Ignorance concerning the half million Roma who perished during the Holocaust reinforces anti-Roma prejudice today. To counter this, the European Parliament should inaugurate an official day of remembrance for the victims and survivors.
Posts Tagged “Bernard Rorke”
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Baro Porrajmos, Bernard Rorke, Elie Wiesel, European Commission, European Parliament, France, genocide, Germany, Great Devouring, Holocaust, Nazi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Roma, Romani Rose, Viviane Reding, World War II, Yehuda Bauer
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The lack of reliable data about Roma communities remains a major obstacle to reducing inequality and eliminating discrimination. Put bluntly, if there are no data there can be no progress.
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The statement by Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, on the situation of Roma in Europe is to be welcomed for its unequivocal and forthright commitment to Roma inclusion.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Bernard Rorke, European Commission, European Union, evictions, France, Roma, Vivane Reding
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The midpoint of the Decade of Roma Inclusion is an obvious time for governments to assess how far they have come in honoring their pledge to eliminate discrimination and close the unacceptable gaps between Roma and non-Roma.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Bernard Rorke, Decade of Roma Inclusion, Roma, Roma Initiative
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Szilvia Varró, a journalist and fellow of the Open Society Institute, talks about the success of the extreme right-wing Jobbik party, and anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary in the wake of a wave of killings.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Bernard Rorke, discrimination, Hungary, intolerance, Jobbik party, Roma, Szilvia Varró
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In the two years since the last EU Roma summit, we have witnessed continued school segregation, a shocking wave of attacks, and electoral gains by anti-Roma far-right extremists. We need a concerted, coherent strategy that finally enables all European citizens to lead their lives with dignity.
Posted in: Education & Youth, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Bernard Rorke, discrimination, Roma
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Back in 1998, more than a year before the outbreak of war in Kosovo, Roma writer and activist Orhan Galjus warned of the perils facing the Roma, caught between the official Serbian and the clandestine Albanian state structures.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Balkans, Bernard Rorke, IDPs, refugees, Roma, Zeljko Jovanovic
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The commemorations, reflections and ruminations around the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet revolutions overshadowed another November 20th anniversary of profound historical significance: the United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Posted in: Education & Youth, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Bernard Rorke, children, Roma
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