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European Seminar on Teaching about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust
In the framework of the joint EU-CoE project “Roma Holocaust Remembrance and Education” (RomaMemory II), EuroClio and the Roma and Travellers Division are pleased to invite history and citizenship educators to a seminar on teaching about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust taking place in Heidelberg,...
22nd Meeting of the Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society
Security Policies and Inclusion: Exploring Effects on Roma and Traveller Communities
“A policy doesn’t have to mention “Roma” in particular in order to have an effect on Roma communities. Often, the effect is that Roma are treated as suspects” Idaver Memedov, independent expert. The 22nd meeting of the Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society took place in...
ADI-ROM drafting group completes work on the draft recommendation on desegregation and inclusion in policies for Roma and Traveller children
Building on work launched in 2025, the Committee of Experts for Roma and Traveller Issues (ADI-ROM) drafting group held its final meeting on 8 and 9 September 2026 to complete the drafting of the Recommendation on desegregation and inclusion policies and practices in the education of Roma and...
Remembering the Roma Holocaust at Auschwitz-Birkenau: Europe Marks 2 August 2026
On 2 August 2026, representatives of European institutions, national governments, Roma and Sinti organisations, Holocaust survivors, youth activists, and civil society gathered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum to commemorate the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The ceremony...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
PACE President Petra Bayr, marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘Memory must change how we act tomorrow’
PACE President Petra Bayr, together with an ad hoc committee of the Bureau, took part in the official ceremony marking European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. The annual commemoration honours the memory of the Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust, including the...
Coalition on Roma Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Recognition launches work under Phase II of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme "RomaMemory"
The Coalition on Roma Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Recognition convened in Kraków, Poland, on 1 August 2026, ahead of the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations held annually on 2 August. The meeting marked the fifth gathering of the Coalition since its establishment in 2024...
Congress of Regional and Local Authorities
Council of Europe Congress Rapporteur: “Combating discrimination against Roma and Travellers today must be rooted in awareness of their history”
Ahead of this year’s European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma (2 August), and his participation, on behalf of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, in the official Commemoration Ceremony in Auschwitz, Peter Drenth (Netherlands, EPP/CCE), Congress Standing Rapporteur on Human...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
Roma and Sinti Holocaust: PACE General Rapporteur calls for memory to be 'taught, not just marked'
Ahead of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma, Georgios Stamatis (Greece, EPP/CD), PACE General Rapporteur on Roma and Travellers, made the following statement: “On 2 August, we honour the memory of the 4,300 Roma and Sinti men, women and children murdered in a single night at...
Joint Council of Europe and Ministry of Education feasibility study contributes to the implementation of the Elmazova and Others judgment in North Macedonia
A feasibility study developed by the Council of Europe with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education of North Macedonia has been submitted as part of the Government's latest Action Plan concerning the execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Elmazova and Others v. North...
Council of Europe honours victims of the Roma Holocaust
The Council of Europe has marked European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day in Strasbourg, honouring the memory of the hundreds of thousands of Roma murdered during the Holocaust and reaffirming its commitment to combating antigypsyism and discrimination. Held on the lawn in front of the Palais de...
