The Roma and Human Rights: Challenges and Goals in 2014 – Lessons from the Past, Eyes to the Future
The Roma have been persecuted ever since their arrival from the Indian subcontinent to Europe in the 14th Century and pervasive discrimination continues towards the Roma today. Why does a people so resilient still have to endure widespread exclusion, racism and discrimination? Experts from the fields of sociology, law, politics, and history will discuss the future of the Roma, including the prospect for Roma integration in Europe and the remaining challenges for granting the Roma population full human rights. They will also address the issue of Roma rights at the local, national, EU, and international levels.
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The Roma and Human Rights: Challenges and Goals in 2014 – Lessons from the Past, Eyes to the Future
This is one in a series of events sponsored in collaboration with the Ratiu Family Foundation.
The Roma have been persecuted ever since their arrival from the Indian subcontinent to Europe in the 14th Century. They have survived slavery, pogroms, the extermination camps of the Holocaust, and forced assimilation under Communism. Pervasive discrimination continues towards the Roma today in the form of school segregation, lack of political representation, deportation, poverty, unemployment and the kidnapping of Roma children. Why does a people so resilient still have to endure widespread exclusion, racism and discrimination? Experts from the fields of sociology, law, politics, and history will discuss the future of the Roma, including the prospect for Roma integration in Europe and the remaining challenges for granting the Roma population full human rights. They will also address the issue of Roma rights at the local, national, EU, and international levels.
Speakers
Cristina A. Bejan
Executive Director, Bucharest Inside the Beltway
Angela Kocze
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Florin Priboi
Nadezhda Mouzykina
Mark Gitenstein
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Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program addresses vital issues affecting the European continent, U.S.-European relations, and Europe’s ties with the rest of the world. It does this through scholars-in-residence, seminars, policy study groups, media commentary, international conferences and publications. Activities cover a wide range of topics, from the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE to European energy security, trade disputes, challenges to democracy, and counter-terrorism. The program investigates European approaches to policy issues of importance to the United States, including globalization, digital transformation, climate, migration, global governance, and relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Read more
