International Archives

Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham

On Sunday Pavee Point attended the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Kristian Simonic and Jessica Simonic, representing the Roma community in Ireland, took part in the candle lighting ceremony, remembering Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust. It is estimated that 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered, and another […]

Follow-up Dialogue with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) Advisory Committee

Pavee Point attended the Follow-up Dialogue with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) Advisory Committee, hosted on November 6th by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and moderated by Michaël Guet, Secretariat of the FCNM. Ireland ratified the FCNM in 1999 and the Irish State has recently been through its […]

European Commission Calls on Irish State to Take ‘Decisive Action’ to Tackle Anti-Traveller and anti-Roma Racism

Pavee Point welcomes calls from the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) for “decisive action to secure the effective implementation of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy”. It calls for sufficient resources, monitoring, and close cooperation with Traveller organisations and groups working with Roma to implement the Strategy. ECRI’s 6th monitoring report on […]