The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child during the 91st session in September 2022 considered the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Ukraine and alternative materials submitted by civil society representatives. As a result of the session,…
Theme: Roma rights
On November 3, 2022, a presentation of an independent study “Solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Hungary: practices and attitudes based on a population survey” dedicated to the situation of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary took place in Budapest. The researchers…
Europe is likely to face a tough winter due to multiple increases in energy and food prices triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Ukrainian refugees may find themselves in a particularly difficult situation. Among them, the Roma are the…
A group of Roma refugees from Ukraine who were attacked with tear gas by the security personnel of a refugee center in Chisinau applied to the prosecutor’s office and the Council for Equality with a complaint of racial discrimination. The…
The situation of the Roma people in Ukraine can be described as extremely difficult, and the war greatly exacerbated the problems that existed in peacetime. Conditions in many Roma settlements are unacceptable, and Roma face discrimination during the distribution of…
Roma: Flight From War
On August 2, the world commemorates Roma who were victims of World War II. On this day in 1944, almost 4300 Roma died in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Nazi-occupied Poland. Decades later, Roma are again fleeing war, this time…