forced sterilization

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Czech lower house to adopt law to compensate illegally sterilized people, first reading scheduled for today

30.9.2020 8:05  full story

videoPetition seeking first reading for bill to compensate forcibly sterilized women delivered to Czech lower house

22.9.2020 6:47  full story

Romani women call on Czech MPs to take the first step toward compensating forcibly, illegally sterilized persons, 150 figures support them

11.9.2020 18:15  full story

VIDEO: Commemoration at former concentration camp in Czech Republic remembers Romani victims of Auschwitz, Human Rights Commissioner expresses support for a Romani Commissioner

3.8.2020 12:25  full story

Slovak court compensates illegally sterilized Romani woman after 15 years

5.2.2020 5:57  full story

Czech state may finally compensate forced sterilization victims

10.8.2019 7:11  full story

Elena Gorolová: Some of the forced sterilization victims have died, but we are still fighting for compensation

17.7.2019 18:22  full story

USA: Four-month-old Romani boy is youngest child to be separated from his parents at the border with Mexico

18.6.2019 8:35  full story

Elena Gorolová, who campaigns for compensation for forced sterilization, featured on Czech talk show

2.5.2019 13:53  full story

Commentary: Czech Republic, Slovakia must compensate the victims of forced sterilization while they are still alive

23.4.2019 15:45  full story

video LIVE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH: Last sessions of the Council of Europe's 7th International Roma Women's Conference

27.3.2019 5:20  full story

video LIVE BROADCAST TUESDAY 26 MARCH: Council of Europe holds the 7th International Roma Women's Conference

25.3.2019 18:15  full story

videoVIDEO: Roma Week in the European Parliament continues with a conference about antigypsyism

20.3.2019 17:08  full story

Elena Gorolová: I was shocked to be included among the BBC's 100 inspirational women of 2018

28.11.2018 19:09  full story

Romani activist Elena Gorolová is one of 100 Inspiring Women on the BBC's list for 2018

20.11.2018 19:42  full story

Czech and Slovak Victims of Coercive Sterilization Await Justice

8.3.2018 8:21 In November 2017, nine governments of the United Nations urged the Czech Republic to provide compensation to women – in particular Romani women and women with disabilities – coercively sterilized between the 1960s and 2004. The Czech government is expected to provide an answer to these Governments in the UN Human Rights Council in March.  full story

Illegally sterilized Romani women from Slovakia and the Czech Republic launch online petition as part of their fight for justice

24.1.2018 18:49 The Center for Civil and Human Rights, an NGO in Slovakia, has published a press release announcing an online petition that has been launched by illegally sterilized Romani women from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The initiative is attempting to achieve justice from the government institutions in both countries that are responsible for delivering redress.  full story

Council of Europe calls for progress on women's sexual and reproductive rights, including redress of forced sterilization by Czech Republic

5.12.2017 6:26 “Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are human rights. Regrettably, however, women in Europe still have these rights denied or restricted as a result of laws, policies and practices that ultimately reflect continuing gender stereotypes and inequalities," Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks said today while releasing a new report on this topic, "Women's sexual and reproductive health rights in Europe".  full story

UN Human Rights Committee asks Slovak Government for independent body to investigate the forced sterilizations of Romani women

22.11.2016 17:13 The UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) has called on the Slovak Government to take responsibility for investigating past cases of forced sterilizations of Romani women and to establish an independent investigative body for that purpose. That is the outcome of the concluding recommendations published by the UN HRC after its October session of discussions with the Slovak Government delegation in Geneva.  full story

Czech Govt Roma Council reviews Romani Holocaust sites, victim database, and compensation for involuntary sterilizations

4.11.2016 15:38 The Czech Government Council on Romani Minority Affairs met on Tuesday in Prague and discussed much more than just the scandal in Žatec. After opening with a vote of agreement to call on the Interior Ministry and Police Presidium to report to the Council on the investigation there, the Council focused on the opening of the school year in relation to implementation of the amendment to the Schools Act legislating the education of children and pupils with special educational needs.  full story