Bulgaria

Roma and Sinti Issues | Statement at Working Session 15 of the 2016 HDIM

Two weeks ago, ODIHR and the German chairmanship organized a conference on the role of political leaders in countering discrimination, racism, and bias-motivated crimes against Roma. This conference built on an excellent side event convened during last year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. We commend Germany and ODIHR for continuing to focus on this problem as ...

By U.S. Mission OSCE | 28 September, 2016 | Topics: Human Rights, Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination | Tags: Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

On Anti-Roma Statements in Slovakia and Anti-Roma Protests Bulgaria: Statement to the PC

The United States is concerned about recent statements made by Slovak politicians that Romani students needed to be segregated into special education classes due to genetic deficiencies caused by higher levels of incest in the Romani community. These assertions are not only highly offensive, they are completely untrue. We urge Slovak politicians and the government ...

By U.S. Mission OSCE | 2 July, 2015 | Topics: Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination | Tags: Bulgaria, Slovakia

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