Court Victory for Roma Rights in Bulgaria: Ordinance Delaying Child Support Payments Overturned

The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court has annulled a controversial ordinance that unfairly penalized families receiving state-funded child support, marking a major legal triumph for the Roma community and child protection in the country. The case was initiated by the Equal Opportunities Initiative and the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), who argued that the measure disproportionately targeted Roma families, making them suffer from bureaucratic and state-level delays over which they had no control.On April 28, 2025, the court repealed Article 10, paragraph 3 of the Ordinance that governed state-paid child support procedures....Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite