Recognising and Combating Racial Discrimination: A Short Guide for Persons Working in the Field of Roma Rights
(Last modified: 2004-06-02 11:47:59)
Discrimination on grounds of race, colour or ethnicity ("racial discrimination") is almost always a violation of human rights. In the words of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the primary international law governing the ban on racial discrimination, the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. Fundamental to the principle of non-discrimination are the rights of members of racial, ethnic and national minorities to equality before the law and the equal protection of the law. International law bans racial discrimination in a range of fields including but not limited to education, health, housing, employment, and the provision of and access to public goods and services. States have a positive obligation to prevent, punish and remedy racial discrimination.
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in Bosnian: PREPOZNAVANJE RASNE DISKRIMINACIJE I BORBA PROTIV NJE: KRATKI VODIČ or Download it (zip file)!
in Bulgarian: РАЗПОЗНАВАНЕ И ПРОТИВОПОСТАВЯНЕ НА РАСОВАТА ДИСКРИМИНАЦИЯ or Download it (zip file)!
in Finnish: Rotusyrjinnän tunnistaminen ja torjunta: Lyhyt opas or Download it (zip file)!
in German: Erkennen und bekämpfen von Rassendiskriminierung: Eine kurze Einführung or Download it (zip file)!
in Hungarian: Kalauz a faji diszkrimináció felismeréséhez és kiküszöböléséhez or Download it (zip file)!
in Romani: So si diskriminacija? -- Skurto liloro e manušenge save kerena buči pe Romengere čačipena or Download it (zip file)!
in Romanian: Recunoaşterea şi combaterea discriminării rasiale: Un scurt ghid or Download it (zip file)!
in Russian: Что Такое Расовая Дискриминация и Борьба Против Неё: Kраткий Путеводитель or Download it (zip file)!
in Slovene: PREPOZNAVANJE RASNE DISKRIMINACIJE IN BORBA PROTI NJEJ: KRATEK VODIČ or Download it (zip file)! |
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Political Participation and Democracy in Europe: A Short Guide for Romani Activists
(Last modified: 2004-06-02 12:08:18)
More and more Roma are becoming moved by the desire to improve the situation of Roma in their town, city, country or in Europe, or even in the world as a whole. There are ever more Romani activists in Europe, seeking to bring about positive change for the benefit of the Romani communities. At the same time, when asked, many Roma frequently say they have "no power" - that their possibilities for influencing or changing the shape of their own lives are few or none. In a strict sense, this is not true - every person has some power. Some people have much more power than others, and at present, the vast majority of Roma exercise very little control over their own lives. However, there is always a difference between the amount of power a person or community has now, and the amount of power they can reasonably attain in the future. That is, everyone has potential power. In fact, in that there are millions of Roma in Europe, as a group, Roma have a very considerable amount of potential power. The question is how to increase the level of real power now exercised by Roma? This pamphlet offers a few ideas to Romani activists thinking about how to use effectively political processes to advance Romani interests - that is, to Roma who are thinking about trying to increase their power, for the benefit of the Romani community, by entering politics.
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in Bosnian: POLITIČKO UČEŠĆE I DEMOKRATIJA U EVROPI: KRATKI VODIČ ZA ROMSKE AKTIVISTE or Download it (zip file)!
in German: Politische Beteiligung und Demokratie in Europa: Ein kleiner Führer für Roma-Aktivisten or Download it (zip file)!
in Hungarian: Politikai részvétel és demokrácia Európában: Rövid útmutató roma aktivistáknak or Download it (zip file)!
in Romani: Politikano le-thanipe/participacia e Rromengi thaj demokratia ande Europa: cikno sikavimasko lil pala e Rromane aktivistura or Download it (zip file)!
in Romanian: PARTICIPAREA POLITICĂ ŞI DEMOCRAŢIA ÎN EUROPA: UN SCURT GHID PENTRU ACTIVIŞTII ROMI or Download it (zip file)!
in Russian: ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЕ УЧАСТИЕ И ДЕМОКРАТИЯ В ЕВРОПЕ: КРАТКИЙ ПУТЕВОДИТЕЛЬ ДЛЯ ЦЫГАНСКИХ АКТИВИСТОВ or Download it (zip file)!
in Slovene: Politična participacija in demokracija v Evropi: Kratek vodič za romske aktiviste or Download it (zip file)! |
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