Slovakia
Non-discrimination law | Vanda Durbáková | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Gender equality law | Zuzana Magurová | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Legal developments
Implementation of policies and measures on integration of persons living in marginalized Roma communities
Responsibility for Discrimination in access to services
Current situation regarding exclusion and discrimination of persons living in marginalized Roma communities
Indirect discrimination / Obligations of public prosecutor offices when assessing discriminatory impact of municipal binding regulations
Expert opinion of the Equality Body on age discrimination
Indirect discrimination/segregation
Implementation of policies and measures on the prevention of discrimination of Roma children in education
Indirect discrimination in access to education- misdiagnosis of Roma child being placed in special classes for children with intellectual disability, segregation of Roma children in education
Violation of the right to a fair trial within reasonable time in case of discrimination
Direct discrimination in access to employment
Indirect discrimination
Discrimination of Roma children in education
Indirect discrimination/segregation
Dismissal/Direct discrimination
Direct discrimination in access to employment
Discrimination of Roma children in education
Implementation of policies and measures on integration of socially excluded members of Roma minority
Direct discrimination, harassment and victimisation in employment
Responsibility for discrimination in access to services
Discrimination of Roma children in education
The management board of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights at its session on 29 April 2016 discussed the draft Report on the observance of human rights, including the principle of equal treatment in the Slovak Republic 2015
Postponement of the ratification of Istanbul Convention
The Constitutional Court clarified some aspects of proving discrimination in civil proceedings, with particular focus on the requirements stemming from the concept of shift in burden of proof
The National Council of the Slovak Republic elected the first Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the first Commissioner for Children. The commissioners are independent bodies supposed to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and the rights of children, pursuant to the relevant UN treaties
The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic ruled there is, in relation to disability, right to inclusive education and reasonable accommodation. A refusal to provide reasonable accommodation is a form of discrimination