The UN's special rapporteur for contemporary racism, Maurice Glele-Ahanhanzo, has released a report on racial discrimination against Roma in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania.
Published:
10 April 2000 y., Monday
Glele-Ahanhanzo cited various cases of racial discrimination, legal discrepancies, and incidents of racially motivated violence and made various recommendations for programs and legislation to improve the situation. At the same time, he noted that in their efforts to gain membership in the EU, the governments of all three countries are making efforts to implement reforms to help their Romany minorities.
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CTK
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