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European Court Judgment Falls Short on Protecting Roma Rights
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to compensate six Roma families for their eviction in 2006, but failed to acknowledge that the action was racially motivated.
October 18, 2016EU Court Finds Bulgarian Electricity Company Discriminated against Roma
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a Bulgarian electricity company treated predominantly Roma districts in an “offensive and stigmatizing” way, breaching European antidiscrimination laws.
July 16, 2015Paris Court Accepts Appeal on French Police Ethnic Profiling Case
The Paris appeals court made a landmark decision in favor of five young men of Arab and African descent who were discriminated by the French police on the basis of racial and ethnic grounds.
June 24, 2015Flawed Ruling in the Dominican Republic Threatens Human Rights Protections
A bid by the constitutional court of the Dominican Republic to repudiate the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights undermines legal protections for all.
November 08, 2014Dominican Republic’s New Naturalization Law Falls Short
A new citizenship law in the Dominican Republic fails to fully remedy the consequences of a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal on the legal status of Dominicans of Haitian descent.
May 29, 2014French Public Sees Ethnic Profiling in Police Stops
Almost two thirds of those interviewed in a new opinion survey believe the identity checks by French police and gendarmerie involve ethnic profiling.
May 08, 2014Challenge to Racially Biased Police Stops Filed in Spain
A Spanish legal resident has filed a complaint before Spain’s Ministry of Interior alleging he was racially profiled by Spain’s National Police.
April 07, 2014UK Must Heed Warnings over Statelessness Measure
A government proposal would allow British citizens to be made stateless, undermining an important principle of international law.
April 04, 2014