Report on ‘The situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States’
28 May 2012
Many Roma continue to face discrimination and social exclusion across the EU, according to a 2012 report.
Many Roma continue to face discrimination and social exclusion across the EU, according to a 2012 report.
In May 2012, the European Parliament urged the European Commission to improve existing EU legislation to close the gender pay gap, including stricter sanctions on employers.
‘The UK and the European Court of Human Rights’ by Alice Donald, Jane Gordon and Philip Leach, was published by the EHRC in April 2012.
Leading human rights NGOs submitted a joint statement to the Brighton Conference on 13 April 2012.
In April 2012, Amnesty International published a report called ‘Choice and Prejudice. Discrimination Against Muslims in Europe’.
In April 2012, the European Network Against Racism published a Policy Paper on ‘Roma Inclusion: A Progressive and Rights-Based Approach’.
The Secretary of State for Justice announced plans to reform the European Court of Human Rights at the Brighton Conference in April 2012.
In March 2012, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published a factsheet focusing on Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of antisemitism.
The Council of Europe has created a new drafting group to develop an instrument for promoting older people’s human rights.
‘Migrants in Europe — A statistical portrait of the first and second generation’ was published by the European Commission in 2011.