The Central Committee of Sinti and Roma has no claim to a seat in the supervisory committees of „Deutschland-Radio" and the „Hessischer Rundfunk". Due to the resolution of the Federal Constitutional Court, the law of equality is not affected by the fact that the Central Committee of the Jews is considered in the supervisory committee, but not the Sinti and Roma. The Central Committee of Sinti and Roma that is resident in Heidelberg, is going to file a suit at the European Court of Justice for Human Rights in Strasbourg. The opinion of the court in Karlsruhe is as follows: It is true that both groups were victims of the national socialistic persecution, but the regional legislator has granted the seat to the Jews - like to the catholics and protestants - as a confession. Opposite to this, the Sinti and Roma are an ethnic minority with ist own language and ist own cultural identity. The First Chamber of the senat explained that the legislator is free to include also the Sinti and Roma in the circle of ethnic and cultural minorities having the right to demand a seat. But there is no constitutional claim to this. The court dismissed the action of the Sinti and Roma against other broadcasting laws as inadmissable, because of failure to meet the deadline of one year. The Central Committee called the resolution irresponsible. „It is extremely cynical to state that the Sinti and Roma were to file a suit within the period of one year against broadcasting laws that go back to the Fifties. (File No. 1 BvR 2487/94 - Resolution of August 25, 1998).