Centre européen pour le droit des roms (ERCC)

Ethics/human rights advocacy

Geographic scope: 🇪🇺
Activity level: Très actif (Référence juridique, litiges stratégiques, news fréquentes)
Nature of activities: Advocacy for a cause (feminism, peace, LGBT, etc.)

Purpose

The European Roma Rights Centre is a public interest law organisation working to combat anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma through strategic litigation, research and policy development, and advocacy. Its mission is to ensure that Roma people are treated as equal citizens and to hold governments accountable for the protection of their human rights.

Main activities

  • Strategic litigation
  • Human rights monitoring
  • Research and policy development
  • Advocacy and campaigning
  • Legal training
  • Publication of reports and newsletters

Publications and outputs

⭐ Contentieux Stratégique (Strategic Litigation) : Son "produit" est la jurisprudence. Elle a obtenu des arrêts historiques de la CEDH forçant des pays (Rép. Tchèque, Hongrie) à changer leurs lois sur la ségrégation scolaire des Roms.

Coexistence

European interconvictional directory — dialogue, coexistence, shared citizenship.