Chronicle
07 February 2004
October 8-10, 2003: Submitted a joint intervention with the International Helsinki Federation to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, focusing on the issue of Roma participation, Warsaw, Poland.
October 9, 2003: Provided training to a group of activists from Europe and Africa at a seminar organised by the Human Rights Students Initiative of the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
October 15, 2003: Gave a presentation on the situation of Roma in Serbia and Montenegro at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, in Warsaw, Poland.
October 23, 2003: Provided written and oral comments on the situation of Roma in Russia to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the occasion of that body's review of Russia's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.
October 25-26, 2003: Co-hosted an anti-discrimination legislation workshop in London in co-operation with Interights and Migration Policy Group for lawyers from western and central/eastern Europe.
October 29-31, 2003: Acted as expert for a seminar on formalizing informal settlements organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Priština, Kosovo.
October 30-31, 2003: Participated at a Council of Europe Conference on the 5th Anniversary of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Strasbourg, France.
November 7-8, 2003: Held a seminar entitled "Human Rights and Discrimination - Professional Methods of Monitoring and Advocacy" organised in co-operation with a Ekaterinburg-based Romani organisation Roma Ural, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
November 10-11, 2003: Participated in an Expert Meeting convened by the Directorate IV Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe, discussing a draft Recommendation on Minorities Youth Participation to be considered by the Parliammentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Budapest, Hungary.
November 13-14, 2003: Gave a presentation in Strasbourg at an ECRI seminar with national specialised bodies to combat racism and racial discrimination, Strasbourg, France.
November 13-16, 2003: Participated in the General Assembly of the International Helsinki Federation, Vienna, Austria.
Novemver 14, 2003: Delivered a presentation on Roma issues at a workshop entitled "Buliding New Bridges: Past, Present and Future of Roma and Jewish heritage", organised by the European Union of Jewish Students, Budapest, Hungary.
November 14-15, 2003: Held a workshop in co-operation with a local partner Romani Yag in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, on "Law and Practice in International and Domestic Courts" for Ukrainian lawyers, Roma rights activists and government officials, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
November 17, 2003: Acted as facilitator at an international conference on Roma culture, Stockholm, Sweden.
November 21-22, 2003: Held a regional workshop in Budapest on the EU Race Equality Directive for lawyers and judges from all of the EU accession countries, Budapest, Hungary.
November 27-28, 2003: Participated in the 16th meeting of the Council of Europe's Specialist Group on Roma/Gipsy, MG-S-ROM, Strasbourg, France.
November 28-29, 2003: Participated in the 5th annual European Assembly of the ENAR, Palermo, Italy.
December 6, 2003: Presented issues related to the human rights situation of Roma in EU Candidate Countries at a seminar organized by the Karl Renner Institute, Vienna, Austria.
December 7-9, 2003: Participated in the event entitled "Human Rights in Greece Ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens", organised by the Greek Helsinki Monitor as a celebration of its 10th anniversary.
December 9, 2003: Provided information on the housing rights situation of Roma in Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Turkey to the European Committee of Social Rights to assist review of those countries' compliance with Article 16 of the European Social Charter and Revised European Social Charter.
December 10, 2003: Presented ERRC concerns in the Czech Republic at a seminar on human rights organized by the Pedagogical Centre of Central Bohemia, Prague, Czech Republic.
December 15, 2003: Presented ERRC concerns related to the forcible expulsion of Roma from Germany to the United Committee on the Rights of the Child timed for that body's review of Germany's compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
December 15-17, 2003: Co-facilitated an advocacy training for Romani activists from Ukraine, organised by the Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe, Kiev, Ukraine.
January 9, 2004: Presented a joint shadow report with the European Union Monitoring and Advocacy Program of the Open Society Institute to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the occasion of that body's review of Germany's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
