which the EU has adopted to prevent discrimination on the basis of ethnicity or race in areas which including access to housing. Right to education The right to education is enshrined in both the EU and international law. Article 2 of the EU convention on human rights recognises the right to education for all. Similarly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 26) and the ICESCR (articles 13 & 14) recognise the right to quality education without discrimination as a universal human right. Roma children are severely underrepresented in education and are often discriminated against and segregated within a countries education system. Simply by being Roma education becomes more difficult. Roma children face language barriers due to the language of instruction being in something other than their first language. They often start school later than their non-Roma counterparts, and they face social stigmatisation from their classmates and teachers simply by being Roma. One of the major issues that the Roma face in access to education is systematic segregation Segregation The European Court of Human Rights has reinforced the fact that the right to education ought to be free from discrimination. Segregation is a form of discrimination that the Roma often face in accessing education. There are three types of segregation of Roma that happen in education. Segregation of Roma into Roma majority schools This is a form of segregation that arises almost unwittingly as a result of residential segregation and the ghettoisation of Roma. The children in Roma majority schools often face violations of the right to education due resulting from Roma majority schools having substandard facilities and lacking resources that majority schools have. There are also cases where Roma children have been forced to attend Roma-only schools even where this is not the closest school to them. thus limiting the level and quality of education that Romas receive. In the 2013 case of Lavida v. Greece the courts found that these forced segregations were a breach of the right to be free from discrimination and the right to education. And they condemned the state's refusal to take anti-segregation measures in relation to the education of Roma students. Segregation of Roma in general schools Even within majority schools, Roma often fail to access the same level of education as their peers because they are often segregated into remedial, or "roma classes", within the school. There have been a number of