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Special Rapporteur sends 19 communications during the second semester of 2012

Published in Tuesday April 30th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Check the communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received from the Member States, referring to the second half of 2012.

The housing situation of Roma communities

Published in Wednesday March 20th, 2013

Roma are more likely to live in poverty than non-Roma citizens. They have a higher risk of unemployment, stay in school for fewer years, and many live without access to drinking water, sanitation and electricity. Roma are more likely to suffer from chronic illness and have less access to health services. UNDP works with national partners to promote inclusion of Roma into economic, social, political and community life and in this publication they analyze the housing situation in Roma communities and the discrepancies regarding their non-Roma neighbors.

In Serbia, Belvil forced eviction highlights need for new laws

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 17, 2012 The new Serbian government must introduce legislation which prohibits forced evictions, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today. After Belvil: Serbia needs new laws against forced eviction looks into the devastating impact on the lives of almost 1,000 Roma who were forcibly evicted on 26 April 2012 from the informal settlement […]

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Amnesty International deplores Roma Gypsy resettlements in Serbia

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 17, 2012 Amnesty International on Wednesday sharply criticised Serbian authorities for forcibly resettling Roma Gypsies in the capital Belgrade earlier this year and called for legislation banning such evictions. “The mass forced eviction demonstrates the need for legislative changes in Serbia. The authorities need to urgently adopt a law which prohibits forced evictions and […]

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Serbia’s Roma face uncertainty

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

In Belgrade, large settlements of Roma are evicted with little or no warning. This presents an acute problem for internally displaced persons from Kosovo, who can become essentially invisible in the eyes of the law. Often uneducated and without documentation, many of these people live in the informal settlements of central Belgrade, where they’re able to scrape together an existence by scouring the city’s streets and rubbish bins for raw materials to be recycled or sold.

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In Serbia, evicted Roma families finally granted access to water

Published in Thursday July 19th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 19, 2012 Action by Amnesty International has prompted the authorities in the Serbian city of Nis to supply drinking water to Roma families who were forcibly evicted from their homes in the capital Belgrade nearly three months ago. Since their forced eviction from the informal Belvil settlement on 26 April, five families – 18 […]

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The sustainable renewal of Roma settlements model in Serbia

Published in Thursday July 12th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 11, 2012 By Robert Bu, Deputy Director of the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization Roma people are among the most vulnerable social groups in Serbia. It is estimated that there are around 600 Roma settlements in Serbia today, with nearly 380,000 Roma living in them. Housing conditions in these settlements are below the public infrastructural and sanitary […]

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German investment to provide Roma with jobs and housing

Published in Thursday July 5th, 2012 In In the media

July 5, 2012 BELGRADE – The Roma National Minority Council and a consortium of German companies represented by Jugoagent KTS and Roma Investment Group signed an MoU on Thursday The memorandum of understanding should provide employment opportunities and solve the housing problems of part of the Roma population in the country. Under the document, the […]

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Serbia: Hundreds of families face uncertainty after Belvil eviction

Published in Thursday April 26th, 2012 In Social movement news

(Português) Belgrade city authorities are proceeding with a mass forced eviction on Thursday in the capital’s Belvil’s settlement despite failing to consult the Roma communities affected, denying them adequate information, notice and legal remedies, Amnesty International said. The lack of consultation has meant that some of the 250 families may have been split up while others now face homelessness.

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Roma families at immediate risk of eviction in Serbia

Published in Tuesday March 20th, 2012 In Social movement news

Around 1500 Roma people are at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes in Belvil, an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, at any time from 19 March. They have not been given information about resettlement and may be resettled in inadequate conditions or left homeless.

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