Editing Slovakia (section)

=== Human rights ===
{{main|Human rights in Slovakia}}

Human rights in Slovakia are guaranteed by the [[Constitution of Slovakia]] from the year 1992 and by multiple international laws signed in Slovakia between 1948 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mzv.sk/servlet/content?MT=/App/WCM/main.nsf/vw_ByID/zahranicna__politika&TG=BlankMaster&URL=/App/WCM/main.nsf/vw_ByID/medzinarodne_zmluvy-zmluvy_podla_predmetu&CTYPE=%C4%BDudsk%C3%A9%20pr%C3%A1va&OpenDocument=Y&LANG=SK&PAGE_VSETKYZMLUVY-DWMCEA-7XEM76=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515054034/http://www.mzv.sk/servlet/content?MT=%2FApp%2FWCM%2Fmain.nsf%2Fvw_ByID%2Fzahranicna__politika&TG=BlankMaster&URL=%2FApp%2FWCM%2Fmain.nsf%2Fvw_ByID%2Fmedzinarodne_zmluvy-zmluvy_podla_predmetu&CTYPE=%C4%BDudsk%C3%A9%20pr%C3%A1va&OpenDocument=Y&LANG=SK&PAGE_VSETKYZMLUVY-DWMCEA-7XEM76=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2011 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia – list of international acts relating to human rights |publisher=Mzv.sk |access-date=10 September 2013}}</ref> Slovakia performs favourably in measurements of [[Freedom in the World|civil liberties]], [[Press Freedom Index|press freedom]], [[Internet censorship and surveillance by country|internet freedom]], [[Democracy Index|democratic governance]], and [[Global Peace Index|peacefulness]].

[[United States Department of State|The US State Department]] in 2021 reported:
<blockquote>The government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were problems in some areas. Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: corruption; violence and threats of violence against Roma and members of other ethnic and racial minorities; and violence and threats of violence targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex persons.<ref>U.S. Dept. of State, [https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/slovakia/ "2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Slovakia" 30 March 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206000511/https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/slovakia/ |date=6 February 2023 }}</ref></blockquote>

According to the [[European Roma Rights Centre]] (ERRC), [[Romani people in Slovakia]] "endure racism in the job market, housing and education fields and are often subjected to forced evictions, vigilante intimidation, disproportionate levels of police brutality and more subtle forms of discrimination."<ref>{{cite news |title=Life in Slovakia's Roma slums: Poverty and segregation |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/life-slovakia-roma-slums-poverty-segregation-170425090756677.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=2 November 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904114517/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/life-slovakia-roma-slums-poverty-segregation-170425090756677.html |url-status=live }}</ref>