The complaint was registered on 20 January 2020 and relates to Articles 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and 17 (the right of mothers and children to social and economic protection) of the 1961 Charter read alone and in the light of the non-discrimination principle contained in the preamble of the 1961 Charter. The ERRC alleged that the Czech Republic failed in its duty to ensure the implementation of effective policies, notably data collection and assessment that would mitigate the disproportionately high number of Romani children and infants being institutionalised, in violation of the abovementioned provisions. Furthermore, the ERRC claims that the current situation amounts to indirect discrimination.

  Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 20 January 2020

 Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document No. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document No. 4, ERRC's response to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case-document No. 5, Further response from the Government 

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 9 September 2020.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 190/2020