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Poverty, exclusion and right to Housing in Latin America

Published in Tuesday March 11th, 2014 In Mobilisation and agenda

On March 12th, the side-event “Poverty, exclusion and right to Housing in Latin America” will be held at 2pm (Geneva time) on Room XXII, Palais Wilson. Find all about it!

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Unwanted Roma

Published in Friday February 14th, 2014 In In the media

Hundreds of thousands of Roma – mostly from Romania and Bulgaria – have moved to Western Europe since the 1990s. Widely perceived as scroungers and thieves, they are rarely made welcome.

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Council approves bill to aid homeless youth in Washington

Published in Thursday February 13th, 2014 In Legislation

The homeless youth measure, among other things, allocates city funds for expanding existing homeless facilities, including shelters, to include additional beds for “youth who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.” It also requires service providers to put in place “best practices for the culturally competent care of homeless youth” who identify as LGBT or questioning.

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Romanian court victory: Forced eviction of Roma in Cluj-Napoca illegal

Published in Wednesday January 8th, 2014

The Cluj-Napoca County Court (Tribunal) decided that the Mayor’s decision to forcibly evict around 300 Roma in December 2010, to a site adjacent to a waste dump, was illegal.

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France dismantles Roma camp, evicts 800 immigrants

Published in Thursday November 28th, 2013 In In the media

Around 300 police forces attacked the Roma camp in Saint-Ouen in the northern suburbs of Paris early on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of Roma people, including women and children, to leave the place.

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Roma leader says his people will be forced to beg on Britain’s streets

Published in Thursday November 7th, 2013 In In the media

A Roma leader has warned that travellers who move to Britain from Romania and Bulgaria when the border restrictions are lifted will turn to begging or black market trades if they cannot access social welfare. Rudko Kawczynski, president of the European Roma Travellers Forum, criticised the panic over the opening up of European Union labour markets to Romanians and Bulgarians from January, which has prompted fears about large numbers of Roma heading to Britain, France and Germany.

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Roma Lose in Urban Development In Turkey

Published in Friday September 27th, 2013 In Opinion

One day in the future, the Roma may be telling a story like this: “All of a sudden, the white man in Turkey came along, holding a law called ‘urban transformation.’ When we opened our eyes, our homes had disappeared and the white man’s plazas were rising in their place.”

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Positive obligations in housing rights in Portugal

Published in Thursday September 26th, 2013

Collective complaint under the Revised European Social Charter by the European Roma Rights Center, alleging violations of the right of the family to social, legal and economic protec­tion (Article 16), the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion(Article 30), the right to adequate housing (Article 31) and the non-discrimination clause (E). European Social Charter. CESCR. CERD.

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Fife rulings could have national implications for future of ‘bedroom tax’

Published in Thursday September 12th, 2013

In a statement that could have nationwide implications, Simon Collins has ruled dimensions do matter when it comes to defining a bedroom. The ruling could open the floodgates for appeals by thousands of tenants affected by the new legislation.

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London Roma hit back at harrassment

Published in Wednesday September 11th, 2013 In Social movement news

Westminster City’s notorious attempts to ethnically-cleanse Roma from billionaire Park Lane may have begun to unravel last night when homeless London Roma spoke out at a meeting with a UN special rapporteur and gave evidence to a European Roma Rights Centre team.

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