According to the most recent population census of 2002, Slovenia consists of 83 % ethnic Slovenians, 1.98 % Serbs, 1.81 % Croats, 1.10 % Bosnians, 0.11 % Italians, 0.32 % Hungarians and 0.17 % Roma. Members of the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities enjoy the status of autochthonous (indigenous) minorities, the Roma have the status of a special ethnic community, while the people who originate from other republics of the former Yugoslavia do not. The Constitution guarantees special protection for the Roma population living in Slovenia. Special rights of the Roma Community are regulated by 12 special acts and various Government programmes with the aim of improving the situation of the Roma population. In 2007 the Roma Community Act was adopted, establishing a Council of the Roma Community and providing a basis for further positive measures for the Roma. The Roma in Slovenia are often victims of discrimination, especially in access to employment, education, housing etc., according to the 2011 Amnesty International report, Parallel lives, the Human Rights Ombudsman's Annual Report for 2014 and the 2014 Fourth Report on Slovenia of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance at the Council of Europe. In spite of the legislation regulating the registration of same-sex partners, the latter still suffer discrimination compared to opposite-sex partners in some areas, such as employment and social security rights deriving from such partnerships. Finally, discrimination against people with disabilities remains a problem with regard to accessibility of buildings, unemployment and a lack of measures enabling independent living. In 2014 the Constitutional Court declared that the failure to make more than one third of polling stations accessible for people with disabilities is unconstitutional. In 2014 amendments to the Act on Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities were adopted, as well as an implementing act, providing for new positive measures for people with disabilities, such as technical equipment for people with visual and hearing impairments and co-financing for the adaptation of vehicles.
