THE STATEWIDE Strategy for the Protection and Support of Human Rights has been approved by the Government Council for Human Rights, Ethnic Minorities and Gender Equality, with the document slated to be discussed by the government. It took three years to draft the Strategy and no one was excluded from the discussion about it, according to Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák who is serving as the coordinator for the drafting process and also chairs the government’s human rights council. No council member voted against the Strategy, with three members abstaining. See more
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Strategy for human rights drafted
Anti-discrimination news from Slovakia
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- Slovakia - The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic annuls the judgment of the appeal court in case of alleged discrimination of Roma children in special classes for children with intellectual disabilities August 7, 2025Discrimination of Roma children in education
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