Chronicle
17 May 2007
September 2006: Published "Upoznajte svoja prava i borite se za njih" (Knowing Your Rights and Fighting for Them: A Guide for Romani Ativists) in Croatian, a human rights training manual.
September 2006: Published "Zapoznajte gi vasite prava i borete se za niv" (Knowing Your Rights and Fighting for Them: A Guide for Romani Ativists) in Macedonian, a human rights training manual.
October 2006: Published "Ambulance Not on the Way: The Disgrace of Health Care for Roma in Europe", a comprehensive report on the health status of Roma and their access to health care.
October 2006: Published "Informacionnij bulleten o ciganskom nacionalnom menshinstve" (Informative bulletin on the Romani National Minority) in Russian, targeting law enforcement bodies in Russia. The bulletin includes information on the history and traditions of Roma in Russia, specific details regarding the work of law enforcement bodies in relation with the Romani community, and possible methods of cooperation.
November 2006: Reprinted "Chto takoe rasovaja diskriminacija i borjba protiv nee" (Recognizing and Combating Racial Discrimination) in Russian. The pamphlet explains that discrimination on grounds of race, color or ethnicity is almost always a violation of human rights.
Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, and Campaigning
August 8-10: Participated in the training of human rights researchers, conducted within the framework of an EU EIDHR sponsored project undertaken by the ERRC, the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and EDROM, Istanbul, Turkey.
September 18-20: Attended the Second Regional Roundtable (Southeastern and Central Eastern Europe) on "Making Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings More Effective: Building Regional and Local Capacity of Roma Communities", Tirana, Albania.
September 22: Organised a seminar, in cooperation with "Romani Duma" (Samara), for journalists and Romani activists, followed by a round table discussion on hate speech, Samara, Russia.
September 29: Presented and discussed the ERRC French country report at a conference organised by the Région Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and Rencontres Tsiganes, Marseille, France.
September 29: Delivered a presentation at the conference entitled "The Position of the Roma Minority within the Educational System of the Czech Republic", Prague, Czech Republic.
October 2-6: Organised a strategic litigation training workshop for Caucasian lawyers within the framework of a project entitled "Strategic Litigation in the Caucasus" of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Budapest, Hungary.
October 3: Participated in a panel discussion on racism in Russia, where commentary was given by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Council of Europe. The discussion was organised by the ERRC and the Open Society Justice Initiative, Strasbourg, France.
October 3: Participated and gave a presentation in a panel discussion for members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on "Racism in Russia: A Growing Problem, a Lack of Official Response", Strasbourg, France.
October 4: Attended the European Round Table Conference 2006, Helsinki, Finland.
October 14: Organised a seminar on women's rights for Romani women, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
October 17: Organised a seminar on women's rights for Romani women, Vologda, Russia.
October 19-20: Provided training for magistrates on the European Convention of Human Rights, Bucharest, Romania.
October 20: Delivered a keynote speech on the situation of Roma in the Council of Europe Member States at a European Conference entitled "Roma in Education and the Economy", organised by the EU, Bratislava, Slovakia.
October 20: Conducted an advocacy meeting with the Regional Ombudsman, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
October 21: Organised a seminar, jointly with "Roma Ural" (Ekaterinburg), for journalists and Romani activists, followed by a round table discussion on hate speech, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
October 23: Presented a paper entitled "Racial Discrimination in the Context of Article 3: Moldovan and Others v. Romania" at conference on "Addressing Racial Discrimination – Trends and Developments under the European Convention on Human Rights", Kiev, Ukraine.
October 23-24: Participated in a Peer Review meeting in the framework of the Open Method of Coordination of EU Member States for the implementation of social inclusion policies and presented jointly with the European Network Against Racism the paper entitled "Challenges to Roma Integration Policies in the European Union", Aviles, Spain.
October 28: Delivered a keynote speech on advocacy for quality education at the 2006 Annual International Step by Step Association Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia.
November 1: Organised a seminar on women's rights for Romani women, Rostov, Russia.
November 3: Organised a seminar on women's rights for Romani women, Krasnodar, Russia.
November 6-9: Participated in an international experts' seminar on sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights, organised by the International Service for Human Rights, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
November 15-16: Co-hosted the closing conference for the project TRANSPOSE, funded by the EU Community Action Program to Combat Discrimination, implemented together with the Irish Traveler Movement and the Milan Simecka Foundation, Dublin, Ireland.
November 22-24: Organised a training workshop on "Strategic Litigation" for lawyers, within an EU EIDHR-sponsored project undertaken by the ERRC, the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and EDROM, Istanbul, Turkey.
November 25-26: Organised a training workshop on human rights for Roma NGOs, within an EU EIDHR-sponsored project undertaken by the ERRC, the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and EDROM, Istanbul, Turkey.
November 26 – December 3: Conducted meetings with regional departments of the Ministry of Interior and the Federal Drug Control Service, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Russia.
November 27-28: Participated in the EU Closing Conference of the Community Action Program to Combat Discrimination, Brussels, Belgium.
December 6: Participated in the round table conference "Participation of Ukraine in the Decade of Roma Inclusion" co-organised by the European Roma Rights Centre and the Kiev-based International Centre "Tolerance", Kiev, Ukraine.
December 18-December 21: Attended meetings with regional departments of the Ministry of Interior, Saint Petersburg, Pskov, Russia.
