The member states of the European Union needs to respond to the inhumane conditions facing migrants in Greece by taking responsibility for people, rather than just shifting money around.
Posts Tagged “discrimination”
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: asylum, asylum seekers, Council of Europe, discrimination, European Court of Human Rights, Greece, malta, migrants, MSS v Belgium and Greece, Simon Cox
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The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the Greek courts failed to acknowledge the gravity of a brutal 2001 sexual assault on an undocumented migrant.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, discrimination, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, male rape, migration, MSS v Belgium and Greece, NS and ME judgment, Rights & Justice, Simon Cox, Zontul v Greece
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In a setback for equal rights, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a series of petitions challenging a law that, among other things, makes it impossible for Palestinians to acquire Israeli citizenship through marriage.
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Julek was one of 18 children who took the Czech government to the European Court of Human Rights in 1999, challenging the practice of placing disproportionate numbers of Romani children into segregated schools. Twelve years and a landmark legal victory later, he is still waiting for things to...
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A group of experts discuss how Muslims and non-Muslims in Marseille can work together to create a more integrated and inclusive community.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Alain Fourest, Claude Geant, discrimination, Djamel Bouriche, France, Francoise Lorcerie, Helene Irving, hjab, Marseille, Muslims, Nazia Hussain, niqab
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Tensions between the majority and the Roma population of the Czech Republic have long gone unaddressed. Is there enough political will to improve the situation?
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Czech Republic, discrimination, Filip Rameš, Northern Bohemia, Open Society Fund Prague, Roma
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The sensible approach to a shared sacrifice in the United States is simple: level the playing field to be more equitable. The impetus should be based on the building of human capital.
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The Czech government came under pressure from one of Europe's top political bodies last week for its failure to make sure all Roma children get a decent education—and was urged to lift its game starting with the next school year in September.
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The new Czech school year starts in September, and unless something drastic changes, many more Roma children could face segregation into "special schools" on the basis of their ethnicity.
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Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, detention, discrimination, European Court of Justice, European Union, Hassen el-Dridi, immigration, Italy, migrants
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