Dervo Sejdić is a prominent Bosnian Roma and member of the member of Bosnia's Roma Council.

He and Jacob Finci, a prominent Bosnian Jew and Bosnia's ambassador to Switzerland.
have launched an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...

 on the basis that Bosnia's Constitution violates the European Convention on Human Rights

European Convention on Human Rights

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is an international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953...

. A judgement was handed down in their favour in September 2009. See Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina was a case decided by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in 2009, in the first judgment finding a violation of Protocol No. 12...

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