Published on 20 September 2021
FIFTH SECTION
Applications nos. 11811/20 and 13550/20
Seriha ELMAZOVA and Others against North Macedonia
and Divan JASHAROV and Others against North Macedonia
lodged on 28 February 2020 and 6 March 2020 respectively
communicated on 30 August 2021
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEApplication no. 11811/20
The applicants are primary school Roma pupils, born between 2006 and 2013, and their parents, all living in Bitola.
They complain about alleged segregation of Roma pupils in the public primary school “G.S.” in Bitola in that, allegedly, they were not allowed to enrol in the nearby public primary school “T.A.”, unlike non-Roma pupils whose requests for transfer between the same schools were granted. Such a practice allegedly resulted in 83,5% of pupils placed in “G.S.” being of Roma origin and 95,1% of pupils placed in “T.A.” being non-Roma. The applicants’ constitutional complaint that the described situation had been discriminatory and led to Roma pupils obtaining poorer education was dismissed by the Constitutional Court, which held that, inter alia, it was beyond its competence to assess the overall social context and that the applicants had not presented direct evidence (such as requests for transfer or related decisions) in support of the alleged impossibility to enrol in the primary school “T.A.” (У.бр.132/2018).Application no. 13550/20
The applicants are primary school Roma pupils, born between 2010 and 2012, and their parents, all living in Shtip.
They complain about placement of the applicant pupils in Roma-only classes in primary school “G.D.” in Shtip, which allegedly resulted in segregation and discrimination. The applicants’ constitutional complaint that the described situation had been discriminatory and led to Roma pupils obtaining poorer education was dismissed by the Constitutional Court, which held that, inter alia, they had failed to prove the alleged difference in treatment and that the reason for the placement of most Roma pupils in separate classes was the increased number of such pupils enrolled in the school compared to pupils of other ethnic origin (У.бр.131/2018).
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Have the applicants been treated differently in the enjoyment of their Convention right to have education free of discrimination, contrary to Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 2 of Protocol No. 1? If so, did that difference in treatment pursue a legitimate aim and have an objective reasonable justification? (see D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, §§ 175-181, ECHR 2007‑IV, Oršuš and Others v. Croatia [GC], no. 15766/03, §§ 143-148, ECHR 2010, Sampani and Others v. Greece, no. 59608/09, § 75-78, 11 December 2012 and Lavida and Others v. Greece, no. 7973/10, §§ 60-63, 30 May 2013)
2. Have the applicants suffered discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to education, contrary to Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention?
APPENDIX
A. Application no. .11811/20
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Seriha ELMAZOVA
1975
Macedonian/ citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia
Shuto Orizari
2.
Ferdit ARSLANOSKI
1983
Bitola
3.
U. A.
2011
Bitola
4.
Bajram ARSLANOVSKI
1983
Bitola
5.
D. A.
2010
Bitola
6.
Elvedina ASANOVSKA
1982
Bitola
7.
Mukerem BAJRAMOVA
1975
Bitola
8.
SH. D.
2007
Bitola
9.
F. E.
2010
Bitola
10.
R. E.
2007
Bitola
11.
Nurije ELMAZOVA
1984
Bitola
12.
F. G.
2009
Bitola
13.
A. K.
2012
Bitola
14.
DJ. K.
2012
Bitola
15.
Denis KANANOVSKI
1985
Bitola
16.
Ergjun KANANOVSKI
1984
Bitola
17.
Ujar KERIM
1993
Bitola
18.
V. K.
2012
Bitola
19.
Muslina KERIMOVSKA
1982
Bitola
20.
B. K.
2013
Bitola
21.
DZ. L.
2009
Bitola
22.
A. M.
2007
Bitola
23.
Ferdi MEMEDOV
1983
Bitola
24.
Alen MUSA
1989
Bitola
25.
D. M.
2011
Bitola
26.
Ferdi MUSA
1984
Bitola
27.
M. M.
2012
Bitola
28.
S. M.
2011
Bitola
29.
S. M.
2013
Bitola
30.
S. M.
2006
Bitola
31.
T. M.
2007
Bitola
32.
Djulieta MUSOVSKA
1991
Bitola
33.
N. M.
2012
Bitola
34.
Nailj MUSOVSKI
1990
Bitola
35.
S. M.
2009
Bitola
36.
O. R.
2006
Bitola
37.
Barije RAMOVA
1974
Bitola
38.
M. R.
2009
Bitola
39.
Memet RUSHIDOV
1976
Bitola
40.
Semavi RUSTEMOV
1979
Bitola
41.
S. R.
2010
Bitola
42.
A. R.
2013
Bitola
43.
E. R.
2013
Bitola
44.
Nevzat RUSTEMOVSKI
1968
Bitola
45.
Nerguze VESELOVA
1974
Bitola
B. Application no. 13550/20
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Divan JASHAROV
1990
Macedonian/ citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia
Shtip
2.
Deira BAJRAM
1988
Shtip
3.
Z. B.
2011
Shtip
4.
Ahmed DEMIROV
1966
Shtip
5.
A. D.
2012
Shtip
6.
Sedatin DEMIROV
1986
Shtip
7.
T. D.
2010
Shtip
8.
Esma DEMIROVA
1988
Shtip
9.
S. D.
2011
Shtip
10.
Kjemal DESTANOV
1961
Shtip
11.
S. D.
2011
Shtip
12.
Ali Djevat DJELADINOV
1992
Shtip
13.
I. DJ.
2011
Shtip
14.
Bilent DURMISHEV
1977
Shtip
15.
Djengiz DURMISHEV
1993
Shtip
16.
E. D
2010
Shtip
17.
E. D.
2010
Shtip
18.
CH. H.
2012
Shtip
19.
G. I.
2011
Shtip
20.
Mehridjan IDRIZOVA
1981
Shtip
21.
Semihan JASHAROV
1992
Shtip
22.
GJ. J.
2011
Shtip
23.
A. M.
2012
Shtip
24.
A. M.
2011
Shtip
25.
DJ. M.
2012
Shtip
26.
M. M.
2012
Shtip
27.
Adile MEMEDOVA
1958
Shtip
28.
R. M.
2011
Shtip
29.
Senada MEMEDOVA
1997
Shtip
30.
R. O.
2011
Shtip
31.
Bahara OSMANOVA
1990
Shtip
32.
Meri PARLAPANOVA
1985
Shtip
33.
F. SH.
2011
Shtip
34.
Redjep SHAKIROV
1988
Shtip
35.
A. S.
2011
Shtip
36.
B. V.
2011
Shtip
37.
Elsijan VELIEVA
1994
Shtip
38.
Gjuljsan VELIEVA
1987
Shtip
39.
F. V.
2011
Shtip
40.
L. V.
2011
Shtip
41.
Mustafa VELIOV
1961
Shtip
42.
Shejnus VELIOV
1981
Shtip
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