Roma children segregated in Czech schools

The Czech Republic is continuing to segregate Roma children into sub-standard schools for the mentally disabled, charged a report released on the 13 January 2010 by Amnesty International.

The 80-page report prepared by the London-based human rights group found that discrimination in the school system persists despite a 2007 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which found that the Czech Republic was sending gypsy children to special remedial schools.

ESO: Background information: Data in Focus report: The Roma http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-roma/

ESO: Background information: Local Perceptions of EU Influence on Romani Integration Policies in the Czech Republic http://www.europeansources.info/record/put-your-own-house-in-order-first-local-perceptions-of-eu-influence-on-romani-integration-policies-in-the-czech-republic/

ESO: Background information: Roma win school bias fight http://www.europeansources.info/record/roma-win-school-bias-fight/

Amnesty International: Press Release, 13.1.10: Racial segregation of school children still happening within the EU, says new report on Czech Republic http://amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18570

ECHR: Judgment in Application 57325/00: Case of DH and others v Czech Republic http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng-press/pages/search.aspx?i=003-2176193-2313650

BBC News, 13.1.10: Amnesty says Czech schools still fail Roma Gypsies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8456882.stm

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