Special rights (such as a right to representation) are often used to address under-representation of minority and marginalised groups in political institutions. The case of Roma community in Slovenia is no different. Using a framework of social and political marginalisation, our article outlines asymmetry and exceptionality in the existing minority protection provisions for Slovenian Roma. We argue that the existing provisions are a consequence of majority’s perception of Roma as racialised, marginalised, and undeserving group. We show that the limited access to special rights for Roma is not an oversight in the Slovenian democratic institutional design but a result of deep-rooted stereotypes and racialisation that this marginalised group is subjected to. More broadly, the case of Slovenian Roma demonstrates how principles of racialisation and marginalisation can help us understand absences of different marginalised minority groups from frameworks of special protection.

特殊权利（例如代表权）通常用于解决政治机构中少数群体和边缘化群体代表性不足的问题。斯洛文尼亚的罗姆人社区情况也不例外。本文使用社会和政治边缘化的框架，概述了斯洛文尼亚罗姆人现有少数群体保护规定中的不对称性和特殊性。我们认为，现有规定是多数人将罗姆人视为种族，边缘化和不当群体的结果。我们表明，罗姆人享有特殊权利的机会有限，并不是斯洛文尼亚民主制度设计中的疏忽，而是这种边缘化群体遭受根深蒂固的陈规定型观念和种族化的结果。更广泛地，