Slovenian law for the protection of the Roma

"It comes a little too late," Samo Trtnik comments on the new law for protection of Roma as an ethnic minority proposed by the Slovenian government on Thursday. The law foresees special rights for Roma regarding protection of their language and culture, and would guarantee them a seat in the Slovenian parliament. Up to now only the Hungarian and Italian minorities had been granted this special status in Slovenia. "The law will make its way through parliament and, according to the government, will be passed by the end of this year... However, it's more likely to take until the end of next year." Trtnik speculates on whether the law would have helped a Roma family that was forced out of a town in eastern Slovakia last October. "Perhaps it would have, perhaps not. But it certainly would have been a lot easier to find a solution to the problem."

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