "Gypsy shanty towns" in Hungary
15 August 2001
Prejudiced statements by the Hungarian Prime Minister
10 April 2001
10 April 2001
Discrimination against Roma in Hungary
10 April 2001
Recognition of lifelong dedication in Hungary
10 April 2001
05 December 2000
Current internships and externships with the ERRC
05 December 2000
Violent evictions of Roma in Hungary
05 December 2000
03 October 2000
Racist Hungarian textbook removed from curriculum
03 October 2000
Threatened evictions of Roma in Hungary
03 October 2000
03 October 2000
Leading Hungarian politicians deny Romani problems
03 October 2000
Hate speech by mayor in Hungary
11 July 2000
11 July 2000
11 July 2000
Gábor Halmai - My various identities
11 July 2000
Roma dignity restored in a landmark judgement
12 April 2000
More police brutality in Hungary
12 April 2000
Killer sentenced to imprisonment in Hungary
12 April 2000
Deklaracia le internacionalno konferenciaqi
12 April 2000
12 April 2000
Hungarian court finds pub owner guilty of discrimination
12 April 2000
Training programs for Romani journalists
07 December 1999
Seen from Afar: Roma in the Hungarian Media
07 December 1999
Viktória Mohácsi - Inside the box
07 December 1999
Roma Rights 4, 1999: Romani media/Mainstream media
07 December 1999
Skinheads attack Roma in Hungary
07 December 1999
Hungarian State Television attempts to dismiss the only staff member of Romani program
07 December 1999
Parliamentary Ombudsman for Minority Rights declares Hungarian education system discriminatory
07 December 1999
05 September 1999
Taking control of our identity
05 September 1999
Non-Romani death caps long housing crisis in Hungary
05 September 1999
Killing of Romani youth in Hungary
15 July 1999
Roma Rights 2, 1999: Roma and the Kosovo Conflict
15 July 1999
Bringing cases challenging discrimination against Romani children in remedialspecial schools
15 July 1999
Hajdúhadház, Hungary, March 1999
07 July 1999
03 April 1999
Local government in Hungary taken to court by Roma
03 April 1999
Court sentences skinheads charged with arson in Hungary
03 April 1999
03 April 1999
Primary education of Roma: the case of Hidas, Hungary, 1998
05 January 1999
05 January 1999
The United Nations CAT scrutinizes Hungary and Yugoslavia
05 January 1999
Hungarian court rules against segregation
05 January 1999
Nobody wants to adopt Romani children
05 January 1999
Roma Rights Autumn 1998: Legal Defence
05 January 1999
Neighbourly violence in Hungary
05 January 1999
Roma from Romania seeking asylum in Hungary
05 January 1999
ERRC submission to UN CAT on Hungary and Yugoslavia (November 1998)
11 November 1998
Roma and the right to education - Roma in the educational systems of central and eastern Europe
10 September 1998
Romani families in Hungarian municipal expulsion case leave town
10 September 1998
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
Roma unwanted again in Fejér County, Hungary
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
Discriminatory job advertising in Hungarian press
10 September 1998
15 May 1998
Asylum news on Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Roma
15 May 1998
Spotlight on civilian violence
15 May 1998
The policeman knew the skinhead - A young Rom speaks about a racially-motivated attack in Hungary
15 May 1998
Arson attack on Romani house in Csolnok, Hungary
15 May 1998
Roma Rights, Winter 1998: Police Violence against Roma
02 April 1998
Claude Cahn - One of these days
02 April 1998
Hungary debates introducing minority seats in parliament
02 April 1998
Romani man killed by game warden in northeastern Hungary
02 April 1998
Chronicle - Activities: November 1998 - March 1999
02 April 1998
"You're lucky you are at home" - Testimony by Romani prostitutes in Hajdúhadház, eastern Hungary
07 November 1997
Police violence against Romani man in Tetétlen, Hungary
07 November 1997
07 November 1997
"Local apartheid" in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
07 November 1997
ERRC Legal Scholarship recipient: László Fórika
07 November 1997
Skinhead attack in Veszprém, Hungary
15 July 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
News Roundup: Snapshots from Around Europe
15 July 1997
Teaching the basics of human rights work
15 July 1997
15 July 1997
11 July 1997
Activities - November 1996-March 1997
10 April 1997
12 October 1996
Rom Shot in Restaurant in Hungary
12 October 1996
András Bíró - Former Chairman of the Board of Directors
12 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.
