Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- -- Introduction -- The Roma -- Education as a Key to Inclusion and as an Indispensable Means of Realizing Other Human Rights -- A Critical Stance towards the Human Rights and Minority Rights Approach in the Case of the Roma -- An Introduction to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to the Racial Equality Directive — The Place and Role of the fcnm and the Racial Equality Directive in the Labyrinth of International Standards -- The Roma as a National Minority in the Light of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities -- The Roma as a Dual Racial and Ethnic Minority in the Light of the Racial Equality Directive -- The Right to Education under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Theoretical Framework -- The Material Scope of the Racial Equality Directive in the Field of Education and the Concept of Discrimination under the Racial Equality Directive -- The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Racial Equality Directive as a Point of Reference for the ECtHR: the Cases d.h. and Others volume Czech Republic, Sampanis and Others volume Greece, Oršuš and Others volume Croatia, Horvath and Kiss volume Hungary and Lavida and Others volume Greece -- Case Study -- Recent Roma Policy Initiatives at the Council of Europe and at the European Union -- The Added Value of the fcnm in the Field of Roma Education -- The Added Value of the Racial Equality Directive in the Field of Roma Education -- The fcnm and the Racial Equality Directive as Complementary Instruments: Suggestions for a More Effective Monitoring and Implementation of the fcnm and the Racial Equality Directive in the Field of Roma Education -- Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Segregation of Roma Children in Education , Sina Van den Bogaert examines, from the perspective of public international law, how the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Council of Europe) and the Racial Equality Directive 2000/43/EC (European Union) have contributed towards desegregation of Roma children in education in Europe. The fields of application ratione personae and ratione materiae of both instruments are discussed, as well as their \'added value\'. Sina Van den Bogaert demonstrates that the Framework Convention and the Racial Equality Directive are complementary instruments and formulates useful suggestions for a more effective monitoring and implementation of both instruments in the field of Roma education. This book is the first and only comprehensive scholarly treatment in public international law of the still widespread phenomenon of segregation of Roma children in education.