Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner Klára Laurenčíková has told news server Romea.cz she considers the recent decision by the Czech Health Ministry to not compensate a woman who was forced to undergo sterilization under threat of her children being taken away from her - a woman whose Romani origin is also listed in the medical records as the reason for her to be sterilized - to be a decision that contradicts the very point and purpose of the compensation law, which is unfortunate. The Human Rights League reported on the case this week.
In the medical records for this applicant, her Romani origin is explicitly listed as the only reason for her sterilization. She had been threatened with having her children taken away from her and placed in an orphanage if she did not comply and was sterilized in 1989.
