Chronicle
31 January 2006
Publications
December 2, 2005: Always Somewhere Else: Anti-Gypsyism in France, Country Report No. 15.
December 2, 2005: Hors d'ici! Anti-tsiganisme en France, Série des rapports pays Nş 15.
Campaigning, Conferences, Meetings and Training
July 16-17, 2005: Organised a training for 15 Romani and Sinti activists on race equality legislation in Florence, Italy, within a project by the ERRC, the Irish Traveller Movement and the Milan Simecka Foundation, funded by the European Commission.
July 18-19, 2005: Spoke at a conference on local and regional authorities in the European Union, Cecina, Italy.
July 27, 2005: Organised a training for 10 Romani activists on practical monitoring in Stip, Macedonia, within a project by the ERRC, the Roma Community Centre DROM and the Croatian Law Centre, funded by the EU CARDS Programme.
August 20-23, 2005: Undertook advocacy mission to Sweden to develop partnerships in matters related to systemic discrimination against Roma, Stockholm, Sweden.
August 26, 2005: Provided materials to the United Nations Human rights Committee, timed for that body' review of Italy's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
September 6, 2005: Organised a training for Romani activists on practical monitoring in Zagreb, Croatia, within a project by the ERRC, the Roma Community Centre DROM and the Croatian Law Centre, funded by the EU CARDS Programme.
September 8, 2005: Hosted Swedish Minister for Equality Jens Urback at the ERRC offices in Budapest and discussed matters of common minority rights interest.
September 23-24, 2005: Organised a training for 30 Romani, Sinti and Traveller activists on practical monitoring in Budapest, Hungary, within a project by the ERRC, the Irish Traveller Movement and the Milan Simecka Foundation, funded by the European Commission.
September 28-29, 2005: Attended the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and presented concerns on Roma rights matters on the plenary floor, Warsaw, Poland.
October 4, 2005: Participated in an expert discussion on anti-discrimination law draft in Ukraine organised by the International Centre for Policy Studies, Kiev, Ukraine.
October 4, 2005: Joined partner organisations at a demonstration against illegal forced evictions of Roma from social housing, Bohumin, Czech Republic.
October 7, 2005: As part of a project funded by the European Commission, held a meeting with local partners and relevant government officials on integrated schooling, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County, Hungary.
October 11, 2005: Participated in Conference on Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
October 11, 2005: Presented ERRC concerns in the field of housing rights in Central and Eastern Europe at a meeting organised by a number of Brussels-based umbrella NGOs focussing on housing rights in Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
October 12-15, 2005: Acted as trainer at a workshop on ethnic data issues convened by Minority Rights Group International, Skopje, Macedonia.
October 17-18, 2005: Presented Roma rights issues at a UK Presidency of the European Union Conference on poverty and social exclusion, Glasgow, Scotland.
October 21, 2005: With partner organisations, submitted detailed comments on the situation of Romani women in Macedonia to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
October 21, 2005: Attended a meeting on Roma organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Warsaw, Poland.
October 27-28, 2005: In cooperation with the Council of Europe held a training on the European Convention for Human Rights for persons involved in legal assistance to Roma, Odessa, Ukraine.
October 27-30, 2005: Participated in an international conference on environmental justice, convened by the Coalition for Environmental Justice, of which the ERRC is a founding partner, Budapest, Hungary.
November 1-2, 2005: Participated in Conference "Strengthening spaces: Women's Human Rights in Social Movements", organised by AWID and CREA, in Bangkok, Thailand.
November 2, 2005: As part of a project funded by the European Commission, organised a meeting to press for school desegregation, Pazardjik, Bulgaria.
November 3-5, 2005: Conducted training for lawyers and human rights activists from the Czech Republic on the EU Race Equality Directive in partnership with the Brno-based League of Human Rights and the Minority Rights Group, in the framework of a project funded by the European Commission.
November 9-11, 2005: Organised training for 15 Romani activists from Croatia and Macedonia on effective advocacy skills in Zagreb, Croatia, within a project by the ERRC, the Roma Community Centre DROM and the Croatian Law Centre, funded by the EU CARDS Programme.
November 15, 2005: Presented Roma rights matters at a lecture at the German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin, Germany.
November 17-18, 2005: Attended a meeting of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, organised by the Romanian government in Bucharest, Romania.
November 19, 2005: Organised training for 13 Romani and Sinti activists on using litigation in Budapest, Hungary, within a project by the ERRC, the Irish Traveller Movement and the Milan Simecka Foundation, funded by the European Commission.
November 20, 2005: Presented ERRC activities with a focus on litigation, advocacy in the areas of education and employment and ERRC action on Roma in Kosovo, Russia and Ukraine, at the General Assembly of the International Helsinki Federation of Human Rights held in Budapest, Hungary.
November 20-24, 2005: Hosted a regional consultation meeting on women and housing in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia convened by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Budapest, Hungary.
November 21, 2005: Participated in a consultation meeting with international NGOs organised by the Council of Europe European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on the future work of ECRI, Paris, France.
November 21-22, 2005: Presented Roma rights education issues at a conference organised by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Brussels, Belgium.
November 21-22, 2005: Participated in a Coference "Human Rights in the Democracy Movement 20 Years Ago – Human Rights Today" organised by Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, Hungary.
November 25, 2005: Held a seminar for judges of second instance courts in Ukraine on the "European Convention on Human Rights in the context of Roma rights protection in cooperation with the Ukrainian Helsinki Union on Human Rights, Kiev, Ukraine.
November 25, 2005: Acted as moderator at a conference on state-provided legal aid for the poor, organised by the League of Human Rights, Brno, Czech Republic.
November 29, 2005: Presented right to adequate housing issues at a seminar organised by the Central European University's Human Rights Center, Budapest, Hungary.
December 8, 2005: Chaired a session at a Consultation Meeting with non-governmental organisations and national human rights institutions on their input to the monitoring of the FCNM, organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
December 16, 2005: Organised roundtable discussion on hate speech with journalists and Roma activists in Novosibirsk, Russia.
December 17-18, 2005: Participated in conference on Strategic Litigation organised by ENAR in London, UK.
