Security a la Italiana: Fingerprinting, Extreme Violence and Harassment of Roma in Italy 2008-07-10 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) A coalition of NGOs launched this report on the deterioration of the human rights situation of Roma and Sinti in Italy, on the occasion of the OSCE’s Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Sustainable Policies for Roma and Sinti Integration in Vienna. Coalition members include the European Roma Rights Centre, the Open Society Institute, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, Romani Criss and the Roma Civic Alliance of Romania. The report includes a concise summary ...

Segregated schools produce unemployed Roma people 2008-07-08 · Babel Hungary "Segregated schools produce unemployed Roma people," and this is one of the most important problems that the Roma living in Hungary has to face today. This is one of the main points Erzsébet Mohácsi, social pedagogue and director of the Chance for Children Foundation, highlights in this interview. Text and video.

Commission Staff Working Document: Community Instruments and Policies for Roma Inclusion 2008-07-02 · European Commission This staff working document sets out to list and examine the existing policies and instruments as a response to the European Council request calling urgently for a comprehensive European framework strategy on Roma. The Commission Communication on nondiscrimination policy draws conclusions from the thorough analysis of ongoing activities, opportunities and gaps identified in this document and lays down the framework and for further steps towards Roma inclusion.

Pushing for Change? South East Europe's Minorities in the EU Progress Reports 2008-07-01 · Minority Rights Group International (MRG) This report by Minority Rights Group International discovers divergence between the EU messages and the realities that minority communities face in their day-to-day lives in SEE countries. This is partly because the EU lacks an institutionalized mechanism for involving local minority communities in the accession process, the report says. MRG, in an analysis of EU progress reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia since 2001, points to the EU’s lack ...

Bottom of the heap 2008-06-19 · The Economist Under the lead, "The dismal lives and unhappy prospects of Europe's biggest stateless minority," the Economist explores the problems, dilemmas, developments and pitfalls of European policy on the Roma.