"Slovakia has to step up its efforts aimed at combating and eradicating discrimination in law and practice, and take effective measures to improve the protection of Roma, persons with disabilities and LGBTI persons," said today Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, releasing a report following his visit to Slovakia last June.
Although Slovakia’s anti-discrimination framework is comprehensive, it provides a differing degree of protection for various vulnerable social groups. It must be reformed to close all protection gaps. In this regard, the recent adoption of the first national human rights strategy is an important step towards framing a coherent and transversal approach. The Commissioner welcomes the efforts made to systematise the implementation and monitoring of human rights through the human rights strategy and stresses that its success is also linked to that of relevant sectorial action plans and their effective implementation notably at local level. In addition, he urges Slovakia to provide the Ombudsperson and the National Centre for Human Rights with adequate support and resources to effectively carry out their mandates. (more...)
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Slovakia and the Council of Europe