The Advisory Committee’s third Opinion on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Slovenia and the Slovenian government Comments have been made public.

The opinion covers the Committee’s findings after its visit to Slovenia in November 2010 and makes recommendations to the government on how to improve protection for persons belonging to national minorities.

The Advisory Committee commends several initiatives to tackle the root cause of some of the main problems facing Roma, particularly in education and housing. It welcomes the adoption in 2007 of the Act on the Roma Community as providing a more solid legal basis for improvements , but says that , many Roma continue to live in substandard conditions, particularly in the Dolenjska region. Opportunities for Roma to take part effectively in public affairs remain insufficient both at local and at central level. (more...)

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