Mijatovic: Slovakia must compensate forced sterilisation victims

The Slovak Government must set up a mechanism for providing rapid and effective access to compensation for victims of the forced sterilisation of women, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has written in a letter to Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Justice Minister Maria Kolikova. The commissioner said that although Roma women are not the only victims of forced sterilisation, they were particularly at risk of such practices, which were clearly motivated by discriminatory attitudes towards the minority.