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SLOVAKIA - ROMA WOMEN & GIRLS
Please Read 5 parts of this WUNRN
Release on Human Rights of Slovak Roma Women.
Direct Link to 55-PageSlovakia NGO
Shadow Report
to UN CEDAW Committee 41st Session:
Alliance of Women in Slovakia, Center
for Civil and Human Rights, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions,
Cultural Association of Roma in Slovakia, EsFem, Fenestra,
Milan Simecka Foundation, Pro Choice
Slovakia
ROMANI WOMEN
A. Discrimination of Romani
Women in Some Areas of Social Life - 7 areas noted.
B. The Issue of Forced and
Coerced Sterilizations of Romani Women in the Slovak
Republic
and Discrimination in the Access to Health Care (Articles 10, 12, and 16)
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Direct Link to CEDAW Committee
Review of Report
of Slovakia - Concluding
Observations:
Points 36 and 37 give detailed text
on Roma Women.
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REPORTS:
CEDAW COMMITTEE - 41st Session -
2008
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Monday,
14 July 2008 |
Fourth periodic report of
States Parties CEDAW/C/SVK/4 Annexes to CEDAW/C/SVK/4 |
CEDAW/C/SVK/Q/4 CEDEAW/C/SVK/Q/4/Add.1 |
Centre for Civil and Human Rights-FIDH Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children |
Statement |
CEDAW/C/SVK/CO/4 |
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April 29, 2009
SLOVAK ROMANI WOMEN VICTIMS OF FORCED
STERILIZATION
WIN DAMAGES FROM THE
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The European Court of Human Rights has today
notified in writing its Chamber judgment1 in the case
of K.H.
and Others v. Slovakia (application no. 32881/04).
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8548417.stm -
9 March 2010
SLOVAKIA'S SEPARATION BARRIER TO
KEEP OUT ROMA
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Czech Republic City of
Litvínov Vice-Mayor: Roma from Slovakia
Are a Security Risk; Send
Them Back.
Litvínov, 5.9.2010 (ROMEA)
Several more Roma families from Slovakia have begun renting private apartments at the Janov housing estate in Litvínov. The town hall is alarmed by the situation and intends to address it without delay. “We consider Slovak Roma families a security risk, so we will treat them as one. We are seeking a way to return Slovak Roma back to their homeland,” Vice-Mayor Martin Klika announced in a press release.
The town hall is working on addressing the problem with its social affairs department, the Labor Office in Most, the Police of the Czech Republic and the Aliens’ Police. “We are contacting the owners of the apartments where the Slovak Roma are living. These are inadaptable citizens of another country who might disrupt security at Janov. I view the approach of some of the nonprofit organizations at Janov very negatively, because they are not cooperating with the town and they underestimate the security risk that results from this flood of Slovak Roma into Janov,” Klika said.
“We are concentrating our attention on Slovak Roma families. They do not have their documents in order. We have enlightened them as to the town decrees they must respect. They will now be one of the priorities for our patrols,” said Zdeněk Urban, commander of the Litvínov Municipal Police. A coordination meeting of all participating units was held on 2 September at the Litvínov Town Hall.
ryz, press release of the Town of Litvínov,
translated by Gwendolyn Albert
ROMEA