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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 storyCzech 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 storyCouncil 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
Europe's Human Rights Commissioner raises lack of redress for involuntary sterilization with Czech Govt again
4.11.2016 13:13 The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, has reiterated to the Czech Prime Minister that an ex gratia compensation procedure for survivors of involuntary sterilization is the best way to redress them. In his letter, the Commissioner mentions that many other Council of Europe member states - namely, Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland - have assumed responsibility for sterilization policies that have resulted in human rights violations in the past and have established special remedies for those who have survived such treatment. full story
Analysis: Swiss Parliament approves law on "solidarity aid" to victims of forced sterilization
21.10.2016 17:20 "Solidarity contribution" instead of compensation full story
Elena Gorolová on forced sterilizations: We seek compensation, nobody will ever restore our motherhood
8.6.2016 18:33 "The financial compensation we seek is not everything. You can't buy your own child, you can't acquire what you've lost - the option of motherhood," Elena Gorolová, who has been fighting for 11 years for compensation for women who have been improperly sterilized in the former Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic, told news server iDNES.cz last week. full story
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