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Minorities in Hungary: Roma need “urgent” help for education, housing and health care
Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM)
12 October 2020
Strasbourg
In its latest opinion on Hungary, the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) found that persons belonging to the Roma minority face structural difficulties in all spheres of public life, including education, employment...
National minorities in Bulgaria: more needed to combat segregation and hate speech
Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
12 October 2020
Strasbourg
Bulgaria has made progress in the implementation of the Framework Convention through advancing non-discrimination legislation, promoting education for Roma children and supporting religious rights. However, the legal framework for exercising minority cultural, linguistic and participation rights...