The European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, announced the verdict in the case of Elmazova and others against Macedonia, which refer to cases of alleged segregation of Roma students in two public schools in Bitola and Shtip.
The applicants, 87 citizens of Macedonia, were born between 1958 and 2013 and live in Bitola and Shtip and are of Roma origin.
The case concerns the alleged segregation of Roma students in two public schools.
The applicants were placed in a Roma-only primary school in Bitola (no. 11811/20) and in Roma-only classes in a school in Shtip (no. 13550/20).
Relying on Article 1 of Protocol no. 12 (general prohibition of discrimination) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination), the applicants consider that the children were placed in special schools and classes in the absence of objective and reasonable justification.
