Litigating Discrimination in Access to Social Services
Litigating Discrimination in Access to Social Services
Author(s): Andi DobrushiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: European Roma Rights Center
Summary/Abstract: The provision of social services and access thereto by Roma throughout Europe is tainted by discrimination. After the post-communist changes that swept Eastern Europe in early 1990s, discrimination and violence were blatant and the intent to harm members of Romani communities was very obvious. Nowadays, many of the sources of discrimination are subtle, yet they result in practices that have an overarching effect on Romani communities and seriously impair their right to live in dignity, free of discrimination. [....]
Journal: Roma Rights Quarterly
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 59-62
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English