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Joint Statement by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Miloon Kothari

In October 2007, Memorial organised two events dedicated to the problems of education for Romani young people.  A round table on the problems of Roma access to secondary and higher education took place on October 13th.  Participating in the discussion…

These days, rare are those who doubt that the right to education is one of the most important of adult and children’s rights.  There is no doubt that education is valuable in itself: knowledge not only allows a person to…

Dear Editor, I would like to tell you about two events which took place in our town, both of which ended tragically. A Roma man – we shall call him V. – was put in prison in his youth.  He…

It seems obvious.  But to get people to acknowledge this natural right can at times be very difficult.  Millions of people in Europe speak the Romani language, but only a very few of them study or have studied the language…

In November 2008, several different events all addressing one specific issue took place at ADC Memorial:  improving the quality of education of Roma children. 

On December 22, 2008, first-graders from the Osel’ki school, who live in a nearby Roma village, together with their teacher Elena Evgrafova and an activist from the parents’ committee Elza Mikhai came to St. Petersburg. They walked along the Neva,…

This report focuses on the situation of migrant workers in general and Roma migrants in particular in Russia, and on the discrimination these two vulnerable groups face in accessing social and economic rights. It is based on information gathered by…

This report focuses on the situation of migrant workers in general and Roma migrants in particular in Russia, and on the discrimination these two vulnerable groups face in accessing social and economic rights. It is based on information gathered by…

In the past, light blue and pink were simply the happy colors of childhood: children sang of the blue brook or the pink elephant, not thinking to give these simple words a more complicated meaning. Nowadays, even first-graders know that…