Europe’s largest minority, the Roma and Travellers, face multiple barriers to education, health, employment and political participation due to systemic discrimination. The Commissioner is working to improve their ability to enjoy their human rights, focusing on housing, education and combating stereotyping, hate speech and statelessness.
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Commissioner O’Flaherty held a consultation meeting on the human rights of Roma and Travellers in the Council of Europe area
“With an estimated 10 to 12 million Roma and Travellers in Council of Europe member states, their situation is one of the greatest human rights issues of our continent,” said the Commissioner at the consultation meeting with experts working on the human rights of Roma and Travellers. full article
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