“More than a flower in Romani hair” – International Roma Day 2019
By Anna Alboth, Media Programmes Coordinator at Minority Rights Group Europe. International Roma Day is a day to celebrate Romani…
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Ukrainian authorities must take immediate action against right-wing violence targeting the Roma population
Minority Rights Group Europe (MRGE) calls on the Ukrainian authorities to take urgent and immediate action against the violent targeting…
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Statement on violence against Roma in Ukraine – UN Human Rights Council, 38th session
Oral Statement, Minority Rights Group International UN Human Rights Council, 38th session Agenda item 10 ID on regular periodic update on Ukraine…
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Ukraine: How Transcarpathian football got its own “Roma” FC
A football programme for Roma youth in Ukraine is empowering this marginalized minority community to gain confidence and participate in…
MRG raises the situation of Roma and Crimean Tatars in Ukraine at the Human Rights Council
Oral Statement – Minority Rights Group International UN Human Rights Council, 36th session ID on HC oral update on Ukraine (item…
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Oral Statement – UN Human Rights Council, 34th session – ID on Ukraine (item 10)
Speaker: Mr. Glenn Payot Thank you Mister Vice-President, Mister Assistant Secretary-General, Following the occupation of Crimea in 2014, the systematic…
Ukraine: Local authorities and civil society organizations together for an inclusive socio-economic development
Duration: Jan 2017 – June 2019 Regions/countries: Ukraine (6 regions: Kharkov, Kiev, Kirovograd, Lvov, Odessa, Transkarpathia) Minorities: Roma What is this programme…
Roma families displaced by the war in eastern Ukraine face a double bind of poverty and discrimination
Being uprooted from your home by war is unimaginably tough for anyone, but for Roma families displaced by the conflict…
MRG Europe statement on Roma in Ukraine to the 2016 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland
Dear Chairperson, The Roma Women’s Fund ‘Chiricli’ and Minority Rights Group Europe, call on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure a…
UN Human Rights Council, 33d session – statement on Ukraine
ID on Ukraine (item 10) 27 September 2016 Speaker: Mr. Glenn Payot Thank you Mister President, Madam Deputy High Commissioner,…
