Supplementary human dimension meeting - OSCE, Vienna
Published in Conference participation at Tuesday, 29 July 2008 во 21:41
NRC’s staff, Asmet Elezovski and Sebihana Skenderovska, representing European Roma and Travellers Forum participated in OSCE’s Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Sustainable Policies for Roma and Sinti held from 10 -11 July 2008 in Vienna.
In the frameworks of the SHDM side event on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Roma in Italy was held, in the same time protests were held and Roma activists had meeting with representatives of Fundamental Rights Agency. We are concern of Italy policies toward Roma, which includes fingerprinting or ethnic profiling as methods to gather data about Roma, instead of policies to facilitate access of Roma to public services.
NRC as human rights based organisation promoting Roma inclusion is strongly condemns racial violence against Roma in Italy. OSCE is supporting Roma population in the region, but now when Roma are directly endangered in Italy OSCE should strongly react upon these violations. Roma need stability, security and urgent actions to stop racial attacks and persecution.
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This report complements the data about the situation of Roma children in education in Macedonia. It is intended for all actors in educational processes which are included (or intend to be included) in the action for improving of the condition of Roma in education. At the same time this report might offer assistance to the rest as a model for more efficient handling of the current condition of Roma pupils in elementary education.