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Budapest, Cordoba, 8 April 2010: At the September 2008 Roma Summit, the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) drew the attention of European Union and national policy-makers to human rights standards for the protection of Roma. On the occasion of the Second European Roma Summit, this factsheet examines respect of those principles in the Member States and accession countries since that time.

Violence against Roma: In cases brought by the ERRC, the European Court of Human Rights has confirmed that the state is obliged to investigate and prosecute persons who commit violence

ERRC Provides Detailed Comments on Human Rights Situation of Roma, Ashkalis, Egyptians and Other Persons Regarded as "Gypsies"
Budapest, New York, 24 March 2006. Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee reviews in closed session a report by the Task Forces on UNMIK, the UN interim administration in Kosovo.

In the run-up to the review, the ERRC sent detailed comments on the human rights situation of Roma, Ashkalis, Egyptians ("RAE") and other persons regarded as "Gypsies" in Kosovo, based on ERRC monitoring and field research into the situation

Government Urged to End Discrimination, Fulfil Fundamental Rights
Skopje, Budapest, New York, 20 February 2006. The Roma Centre of Skopje (RCS), the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), and the Open Society Institute's Roma Women's Initiative (RWI) today welcomed the Concluding Comments of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Macedonia's compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The Committee convened in January to review Macedonia's Initial,

Joint Statement to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, 19-30 September 2005: Human Rights Situation of Roma in Kosovo

Warsaw, 19 September 2005. Three organizations today presented at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), convened in Warsaw, a statement detailing the need for justice for Roma in Kosovo, where despite six years of United Nations administration, extreme abuses prevail. The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), European Network Against Racism (ENAR) and European Roma

Memorandum of the European Roma Rights Centre
Introduction

Six years ago, after the end of the NATO bombing of former Yugoslavia, Roma Ashkalis, Egyptians and others regarded as "Gypsies" ("RAE") were violently cleansed from their homes in Kosovo by means of arson, mass destruction of houses, killings and rape. Today, persecution of the members of these communities continues, manifested in their systematic exclusion from access to fundamental human rights. Racial discrimination against RAE communities in Kosovo is pervasive,