Istanbul, 25 November 2011CAHROM (2011)23
AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA ISSUES
(CAHROM)
2nd meeting
Istanbul, Turkey, 22-25 November 2011
ABRIDGED MEETING REPORT
1.The Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma Issues (CAHROM) held its second meeting from 22-25 November 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, with Mrs Mabera Kamberi (“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) in the Chair. The agenda as adopted appears in Appendix 1. The list of participants appears in Appendix 2.
Field visit to Roma neighbourhoods in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 November 2011
Public hearing with Turkish state and local authorities and representatives of civil society
Topical issues: anti-Gypsyism and attacks against Roma in Europe
Programme of activities, working methods and future thematic priorities of the CAHROM
Request from the Zentralrat deutscher Roma und Sinti to obtain observer status in CAHROM
Thematic exchange of experience on the role of local and regional authorities in implementing national Roma integration policies/strategies
Thematic exchange of experience on the elaboration of national Roma integration policies/strategies
Roma education
Roma employment
Roma asylum-seekers and returnees
Migration and freedom of movement of Roma
Developments concerning the Dosta! Campaign and the database on Roma-related policies and good practices
Recent developments and up-coming events at national and international levels
Arrangements for the next meeting
Adoption of the abridged meeting report (list of decisions)
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Appendices and addendum to the abridged meeting report of the 2nd CAHROM meeting
Appendix 1Meeting agenda
Appendix 2List of participants
Appendix 3Draft declaration on increasing anti-Gypsyism and racist violence against Roma in Europe
Appendix 4Bureau proposal regarding working methods of the CAHROM, as adopted by the Committee
AddendumImplementation Report of CM Recommendation (2001)17 on improving the economic and employment situation of Roma/Gypsies and Travellers in Europe
Appendix 1
MEETING AGENDA
22 November 2011
Field visit to three Roma neighbourhoods in Istanbul (Kuştepe in Şişli district, Selamsız in Üsküdar district and a third one in Beyoğlu municipality)
23 November 2011
24 November 2011
25 November 2011
Appendix 2
MEMBER STATES / ETATS MEMBRES
Albania/Albanie
Mrs. Blerina Zoto TEPELENA
Technical Secretariat of Roma
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity
Austria/Autriche
Mrs. Christa ACHLEITNER
Federal Chancellery
Department for National Minority Affairs
Belgium/Belgique
Apologised/excusée
Bosnia and Herzegovina/Bosnie-Herzégovine
Mrs. Saliha ĐUDERIJA
Assistant Minister
Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria/Bulgarie
Mrs Rositsa IVANOVA
Secretary and Senior Programme Officer
Secretariat of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues
Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria
Mr. Branko SOČANAC
Head of the Office for National Minorities
of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Mr. Ondřej KLÍPA
Head of Secretariat of the Council for Roma Minority Affairs
Council for National Minorities of the Government of the Czech Republic
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Mrs. Sirli TOOMING
Senior Specialist
Department of Cultural Diversity
Ministry of Culture
Finland/Finlande
Mrs. Hannele SYRJÄ
Senior Officer- Advisory Board on Romani Affairs
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Mr. Henry HEDMAN
Member of the Advisory Board on Romani Affairs
France
M. Pierre HERISSON
Sénateur de la Haute-Savoie
President de la Commission nationale consultative des Gens du voyage
Mlle Constance TARNEAUD
Assistante parlementaire du Sénateur Pierre HERISSON
Georgia/Géorgie
Apologised/excusée
Germany/Allemagne
Mr. Detlev REIN
Federal Ministry of Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany
Division M II 4 - Nationale Minderheiten in Deutschland; Europäische
Minderheitenpolitik; Belange anderer Sprachgruppen in Deutschland
Greece/Grèce
Apologised/excusée
Apologised/excusée
Ireland/Irlande
Apologised/excusée
Italy/Italie
Mr. Pietro VULPIANI
UNAR - Ufficio nazionale antidiscriminazioni razziali
Dipartimento per i diritti e le pari opportunità
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Latvia/Lettonie
Mr. Deniss KRETALOVS
Senior Desk Officer
