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Fight Discrimination Campaign
Roma discrimination in Europe: a new report
16/11/2006Discrimination against Roma persists in various forms in several European countries, Amnesty International launches a new report on the discrimination of Roma children in primary education.
Open letter to the President of the European Commission on the “erased" in Slovenia
28/11/2005In Slovenia, thousands of people, many of them of Roma origin, are still being denied their basic human rights, after they were unlawfully removed (“erased”) from the country’s registry of permanent residence in 1992.
Slovenia: the 'erased' - Briefing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
28/11/2005Amnesty International’s concerns relating to the implementation of the ICESCR in Slovenia and focuses in particular on the human rights violations linked to the unresolved status of individuals removed from the Slovenian registry of permanent residents in 1992 (the so-called “erased”), including their lack of access to full reparation for the violation of their human rights to which the “erasure” led.
Bulgaria and Romania: Amnesty International’s Human Rights Concerns in the EU Accession Countries
19/10/2005The present briefing paper focuses on Amnesty International's concerns in relation to specific areas of inadequate human rights protection in Bulgaria and Romania, in particular on issues such as the treatment of persons with mental disabilities, discrimination against Roma communities, and ill-treatment by law enforcement officials.
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Recommendations to the Irish EU Presidency
23/05/2013 For each rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, Amnesty International asks the presidency to commit itself to advancing human rights within the EU and worldwide. We also seek the presidency’s active ...
People on the move: Greek police beat a tortured Turkish woman
23/05/2013 This is part of a special ‘People on the Move’ series, highlighting the human rights violations faced by migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in every part of the world. These profiles are being published around the launch ...