Racism in Hungary: top ex-judge claims national IQ level lowered by Indian origins of the Roma
16 September 2024
No shelter for Romani refugees in Orbánistan: Helsinki Committee calls for EU action
06 September 2024
Hungary: Day One of Orbán’s latest decree sees 120 Romani refugees cast onto the streets
23 August 2024
Budapest: Fidesz aims to expropriate residential buildings and evict 200 poor families
17 April 2024
ERRC Takes Legal Action for Romani Children Forced to Walk 7km to School in Tiszavasvári, Hungary
11 April 2024
Legal Action Against Church-Run Hospital Denying Abortion Services for Roma in Hungary
10 April 2024
Doomed to fail? EU Roma Framework on course to be scuttled by states’ racist neglect
16 February 2024
Hungary: Government minister blames ‘Gypsy children’ for national decline in reading competence
04 August 2023
War in Ukraine: ERRC Monitoring Report Confirms Discrimination Against Romani Refugees
28 February 2023
How racist and incompetent policing cost Romani lives in Hungary
24 February 2023
‘Hungary no longer a full democracy’: European Parliament cites Roma rights among its main concerns
16 September 2022
Hungary: Roma counter-demonstrators outnumber neo-Nazis in Nyíregyháza
12 September 2022
05 September 2022
Q&A with Roma Rights Summer School students
22 August 2022
Q&A with Roma Rights Summer School students
19 August 2022
Roma Rights Summer School [Class of 2022]
18 August 2022
Hungary: Far-right extremist Mi Hazánk emerges as the ‘other winner’ in the 2022 elections
14 April 2022
European Roma Rights Network Launched
08 April 2022
Romani family denied exit from Ukraine: border guards accuse Roma of “wrongdoings” in Hungary
29 March 2022
A grim situation for Romani children in state care [HUNGARY]
08 February 2022
01 December 2021
07 October 2021
Budapest Court Rules State Removal of Romani Children from Families is Discrimination
05 October 2021
12 May 2021
ERRC Releases Report on Roma Rights Violations During Lockdown in Europe
09 September 2020
Hungarian Roma mayor László Bogdán laid to rest
24 July 2020
15 May 2020
Let’s Stop Telling Roma How to Build a Movement
11 March 2020
Open Letter to the EU about Climate of Racism in Hungary
18 February 2020
Romani man dies while paramedics stall at the outskirts of the ‘poorest village in Hungary’
29 January 2020
Roma and access to water: More bad news from Miskolc
17 October 2019
23 September 2019
Resisting hate ahead of the European elections
16 May 2019
Two cheers for the European Parliament Roma Resolution
20 February 2019
Roma spark 2018’s biggest victory for internet freedom
04 December 2018
Ten years after the Roma killings in Hungary: there’s nothing ‘so-called’ about antigypsyism
16 November 2018
ERRC Ends Discriminatory Hospital Charges Affecting Romani Mothers
12 November 2018
Antigypsyism: we need to talk about policing
18 September 2018
14 September 2018
Bi-Weekly Roma News Review: July 21-August 5
09 August 2018
Joint submission to UN CRC on Hungary (February 2018)
27 February 2018
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (February 2018)
14 February 2018
RISC: Stop Discrimination of Roma in State Care
20 November 2017
#BetterTogether: Stop School Segregation of Roma
13 November 2017
03 May 2017
21 March 2017
10 June 2016
08 April 2016
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the EU Roma Framework (February 2016)
19 February 2016
01 December 2015
27 October 2015
20 October 2015
ERRC submission to UN UPR on Hungary (September 2015)
22 September 2015
24 August 2015
ERRC Welcomes New Executive Director
29 September 2014
07 July 2014
Hungarian City Set to ‘Expel’ Its Roma
25 June 2014
14 April 2014
NGOs Visit Hungary to Find Successful Practices on Roma Education and Desegregation
09 February 2014
International Day of Students: End Segregation in Education!
