Publications

Weekly Mail 329

10 August 2012

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  • New ENAR webpage “Guidance for victims of racism and racial discrimination”

ENAR has published a new webpage on its website to help individual victims of discrimination know their rights and guide them to the appropriate persons to contact in each EU country. Although ENAR does not directly deal with individual cases of discrimination,we strive to ensure adequate protection and legal redress for those experiencing racial discrimination and segregation through our EU lobbying and campaigning work. Read more


 
 





  • ENAR Vice-Presidentreceives letter of apologyfromSwedish Minister of Culture after racist cake incident

ENAR had sent a letter to the Swedish Prime Minister condemning the participation of the Minister of Culture Ms. Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth at the launch of an art installation at the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art on 15 March 2012, by cutting a cake depicting a stereotypical racist representation of a black woman. ENAR had called on the Prime Minister to make a public apology for the participation of Ms. Adelsohn Liljeroth in this racist event. We are therefore pleased that our action has resulted in the Minister of culture sending a letter of apology to ENAR, thusacknowledging some of our concerns. Read more


  • New ENAR structure: call for membership: 20 countries and 49 members already signed! Be part of the new structure too!

ENAR is changing to a new governance structure and we are launching a call for membership. Anti-discrimination organisations in EU member states who become ENAR members will from now on be directly connected with ENAR Europe. You can become an ENAR member if you are an organisation working in the broad anti-racism and anti-discrimination field. ENAR members can be all types of organisations, including grassroots organisations, advocacy organisations, information institutes, research centres, faith-based organisations, service-oriented organisations, charitable organisations and trade unions, provided that they share the same mission and vision of ENAR. Read more about our new structure and our benefits package.

 
 





 
  • ‘A Race that Unites’: Run the Brussels marathon, half-marathon or mini-marathon for the ENAR Foundation!

On 7 October, ENAR will be running the Brussels mini-marathon for the ENAR Foundation to raise money for a racism-free Europe. If you enjoy sport and want to support a good cause, you too can join the team and run the Brussels marathon, half marathon or mini-marathon! Your support will allow the ENAR Foundation to work towards combating the forever increasing problem of racism within Europe and help establish a more diverse and equal Europe for all. If you would like to take part, please contact Juliana juliana@enar-eu.org or Georgina georgina@enar-eu.org by 20 September at the latest. Read more

 







 
 
  • EERC: Czech Republic: Roma Families at Imminent Risk of Forced Eviction

Dozens of Roma families living in rental accommodation in the north-eastern Czech town of Ostrava face being forcibly evicted, Amnesty International and the European Roma Rights Centre said, as they requested local authorities on 3 August to explore all feasible alternatives first. Read more




 
 




  • Simon Wiesenthal Centre urges Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner to prioritize plight of eastern Europe's Roma population

In a letter to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, marked “the 68th anniversary of the ‘Porrajmos’ (Devouring), the genocide of an estimated 500,000 Roma and Sinti Gypsies at the hands of the Nazis.” The letter stressed, “The common fate of Jews and Gypsies determined by the Nazi race theorists led the late Simon Wiesenthal to work closely with Roma and Sinti survivors.” The Centre pointed to “its particular focus on Hungary, due to the infiltration of hate into the mainstream politics of that country and even its representatives at the European Parliament”. Read more


 
 



  • EWL: Take Action today! Share your views on EU Citizenship for women!

Ahead of the upcoming European Year of Citizens 2013, the European Commission has launched a Public Consultation to give the chance to individuals to give their views on EU citizenship. The EWL, a member of the European Year of Citizens 2013 Alliance of civil society organisations, has already submitted its response to the Consultation emphasising that democratic citizenship cannot be understood without a gender equality perspective and that parity democracy is an indispensable component thereof. You also can share your views on citizenship! Read more



 
 




 

Greek authorities have begun one of the country's biggest crackdowns yet on suspected illegal immigrants, deploying 4,500 police around Athens and detaining more than 7,000 immigrants in less than 72 hours. Most have been released, but about 2,000, mostly Africans and Asians, were arrested. They were sent to holding centres pending deportation in an operation that officials, bizarrely, elected to call Xenios Zeus after the Greek god of hospitality. Read more








 
 
In a replay of events earlier this year when it launched an anti-immigrant website, the Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) has set up a new protest portal - this time against the EU. Elections in the Netherlands are expected to centre around the eurocrisis. The website decries the high pay of EU officials and MEPs and asks visitors to click on a button if they agree. Read more
 








 
Swedish riot police clash with demonstrators during an anti-Islam demonstration in central Stockholm Saturday Aug. 4, 2012. Activists protesting an anti-Islam demonstration in downtown Stockholm attacked police in an attempt to break through a police line and get at the rival meeting, police said. Spokesman Kjell Lendgren said some 400 leftists had gathered to heckle the approximate 100 anti-Islam demonstrators, who were rallying to bring attention to what they perceive is the Islamization of Europe. Read more







 
 
