MINELRES: Roma Rights 1/2002: Extreme Poverty

[European Roma Rights Center]

Roma Rights 1/2002 addresses issues pertaining to extreme poverty among
Roma in Europe. Extreme poverty is inherently an assault on dignity. But
it also serves as an insurmountable hurdle to the enjoyment of civil and
political rights. If, as in the case of the Roma, extreme poverty is
compounded by racial prejudice and discrimination, rights abuse becomes
systematic and unlikely to be addressed. In many instances, humanitarian
assistance is the first need. But a rights approach is never far behind.
In the first place, this means ensuring that racial discrimination does
not hinder the realisation of fundamental human rights. Secondly, social
and economic rights must be justiciable. Finally, governments must act
to combat the pernicious effects of racism, including those leading to
the complex of problems producing extreme poverty. Roma Rights 4/2001
can be found at: http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/index.shtml

The contents of Roma Rights 1/2002, including Internet links directly to
articles, follow:

EDITORIAL
Extreme Poverty, Human Rights and Roma by Claude Cahn
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/editori.shtml

TESTIMONY
�Who is this Krisztina Rost�s?� One Romani Woman Testifies About Extreme
Poverty in Hungary
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/testimony.shtml

NOTEBOOK
Life in My Hometown: Romani Poverty in Craiova, Romania by Valeriu
Nicolae
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb1.shtml

The Poorest Teach Us the Indivisibility of Human Rights by Jean Tonglet
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb2.shtml

Dimensions of Romani Poverty in Albania by Hermine De Soto and Ilir
Gedeshi
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb3.shtml

Poverty and Roma in Central and Eastern Europe: A View from the World
Bank by Dena Ringold
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb4.shtml

Statement by the Secretary General of the International Romani Union on
the Situation of Roma in Greece by Hristo Kyuchukov
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb5.shtml

Grassroots Strategies to Combat Extreme Poverty: ERRC Talks with Andr�s
B�r�, Ivan Ivanov and Jennifer Tanaka respond
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb6.shtml

Towards Improving the Situation of Marginalised Roma in One Czech City
by Kumar Vishwanathan
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb7.shtml

Contemporary Political and Academic Descriptions of Poverty among
Minority Groups by Larry Olomoofe
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/noteb8.shtml

FIELD REPORT
Poverty among Roma in Northwestern Russia by Stephania Koulajeva
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/field1.shtml

Roma in Moldova: On the Edge of Existence by Nicolae Radita
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/field2.shtml

Germany�s Policies toward Sinti and Roma: Living Apartheid? by Alphia
Abdikeeva
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/field3.shtml

NEWS ROUNDUP: SNAPSHOTS FROM AROUND EUROPE
Belgium * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Croatia * Czech Republic *
Greece * Hungary * Italy * Kosovo * Lithuania * Macedonia * Moldova *
Romania * Russia * Serbia and Montenegro * Slovakia * Spain * United 
Kingdom * Ukraine
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/snapshots.shtml

ADVOCACY
ERRC Submits Written Comments Concerning Roma Rights Issues in Hungary
to the UN Human Rights Committee
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/advocacy.shtml

LEGAL DEFENCE
Housing Rights and Forced Evictions in Serbia by Branimir Ple�e
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/legal_defence.shtml

GRANTS
Grants Awarded
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/grants_awarded.shtml

Grants Guidelines
Informacia Andai Stipendia (Grant Guidelines in Romani)
http://errc.org/grants/index.shtml

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
Recipients of ERRC Scholarships for Romani Students of Law and Public
Administration
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/hrp.shtml

ROMANI LANGUAGE PUBLICATION
Maskarthemutno Pakto pala e Ekonomikake, Sociale thaj Kulturake Cacipe
Romani Language Translation of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/romani.shtml

BOOK REVIEW
An Outbreak of Anthropology in Italy: A New Government Publication
Describes Roma as �Gatherers� by Piero Colacicchi
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/book_review.shtml

REACTION
Roma and Politics: Where is the Real Power of the Romani Movement?
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/reaction.shtml

MEET THE ERRC
Roma Rights Then and Now: One Woman�s Journey by Veronika Leila Szente
Goldston
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/meet.shtml

CHRONICLE
http://www.errc.org/rr_nr1_2002/chronicle.shtml

Roma Rights is published quarterly in Budapest, Hungary, by the European
Roma Rights Center.
Editor-in-chief: Dimitrina Petrova
Editor: Claude Cahn
Snapshots co-ordinator: Tara Bedard
Layout and graphic design: Istv�n Fenyvesi
� May 2002 European Roma Rights Center ISSN 1417-1503. The opinions
expressed in authored pieces are not necessarily those of the European
Roma Rights Center. The contents of this newsletter are free from all
copyright restrictions on condition that the source is mentioned and
reproduction is not for commercial purposes. The ERRC requests that
three copies of the reproduced text be sent to the editor.


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