Sara Giménez Giménez

Sara Giménez Giménez (born, Huesca, 19 January 1977) is a Spanish Roma lawyer who stands out for her fight for the integration of the gitano community into society. She also fights against the inequalities suffered by minorities based on race or sexual orientation. She became a member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in 2018 and joined the board of (FSG) the following year.

Education

"I studied Law because it was very clear to me the need to work for the real equality of my people, especially, Roma women." (Sara Giménez, 12 January 2018) and completed her studies with a Postgraduate Degree in human rights at the University of the Basque Country. She has also been trained in Direction and Management of NGOs and has specialized studies on minors, immigration, and criminal law, among other specialties.

Career As head of the Department of Equality and the Fight against Discrimination of the FSG, she carried out direct legal support in the defense of cases of discrimination before the courts and directed the annual report (Discrimination and the Roma community). Some of the most notable cases were that of a Romanian gypsy from Barcelona (ruled in favor at the Provincial Court of Barcelona in December 2013), and the case of the gypsy widow Maria Luisa Muñoz “La Nena”, also favorable, at the European Court of Human Rights in December 2009.

On 21 March 2018 she began her work as a member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

Since June 2021, she has been the president of the FSG, after joining the Board of Trustees as vice-resident in 2019.