Table of Contents I. Positive developments
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II. Violations of the Convention provisions, omissions and misrepresentations in the government report
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Article 2
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1. Racially motivated hate crimes and the deficiencies of the Bulgarian criminal justice system
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2. Failures to prosecute racially motivated hate crimes within the existing framework
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3. Other patterns of institutional racism
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Article 4
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Article 5
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1.
Discrimination of Roma in education
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1.1 Territorial segregation
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1.2 Placement of Roma children in remedial schools for children with developmental disabilities
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1.3 Arbitrary placement of Roma in schools for delinquent children
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Discrimination of Roma in housing
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2.1 Residential segregation and substandard housing conditions
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2.2 Lack of legal security of tenure and forced evictions
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Discrimination of Roma in access to health care
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Discrimination against Roma in access to social assistance
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4.1 Amendments of the Social Assistance Act (SAA)
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4.2 The disparate impact of the amendments on Roma
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Discrimination against Macedonians in the exercise of their right to freedom of assembly and of association, as well as the official denials of their identity and harassment
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Article 6
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1. The jurisprudence of the Anti-Discrimination Commission
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2. The Supreme Administrative Court's judicial review on anti-discrimination
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Article 7
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III. Recommendations
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