Racism in Europe: ENAR Shadow Report 2007 2008-12-01 · European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Extremism and racism are on the rise throughout Europe and racist political discourse is increasingly common in mainstream European politics, states this report by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). According to the data collected, there is "increasing evidence of public acceptance of racist crime and mistreatment of ethnic and religious minorities, including within the police and other relevant authorities". This edition, based on 25 country-specific Shadow Reports produced by ENAR members, presents the trends ...

Ending Racial Segregation in Schools: The Promise of D.H. 2008-11-06 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) This editorial by James Goldston introduces the issue of Roma Rights Quarterly, European Roma Rights Centre’s (ERRC) bi-annual journal, that is devoted to the case of D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic. This case, also known as the Ostrava Case, was brought before the European Court of Human Rights by the ERRC. In this case, a group of Roma children were denied equal opportunities to education by being placed in ‘special classes’. Goldston was ...

Arrest the Precedent! Segregated Schooling in Contemporary Europe 2008-11-06 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) This article by Larry Olomoofe, that appeared in the European Roma Rights Centre’s Roma Rights Quarterly focuses over the issue of segregated schooling. It aims to explicate the social and political impact of the unprecedented European Court of Human Rights groundbreaking ruling of November 2007 in D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic (popularly referred to as “the Ostrava case”). The ruling was groundbreaking in legal terms due to the fact that it was the ...

Communication on General Measures Needed for the Implementation of D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic 2008-11-06 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) In September 2008, a coalition of organisations submitted a communication to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Department of Executions, to highlight that despite changes in legislation and a landmark ruling from Europe’s highest court, racial segregation of Romani children remains a fixture of education in the Czech Republic. The communication, submitted jointly by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), the Roma Education Fund, the Open Society Justice Initiative, and the Open Society Institute’s ...

The Scene After Battle: What is the Victory in D.H. Worth and Where to Go From Here? 2008-11-06 · European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) This article by Lilla Farkas, that appeared in the European Roma Rights Centre’s Roma Rights Quarterly focuses over the impacts of the case D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic on strategic litigation against ethnic and racial discrimination in Europe. This case, also known as the Ostrava Case, was brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by the ERRC. In this case, a group of Roma children were denied equal opportunities to education ...