Anna Koptova v. Slovak Republic, Communication No. 13/1998, U.N. Doc. CERD/C/57/D/13/1998 (2000). Communication No 13/1998 Submitted by: Anna Koptova (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State party concerned: Slovak Republic Date of communication: 15 December 1998 (initial submission) The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, established under article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Meeting on 8 August 2000, Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 13/1998, submitted to the Committee under article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Having taken into consideration all written information made available to it by the author and the State party, Bearing in mind rule 95 of its rules of procedure requiring it to formulate its opinion on the communication before it, Adopts the following: Opinion 1. The author of the communication is Anna Koptova, a Slovak citizen of Romany ethnicity. She is the director of the Legal Defence Bureau for Ethnic Minorities of the Good Romany Fairy Kesaj Foundation in Kosice and claims to be a victim of violations by the Slovak Republic of articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of