The Rights of Roma in European Courts

1:Introduction, Kristin Henrard and Lilla Farkas

Part I The context: Roma rights between politics and the law
2:Varieties of understanding the plight of the Roma in Europe: implications for human rights activism and litigation strategies, Peter Vermeersch
3:1. European Organisations and the protection of Roma rights: Policy priorities, fragmentation and mutual learning, Balázs Majtényi

Part II The conceptual frame
4:Strategic Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and Roma Rights, Chris Gledhill
5:International Courts and the Interpretation/Adjudication of Human Rights: about possibilities and constraints, Kristin Henrard
6:The European courts' engagement with systemic discrimination: different shades of acknowledgement and implications for review, Kristin Henrard
7:Foregrounding the burden of proof in cases of systemic discrimination against Roma by the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights, Kristin Henrard and Christopher Roberts

Part III Strategic Roma rights litigation in European courts
8:Anti-Roma hate speech cases before the ECtHR, Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias and Anna Śledzińska-Simon
9:Limits and opportunities of desegregation litigation in education in view of European jurisprudence and related developments, Dezideriu Gergely
10:The right to a home: a comparison of juridical approaches to systemic discrimination in the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee on Social rights, Helen O'Nions
11:Addressing Discrimination in Removal of Romani Children from their Families, Mária Herczog and Zsolt Körtvélyesi
12:Intersectional Discrimination and Romani Women's (Reproductive) Rights, Serena D'agostino and Tina Magazzini

Part IV Socio-Legal analysis of strategic Roma rights litigation in European courts
13:The ontology and ethics of Roma rights jurisprudence, Lilla Farkas
14:Revealing human rights boundaries through ECtHR Judges' dissenting opinions: An act of judicial activism?, Julija Sardelic
15:The contribution of Equality bodies to countering discrimination against Roma in the EU, Tamas Kadar and Istvan Haller
16:Seeking justice for forcibly sterilized Romani women: human rights field work, advocacy, litigation, policy change, Gwendolyn Albert, Lilla Farkas and Eva Esther Sobotka
17:Searching for a foothold: Strategic Litigation and Roma/Traveller Housing Campaigns in Europe, Darren O Donovan
18:Facing Reification of Vulnerability: Roma, Environmental Justice and the Failed Potential of the Hudorovi? Case, Maroš Matiaško and Marek Szilvasi