Comment by Stoimen on April 29, 2012 at 0:22

Justice has won

Comment by Qristina Zavačková Cummings on April 29, 2012 at 0:35

ah! maj šukar foto!!! 

Comment by Stoimen on April 29, 2012 at 13:51

All reactions of support by Khetanes members are/will be forwarded to Roberto and Dario. All supporting artists are requested to join this Human Rights For Roma Group! This time justice has won, but there might be a next time we have to support colleagues in similar circumstances.

Els

Comment by Elez Bislim on April 29, 2012 at 15:55

Roma people sit on the sidewalk as they wait to be evacuated from a slum in Belgrade April 26, 2012. The Serbian authorities have started evicting Roma families from a slum in Belgrade's Novi Beograd neighborhood to a new container settlement outside the capital. Since 2009, at least seven forced evictions of informal Roma settlements have taken place in the capital, prompting protests from watchdogs including the London-based Amnesty International and European Union human rights bodies. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY)Serbian Rroma

Comment by Elez Bislim on April 29, 2012 at 15:57

Comment by Qristina Zavačková Cummings on April 29, 2012 at 15:58

I saw about that eviction the other day. Do you know what is meant by "container settlement"? I don't like the way this sounds and haven't really heard it used...

aj Devla, the world is going mad.

Comment by Elez Bislim on April 29, 2012 at 16:12

ERRC Seeks Applicants for the 2012 Roma Rights Summer School

16 April 2012

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) invites applications for its highly acclaimed annual Roma Rights Summer School. The Summer School will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 21 July - 1 August 2012. Deadline for applications: 13 May 2012. 

The 10-day Summer School is intended for young activists and students of Romani, Sinti and Traveller (Roma) origin from all European countries. The Summer School will offer both an introduction to human rights as well as an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas, innovation and expertise for participants who are at an early stage of their careers.

The Summer School provides participants a unique chance to immerse themselves into the theory and practice of human rights, minority rights and non-discrimination, and to benefit from the knowledge and experience of committed human rights experts. This intensive programme includes a variety of social activities that allow participants to network with each other and the experts, ensuring the programme is instructive and enjoyable.

The main goal of the Summer School is to develop the capacity of a new generation of Romani human rights activists to use international, regional and domestic human rights instruments and mechanisms to advance the rights of Roma, both domestically and internationally, and to combat discrimination from grassroots to governmental levels.

Objectives of the Summer School:

• Analyse issues and situations affecting Roma in their respective countries based on internationally accepted human rights values and principles; 
• Develop knowledge to use domestic mechanisms (such as national legislation) and international human rights instruments (i.e., United Nations Treaties, European Treaties, and other Council of Europe and European Union legal and political mechanisms) to protect and promote the rights of Roma;
• Strengthen skills in monitoring and reporting human rights violations as well as human rights advocacy; 
• Increase capacity to apply learning within organisations and communities; and
• Explore and facilitate opportunities for networking and developing partnerships with NGOs and government officials to further advance the cause of Roma rights throughout Europe.

Participants:

The Roma Rights Summer School is a component of ERRC programming aimed at capacitating Romani, Sinti and Traveller activists. We welcome applications from Romani, Sinti and Traveller individuals who are interested in human rights. Applicants must have a sufficient command of English to enable them to participate actively in the Summer School. Applicants are preferably students of law, public administration and social sciences, or degree-holders in one of these fields. The ERRC also encourages activists who do not hold a formal degree but have several years of relevant work experience to apply. The ERRC places importance on the participation of Romani women, LGBT individuals, etc.

Application Procedure:

To apply applicants must send both of the following:

1. A completed application form, available at: View it (Word format)!
2. One letter of recommendation from a teacher, professor or supervisor (a http://http://www.errc.org/article/errc-seeks-applicants-for-the-20...

Comment by Stoimen on April 29, 2012 at 17:01

A container settlement is exactly the way it sounds: people living in containers with doors and some windows. It looks awful but is better than living in slums. The biggest danger of container settlements is, that these become permanent housing. Thus the housing of Roma turns into a cannery.

Comment by Stoimen on April 29, 2012 at 17:18

Not a single Rom wants to live in slums, neither in a container. No one wants. Let us start to ask people themselves.

Comment by Qristina Zavačková Cummings on April 29, 2012 at 17:32

Ah, najis tuke Els! I understand now. It sound almost like some prison camp or something. I know my relatives in Europe don't want to live like sardines, even if better than a slum. My bibi said that it is safer but she feels like cargo? I never hear her call it a container before though.

She called it a 'sanduko' which in my dialect means a box or a chest--but it also means a coffin... so I know she is not happy. 

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