Indicator history

In its annual reports on human rights in Bulgaria the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee describes exemplary cases of discrimination, in some of which the offenders are representatives of state institutions.

As an example can be noted a case of 2007, when a woman of Roma origin complained against the governor of her district that, after her family was placed in a state-owned flat and after she concluded a rental contract with the governor, she was never allowed to buy the apartment pursuant to the law because of endless protraction of procedures. The respondent governor claimed that the applicant did not fulfill any of the conditions for preferential purchase of the apartment, many other tenants were in the same situation and she was still allowed to use the apartment, which was a proof that there was no discrimination. The Commission looked at the regulation for buying state-owned apartments and noted many procedural violations in the treatment of the applicant. The governor was imposed a fine of 500 Leva (250 euro). He was ordered to undertake the necessary measures and finish properly the proceedings for the sale of the apartment to the applicant.