18 November 2013
UPDATE: Hungary School Incident: CCTV Footage Does Not Rule Out Suspicion of Racist Acts in Konyár
23 September 2013
29 January 2013
Empowering Roma Activists Through Human Rights Education
21 December 2012
European Roma Rights Centre Receives Stockholm Human Rights Award
26 November 2012
Roma Rights 2011: Funding Roma Rights: Challenges and Prospects
05 October 2012
ERRC Pays Tribute to Thomas Hammarberg’s Work on Roma
03 April 2012
Factsheet: Roma Rights in Jeopardy
16 February 2012
NGOs Urge Response to Anti-Roma Patrols in Hungary
14 April 2011
Rights Groups Demand Protection for Hungarian Roma
17 March 2011
ERRC Conference Facilitates Stakeholder Discussion of Trafficking in Romani Communities
10 December 2010
Factsheet: Summit-to-Summit Roma Rights Record 2010
08 April 2010
18 February 2010
ERRC presented the prestigious Silver Rose Award
04 February 2010
ERRC submission to UN HRC on Hungary (February 2010)
01 February 2010
08 May 2009
06 April 2009
03 March 2009
Hungary provides compensation to coercively sterilised Romani Woman
24 February 2009
Hundreds of Activists Support Campaign for Compensation for Coercively Sterilised Romani Women
15 July 2008
Support the Campaign of Romani Survivors of Coerced Sterilisation for Apologies and Compensation
03 July 2008
ERRC Hosts OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities
26 February 2008
17 December 2007
ERRC and NEKI Call for Action Against Racist Group in Hungary
13 December 2007
Romani Children Continue to Face Discrimination in Hungarian Schools
20 November 2007
31 August 2007
UN Women's Discrimination Committee Reviews Hungary
03 July 2007
Segregated Schooling Updates in Hungary
19 June 2007
18 June 2007
ERRC Welcomes Hungary's New Minority Ombudsman
15 June 2007
Roma Rights 2-3, 2006: ERRC 10th Anniversary
14 November 2006
The 10th Anniversary of the European Roma Rights Centre
31 October 2006
Anti-Romani Hatred Promoted by Hungarian Media
17 October 2006
United Nations: Hungary Coercively Sterilised Romani Woman
31 August 2006
ERRC: UN Children’s Rights Committee on Roma Rights in Hungary
03 February 2006
First Instance Court Upheld Segregated Education
01 February 2006
Court Punishes Disco for Denying Entrance to Roma
26 August 2005
Petition to Segregate Romani Schoolchildren
21 July 2005
Hungarian Discotheque Fined for Unequal Treatment
21 June 2005
ERRC Concerns: Race Crime in Hungary
19 May 2005
09 May 2005
Access of Roma to Health Care Highlighted at Budapest Seminar
18 February 2005
16 December 2004
ERRC Files Motion Challenging Housing Legislation
11 November 2004
School Segregation Declared Unlawful by Hungarian Courts
07 October 2004
Strasbourg court finds Hungary in breach of human rights standards in a Roma police brutality case
22 July 2004
ERRC Biannual Report 2001-2002
11 June 2004
ERRC Human Rights Workshops: An Emerging Local Debate About School Desegregation of Roma
27 May 2004
ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Hungary (April 2004)
05 April 2004
ERRC/NEKI: International Legal Action on Hungarian Sterilization
12 February 2004
Romani Parents Unsuccessful in Enrolling Their Children in Private School in Hungary
07 February 2004
Differences in Access to Primary Healthcare
23 January 2004
04 December 2003
Romani Education Issues in Hungary
29 October 2003
ERRC Action in Hungary Housing Discrimination Case
01 October 2003
04 September 2003
07 November 2002
Roma Rights 3-4, 2002: Segregation and Desegregation
07 November 2002
Private School in Hungary Declared Unlawful
07 November 2002
Roma Rights Summer University 2002
07 November 2002
10 July 2002
ERRC Welcomes UN Race Committee Findings on Hungary
04 June 2002
ERRC letter to Major General Dr. Orbán
23 May 2002
Who is this Krisztina Rostás? - One Romani Woman Testifies About Extreme Poverty in Hungary
07 May 2002
Legal Representation Grants - grants guideline
07 November 2001
ERRC Dissociates Itself from WCAR NGO Forum
05 September 2001
10 April 2001
Recognition of lifelong dedication in Hungary
10 April 2001
Current internships and externships with the ERRC
05 December 2000
Racist Hungarian textbook removed from curriculum
03 October 2000
Forced Evictions in Hungary: Letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán - open letter
09 August 2000
Deklaracia le internacionalno konferenciaqi
12 April 2000
12 April 2000
Parliamentary Ombudsman for Minority Rights declares Hungarian education system discriminatory
07 December 1999
ERRC Letter to the Hungarian Minister of Education
27 August 1999
Roma Rights 2, 1999: Roma and the Kosovo Conflict
15 July 1999
Bringing cases challenging discrimination against Romani children in remedialspecial schools
15 July 1999
03 April 1999
Concerning recent events in Hajduhadhaz, Hungary
23 March 1999
Primary education of Roma: the case of Hidas, Hungary, 1998
05 January 1999
Hungarian court rules against segregation
05 January 1999
29 November 1998
United Nations committee criticises disproportionate number of Roma in detention in Hungary
20 November 1998
Roma and the right to education - Roma in the educational systems of central and eastern Europe
10 September 1998
Roma Rights Summer 1998: Roma and the right to education
10 September 1998
10 September 1998
19 November 1997
ERRC Letter to the General Prosecutor of Hungary
07 November 1997
ERRC Legal Scholarship recipient: László Fórika
07 November 1997
Roma Rights, Summer 1997: Romani Holocaust
15 July 1997
Teaching the basics of human rights work
15 July 1997
11 July 1997