←BULGARIAThe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities provides for a monitoring system to evaluate how the treaty is implemented in State Parties. It results in recommendations to improve minority protection in the States under review.The monitoring procedure requires each State Party to submit a first report within one year following the entry into force of the Convention and additional reports every five subsequent years.State reports are examined by the Advisory Committee, which makes use of a wide variety of written sources of information from State and non-State actors.The Advisory Committee also carrying out regular country-visits during which it meets with government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of minorities, NGO’s, Human Rights specialised bodies and other relevant interlocutors.
←BULGARIA European Commission against Racism and Intolerance /ECRI/ examines the situation concerning manifestations of racism and intolerance in each of the Council of Europe member States. ECRI’s findings, along with recommendations as to how each country might deal with the problems identified, are published in country reports. These reports are drawn up after a contact visit to the country in question and a confidential dialogue with the national authorities. The country-by-country monitoring deals with all member States on an equal footing and takes place in five-year cycles, covering nine/ten countries per year.
←BULGARIA The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the body of independant experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties. All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every two years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”.The Committee meets in Geneva and normally holds two sessions per year consisting of three weeks each.
←Documents on minorities submitted to the Working Group on Minorities /UN OHCHR/
←Council of Europe/Roma and Travellers
←Bulgaria under the UN treaty based and charter based bodies
←UN resident coordinator to Bulgaria
←OSCE ODIHR's Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues
←European center for minority issues - Roma project
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