Press Statement: Yes to Equality: Yes to Ethnicity Recognition?

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement June 9th 2015   Yes to Equality: Yes to Ethnicity Recognition?   Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre today welcomes the questions posed by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights about Traveller and Roma rights, particularly around Traveller ethnicity recognition, poor education outcomes and persistent […]

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Travellers Unrecognised Again at ICCPR Hearings

On July 14th and 15th, Pavee Point attended in Geneva for Ireland’s hearings before the 111th Session of the Human Rights Committee. Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald TD was in attendance with officials from Government departments to answer questions and make statements during the hearings. Pavee Point and other Traveller organisations have been advocating the […]

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Roma in Europe: Guilty until proven innocent?

Stigmatization of Roma communities as criminal is disturbing and dangerous, warns UN Independent Expert on minority issues Rita Izsák GENEVA (29 October 2013) – “The recent activities of some national authorities to remove ‘non-Roma looking’ children from Roma families due to their alleged abduction has led to sensationalist media coverage, has been disturbing and may […]

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James McDonagh Speaks at the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Wednesday 17th October was the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty.  To mark this day people gathered at the famine memorial along the quays.  James McDonagh addressed the crowd and talked about the racism that Travellers and Roma experience in Ireland.  He emphasised how the issue of racism cannot be separated from the poverty […]

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