More than 500 Czech Romnja are still waiting for authorities to rule on their claims for compensation for having undergone forced sterilization over a period of decades, according to reports from Czech public television. A bill to compensate women who have been sterilized without legal consent in the past was approved by parliament in 2021, but the compensation process is complicated by the lack of medical documentation in many cases.

A court recently ruled that authorities should accept other types of evidence, such as testimonies, but progress on this has been slow. The department received over 1,100 applications, of which approximately 600 were processed and over 400 approved.

• L’indemnisation de femmes roms stérilisées sans consentement compliquée par le manque de documents. In: Radio Prague International. 20.08.2023. https://francais.radio.cz/lindemnisation-de-femmes-roms-sterilisees-sans-consentement-compliquee-par-le-8791907