  • United Kingdom: We must respond to the far right's web threat
Extremists have used the internet to build membership, advance their credibility and to mobilise for direct action. The far right has long provided us with a window through which we can view the changing nature of racism, and racist politics. While this traditionally played itself out in the humdrum of election campaigns, it has now adapted to the digital age – and at phenomenal speed. Read more
 








 
The surge of Syrian refugees into Turkey has spooked Greece into deploying 1,881 additional guards on its border."The deployment of the above border guards has begun today. They will be stationed there [in the Evros region, on the Greek-Turkish frontier] for two months and then they will be replaced by another 1,881 border guards," Greece's ministry of citizen protection told this website in an email. Read more
 








 
A British study has shown that Romany children who were placed in Czech special schools have no problems following the mainstream curriculum when they attend regular schools in the UK. The research, carried out by the UK-based NGO Equality, is grist to the mill of critics calling for a fundamental change to the unfair Czech schooling system. Read more
 
 








 
 
EU INSTITUTIONS


  • CoE Secretary General: After last year's Norway attacks, what future for multiculturalism in Europe?

The bomb and gun attacks on government workers and other innocent people in Norway last year raised many questions about the future of multiculturalism in Europe. Analysts described the man who admitted carrying out the massacre, Anders Behring Breivik, as having Islamophobic views, a hatred of Islam and a self-image of a knight dedicated to stemming the tide of Muslim immigration into Europe. Five months before the attacks, UK prime minister David Cameron, criticised "state multiculturalism" in a speech on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism. In a recent interview, Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, gave his views on the Norway attacks, multiculturalism and Islamophobia. Read more






  • Council of Europe anti-torture committee report on Netherlands

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published today the report on its most recent visit to the Netherlands, carried out in October 2011. The visit report notes that the CPT’s delegation received no allegations of physical ill-treatment of persons detained by the police, prisoners or patients in mental health institutions. On the contrary, the relations between persons deprived of their liberty and staff appeared to be generally very good. Read more





  • Release of Sevil Sevimli : PACE rapporteur calls on Turkish justice to secure freedom of expression and demonstration

Turkey means to ensure that its judicial system evolves. I hope that the reforms undertaken by this country will have their due effects and will make it possible to guarantee freedom of expression and demonstration and the rights of the defence. However, many other students as well as journalists, elected representatives, members of the army and ordinary citizens are detained – I trust that justice may be delivered, with respect for the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights of the Council of Europe, of which Turkey is a founding member,” Ms Durrieu says. Read more






 





 
UNITED NATIONS

  • Media plays vital role in empowering indigenous rights

The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August. In light of this year’s theme “Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices”, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, have stressed the vital role that media can play in the respect for, and the promotion and protection of, indigenous peoples’ rights. Read more






  • Human Rights Council Advisory Committee discusses traditional values and human rights

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on 6 August took up the preliminary study on promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind. The preliminary study provided definitions and descriptions of key terms of traditional values, dignity, freedom and responsibility; discussed the relationship between traditional values and human rights; explored the protection and promotion of human rights through traditional values; and also contained concrete examples and good practices of traditional values and the promotion of human rights. Read more








 

  • New report from IRR on public attitudes and migration

Research published by the Institute of Race Relations shows that recently arrived migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation and xenophobic attacks. The new geographies of racism: Peterborough,focuses on a city which has experienced significant population change over the last decade, largely as a result of the expansion of the European Union and the migrant workers who have found employment in the city’s factories and agri-business industries. Read more


 





EVENTS 


  • MRAX: sensibiliser sur la nouvelle réforme limitant la NATIONALITE BELGE!

Activité grand public ouverte à toutes et à tous pour sensibiliser à la nouvelle réforme restreignant l’accès à la nationalité belge, le groupe de travail d’éducation permanente «Asile Migration & Droits des étrangers» vous invite à une rupture interculturelle du jeûne. Vendredi 10 août dès 20h30, à la salle el marhaba, place Masui, n°27 à 1000 Bruxelles. Entrée gratuite!


  • Youth for Human Rights International and the Belgian association Jongeren voor Mensenrechten: Summit on “How we can create leaders through human rights education”

From 7th to 9th September 2012, in Brussels, international human rights advocates and members of the diplomatic corps will share the floor with Youth Delegates from all continents working in the field of human rights education. Read more







 

 


  • PICUM: Committee on the Rights of the Child: Day of General Discussion: “The rights of all children in the context of international migration"

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the body of independent experts responsible for reviewing progress made by States parties in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, during its 59th session (16 January – 3 February 2012) decided to devote its 2012 Day of General Discussion to the rights of all children in the context of international migration. 28 September 2012 - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Salle XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). Read more



 
 
 




  • Brotherhood Boat: Round Table on fraternity and the official inauguration of the fraternity boat

For the inauguration of the fraternity boat, a special event has been organised. For more details contact lafraternite@bateau-pedagogique.org , or you can also have a look on their website.

 
VACANCIES


  • Open Society Institute Budapest is recruiting a Program Manager

Based in Budapest, the Program Manager will work under the supervision of the Director of Roma Initiatives. The Program Manager will provide strategic leadership in the development and management of Roma youth-related programming in support of the overall Roma Initiatives strategy. For more details please follow the link. Read more


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