Fwd: OMCT: The Roma in the Czech Republic: Report on the Implementation of the ICCPR

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The Roma in the Czech Republic
 
Report on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights by the Czech Republic
 
Report Prepared by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) for
the Human Rights Committee
 
OMCT would like to thank the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and
the Counselling Centre for Citizenship, Civil and Human Rights for
their contributions to this report.
 
Researched and written by Nathalie Mivelaz
For further information please contact OMCT at: [email protected]
 
Geneva, July 2001
 
Contents
 
1. Preliminary Observations       2
2. General Observations: the link between violations of economic,
social and cultural rights and the enjoyment of civil and political
rights     3
3. Violence Against the Roma       4
 3.1 Violence perpetrated by the police  5
 3.2. Violence perpetrated by private individuals        5
 3.3 The authorities' failure to take action with regard to violence
perpetrated by private individuals: the question of due
diligence       6
4. The Roma and the Justice and Prison Systems     8
 4.1. Access to justice  8
 4.2. Discriminatory practices against Roma in the justice and prison
systems    9
5. The Roma and violations of economic, social and cultural rights 10
 5.1. Discrimination     10
 5.2.    The impact of economic restructuring on the Roma        11
 5.3.    The right to work       14
 5.4.    The right to education  15
  5.4.1. The placement of Roma children in special schools        15
  5.4.2. Ill-treatment of Roma children in the school system      17
  5.4.3. Lack of effective remedies       17
 5.5. The right to adequate housing: discrimination and ghettoisation
of the Roma    18
6.      Conclusions and Recommendations 21


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