Italy Italy should better respect the human rights of Roma and migrants

7 Sep 2011 | integration roma

‘Council of Europe’ published a report by Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on his visit to Italy carried out on 26-27 May 2011 during which he discussed the situation of the Roma minority. The Commissioner is concerned about racist and xenophobic political discourse against Roma and Sinti. Effective measures to counter this phenomenon are needed, including self-regulatory initiatives by political parties and a vigorous implementation of the criminal law provisions against racist offences. He calls for a national strategy for the social inclusion of Roma and suggests as an interim step the establishment of a task force at national level which would provide such support.

Source : Council of Europe