On July 9th the government of Slovak Republic approved the 5th and 6th periodic report to CEDAW (Committee for Elimination of Discrimination of Women) which has been subsequently sent to the UN. The report contains information on legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures that have been adopted for the purpose of implementing the convention in practice, and also …
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Anti-discrimination news from Slovakia
- Slovakia - Country report gender equality 2020 (PDF 1,37 MB) December 7, 2020
- Slovakia -The Appeal court confirmed that state authorities have no obligation to take measures on the elimination of segregation of Roma children in a local primary school (85 KB) November 11, 2020
- Slovakia - Country report non-discrimination 2020 (PDF 1,66 MB) September 30, 2020
- Slovakia - A new research report provides extensive data concerning health of Roma living in segregated communities and their discrimination in Slovak society (98 KB) August 25, 2020
- Slovakia - The Appeal Court confirmed that education of marginalised Roma children in ethnically homogenous primary school does not amount to discrimination (88 KB) August 12, 2020
Gender equality – EC Newsroom
- European Commission helps build digital archive through #everynamecounts initiative27 January 2021 - On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Commission encourages staff to take part in the crowdsourcing project #everynamecounts by the Arolsen Archive, by transcribing the information from the registration files of prisoners into a digital archive whilst remembering their names and stories. The archive contains around 30 million documents with references […]
- Statement by Vice-President Schinas on the Council Declaration on fighting AntisemitismThe European Commission welcomes today's unanimous approval of a Council declaration mainstreaming the fight against antisemitism across all policy areas.
- 13th EU-Israel High Level Seminar on combating racism, xenophobia and antisemitismThe European Union and the State of Israel held their 13th High Level Seminar on combating racism, xenophobia and antisemitism online, via videoconference.
- Joint letter urges football clubs to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitismKatharina von Schnurbein, European Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, joint the initiative of Lord John Mann, HM Government’s Independent for Adviser on Antisemitism, in signing a letter that urges football clubs to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
- 4th Meeting of the Working Group on Combating Antisemitism“Development of national strategies, guidance for the practical use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and fighting antisemitic prejudices as part of civic orientation measures."
- Remembering Lord Rabbi Jonathan SacksMessage on behalf of the European Commission at the passing of Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z’’l.