Documents and news concerning discriminations and minority rights

2013 First quarter Census of forced evictions from settlements of migrant Roma in France - 5 April 2013

Philippe Goossens, a member of the AEDH board, very active on the Roma issue, combined the numbers of the evictions of Roma in France for the first quarter of the year 2013.

2012 Census of forced evictions from settlements of migrant Roma in France and of their collective eviction from the territory - 4 January 2013

Philippe Goossens, a member of the AEDH board very active on the Roma issue, combined the numbers of the evictions of Roma in France for the whole year 2012.

Amnesty International publishes its report on Roma people evictions in Île-de-France - 29 November 2012

On November 29th, Amnesty International published a report on Roma people evictions in Île-de-France, in which it calls the French state to stop these evictions which are violating the fundamental rights of Roma people.

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights asks for more integration of Roma people - 22 November 2012

In November 2012, Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights published three comments on his website to ask the states to improve the situation fo Roma people in Europe.

Roma people on TV - Canal + on 2 December 2012; Arte on 16 November 2012

Canal + on December 2nd, Arte on November 16th... Roma People are the topic for many French TV programmes, which look at and analyse their situation from different points of view

NGOs call to end the discriminatory measures against Serbian and Macedonian Roma people applying for asylum in Germany - 15 October 2012

Various German NGOs denounced in a joint press release on October 15th, 2012, the discrimination against Roma people coming from Serbia and Macedonia to apply for asylum in Germany.

Census of forced evictions from settlements of migrant Roma in France and of their collective eviction from the territory - 2012

Philippe Goossens, a member of the AEDH board very active on the Roma issue, combined the numbers of the evictions of Roma in France since January the 1st, 2012, quarter by quarter.

France: Opinion of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights about the respect of the Travellers and migrant Roma’s rights in France - 22 March 2012

The French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights published the 22nd of March 2012 an opinion about the respect of the Travellers and migrant Roma’s rights regarding the recent answers of France to the international institutions.

2010-2011 Report of Romeurope on Roma situation in France - February 2012

The organisation Romeurope published in February 2012 a report on the situation of Roma people in France for the period of time 2010-2011 named « The Roma, scapegoats of a security policy which targets migrants and poor people ».

Find out about the TOLEBOOK clip - 2011

You will find below the link to watch the TOLEBOOK videoclip. This videoclip has been made by young teenagers of the Diekirch Lycée in Luxembourg as to draw attention of young people on the risks created by the social network Facebook in terms of intolerance and racism.

The Roma dossier seen by the CEPS - September 2010

The Centre for European Policy Studies issued, in September 2010, a paper on what they called "L’affaire Roms : a challenge to the EU’s area of liberty, security and justice".

Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR): Publication of the new book “Chance to Survive: Minority Rights in Estonia and Latvia” - 7 April 2010

The Legal Information Centre for Human Rights is glad to inform you about the new book “Chance to Survive: Minority Rights in Estonia and Latvia” (ed. Vadim Poleshchuk).

France: HALDE Report on the situation of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma people in France - 26 October 2009

The High Authority to Fight Discrimination and for Equality in France published a report on the situation of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma people on October 26th, 2009.

LHRC: “Citizens of a non-existent State: the long-term Phenomenon of Mass Statelessness in Latvia” – 2008

The Latvian Human Rights Committee published in 2008 a report on the issue of mass statelessness in Latvia.

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