The European Court of Human Rights has reaffirmed that school segregation of Romani children constitutes illegal discrimination, still prevalent in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Northern Ireland (UK), Portugal and Spain.
The European Court of Human Rights has reaffirmed that school segregation of Romani children (in schools for children with disabilities and in separate schools or classes in mainstream schools) constitutes illegal discrimination. Despite three unequivocal rulings by the Court since 2007, educational segregation of Romani children is systemic in many countries of the European Union: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, with credible reports of segregation in Northern Ireland (UK), Portugal and Spain. Throughout the EU, Romani children complete school at much lower rates than their non-Romani peers.
More information: http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=3078
Source: European Roma Rights Center Factsheet for the April 8-9 Second EU Roma Summit in Cordoba, a key event of the EU Spanish Presidency in 2010.
