As part of its civil rights work, it promotes the implementation of the “Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities” at the national level and maintains an ongoing dialogue with the federal government and state governments on this issue. In May 1995, the Central Council secured legal recognition for German Sinti and Roma as a national minority. It also achieved recognition of German Romanes as a minority language in accordance with the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. It promotes encounters with Holocaust survivors, advocates for the protection of the graves of Sinti and Roma persecuted by the Nazis, and regularly organizes trips to historical memorial sites in Germany and abroad.

At the international level, the Central Council regularly represents the interests of Sinti and Roma at conferences of the EU, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE, and is a member of numerous national and international minority organizations.

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