Human Rights of Roma and Travellers
 There is a shameful lack of implementation concerning the human
rights of Roma, the biggest minority group in Europe, throughout the
continent.
The Roma population – whether citizens, displaced persons or migrants –
is worse off than any other group in Europe when it comes to education,
health, employment, housing and political participation.
Roma continue to suffer from pervasive discrimination in all fields of
life. Anti-Gypsyism feeds the cycle of their exclusion, disadvantage,
segregation and marginalisation. Rhetoric occasionally used by public
figures and the media has contributed to further marginalisation and
extremism against Roma, including alarming levels of violence and abuse
by law enforcement officials.
The Commissioner for Human Rights therefore pays particular attention
to the respect for and the protection of the human rights of Roma.
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Factsheets on Roma
Public
knowledge about the history and culture of the Roma,
which numerically is the largest minority in Europe, is
still marginal or inexistent among ordinary people. National governments and international
organisations are trying to overcome segregation,
stigmatisation and marginalisation of the Roma and try
to fully integrate Roma into society. The factsheets on Roma are
intended to support this process of integration via
education.
Dosta! Campaign
Council of Europe
awareness raising campaign on Roma to stop
prejudices and stereotypes and discover the Roma
Multimedia
Interview
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Uprooted
Interview of Thomas Hammarberg in a film on
repatriations of Roma from Germany to Kosovo, by the
Romedia
Foundation (21.09.2011) |
Equal rights for all Europeans? Interview of Thomas
Hammarberg on EU
Reporter, about Roma and discrimination in Europe
(03.01.2011)
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* "All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory,
institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in
full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution
1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo." |
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What
are the root causes of Roma migration in today’s Europe? What are the
human rights of Roma when they move from one country to another? What
should receiving countries do to ensure that the human rights of Roma
migrants are fully respected? This study "
Forced
from their homes in 1999 following the Kosovo* conflict,
a large number of Roma families left their Mitrovica
neighbourhood, known as the Mahalla.