Roma still most discriminated group in Serbia
Much has been done over the past years to improve the position of Roma, who, however, continue to face prominent discrimination, the equality commissioner says.
Monday, 07.04.2014.
16:38
Roma still most discriminated group in Serbia
Most complaints received by the commissioner are related to ethnic discrimination against the Roma, Petrušić told a conference in Belgrade marking April 8, the International Roma Day.The complaints are mostly legitimate, Petrušić said, adding that one third of the lawsuits filed by the office of the commissioner pertain to discrimination against the Roma.
Vladimir Božović, a state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said that 33 incidents targeting members of the Roma community have been registered in 2013.
The incidents included 16 physical and eight verbal attacks, five involved anti-Roma graffiti, while Roma-owned property was damaged in two incidents, Božović said, noting that state institutions and representatives of the Roma community must do more to protect the rights guaranteed to all by the Constitution and the law.
The fact that many Roma are still seeking asylum in Germany and other countries is one of the problems, too, he said.
Just 0.2 percent of the asylum requests have been accepted, which shows that Serbia's Roma are not subjected to repression by the regime and that their fundamental human rights are not being violated in a drastic manner, Božović stressed.
An estimated 255,000 Roma live in Serbia - 100,000 more than was established by the 2011 census, said the director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunović.
There are 750 Roma settlements in 166 Serbian municipalities, of which only 90 have prepared action plans for Roma inclusion, she said.
Efforts must be made towards this goal in the next Roma Decade, she said, adding that a group of experts has already started working on a new strategy and a plan for improving the position of the Roma, to be adopted in 2015.
The decision to mark April 8 as the International Roma Day was adopted in 1971 at the first World Roma Congress in London.
6 Komentari
Možda vas zanima
Neočekivani kraj ljubavne priče: Razvodi se "jugoslovenska" princeza
Ovaj par je rešio da stavi tačku na svoj brak nakon 14 godina.
12:07
21.4.2024.
1 d
Rat – dan 788: Bitka na Krimu; Ukrajinci pogodili najstariji ruski brod
Rat u Ukrajini – 788. dan. Ukrajinska vojska je tokom prethodnog dana gađala ciljeve u ruskim oblastima Belgorod i Smolensk pri čemu su poginule dve osobe, povređeno je nekoliko ljudi i uništeno je skladište goriva.
23:42
21.4.2024.
1 d
16.700 vojnika raspoređeno: Počelo je...
Filipinske i američke trupe počele su danas vojne vežbe "Balikatan" u Filipinima, koje će trajati do 10. maja, a uključivaće i pomorske vežbe u Južnom kineskom moru, na čije teritorije polažu pravo i Kina i Filipini.
12:24
22.4.2024.
20 h
Roditelji, hitan apel
Tokom noći više maloletnih osoba zbrinuto je zbog teške alkoholisanosti, saopštila je beogradska služba Hitne pomoći.
10:58
21.4.2024.
1 d
Ako samo jedan sistem stane, ceo svet ode dođavola, a počeo je da usporava
Severnoatlantska meridijanska struja (AMOC) usporava brže nego što se mislilo i približava se tački bez povratka, a posledice za ceo svet biće teške, upozprava okeanograf.
8:30
22.4.2024.
1 d
Komentari 6
Pogledaj komentare