Division for Society Integration and Development of Civil Society
Ministry of Culture
Lithuania/Lituanie
Mrs Gražina SLUŠKO
Responsible for Roma issues
Division of national minority issues
Ministry of Culture
Luxembourg
M. Michel NEYENS
Conseiller de direction première classe
Ministère de la Famille et de l’Intégration
Moldova
Mr. Nicolae RADIŢA(Bureau member/membre du Bureau)
Chairman of the NGO “Roma National Center”
Mrs. Aleksandra ZLOKOVIC
Adviser
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
Netherlands/Pays-Bas
Mr Cornelis Marinus (Cor) de VOS
Former Mayor of Nieuwegein
Norway/Norvège
Mrs Cecilie HAARE
Adviser
Department of Sami and Minority Affairs
Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs
Poland/Pologne
Ms. Małgorzata RÓŻYCKA
Main Specialist
National and Ethnic Minorities Division
Department for Denominations and National and Ethnic Minorities
Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Portugal
Apologised/excusé
Romania/Roumanie
Mr. Valentin MOCANU
Secretary of State
Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection
Russian Federation/Fédération de Russie
Mr. Sergey TOLKALIN
Deputy Director
Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Serbia/Serbie
Mrs. Slavica DENIC
State Secretary
Ministry of Human and Minority Rights,
Public Administration and Local Self- Government
Mr. Ján HERO
Member of the Board of the NGO “Through the Children to the Family”
Slovenia/Slovénie
Mrs. Vera KLOPČIČ
Higher scientific fellow at the Institute for Ethnic Studies
Spain/Espagne
Mme Rocio ARIÑO SERRANO
Chef des Programmes
Sous-direction des Programmes Sociales
DG de la Politique Sociale, de la Famille et de l’Enfance
Ministère de la santé, de la politique sociale et de l’égalité
Sweden/Suède
Mrs. Elin STRAND
Ämnessakkunnig/Special Adviser
Enheten för diskrimineringsfrågor / Division for Discrimination Issues
Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet / Ministry of Employment
Switzerland/Suisse
Apologised/excusée
“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”/« L’ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine »
Mrs. Mabera KAMBERI(Chair/Présidente)
Head of the Sector for Coordination and Technical Assistance
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Mrs. Hande YALNIZOĞLU
Adviser to Ms. Nursuna Memecan, Member of the Parliament
Mr. Osman ŞAHIN
Chief of Section at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Mr. Cem EMRE
Department of International Relations and EU Coordination
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Mr. Petro Grygorichenko
President of the Association of public organisations “Congress of Roma of Ukraine”
United Kingdom/Royaume Uni
Mr. Ian NAYSMITH(Vice-Chair/Vice-président)
Head of Gypsy, Traveller & International Policy Equalities & Enterprise Division
Department for Communities and Local Government
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PARTICIPANTS
Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) / Comité consultatif de la Convention-cadre pour la protection des minorités nationales
Apologised/Excusé
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe/ l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe
Mrs. Annette GROTH
Member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe / Congrès des Pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Conseil de l’Europe
Mrs Antonella CAGNOLATI
Director of the Secretariat of the Congress
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights / Commissaire aux Droits de l’Homme du Conseil de l’Europe
Apologised/excusé
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) / Commission européenne contre le racisme et l’intolérance (ECRI)
M. François SANT’ANGELO
Member of ECRI
Conseiller juridique au Centre pour l'égalité des chances et la lutte contre le racisme à Bruxelles
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) / Banque de Développement du Conseil de l’Europe
Apologised/excusée
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OTHER PARTICIPANTS / AUTRES PARTICIPANTS
European Union / Union européenne
Mr. Detlev BOEING
Principal Administrator
DG Enlargement - Policy Coordination
European Commission
Holy Sea/Saint-Siège
Rev. Do P. Gabriele F. BENTOGLIO
Sous-Secrétaire
Conseil Pontifical de la Pastorale pour les Migrants et les Itinérants
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and human Rights (ODIHR) Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues (CPRSI) / Bureau de l’OSCE pour les institutions démocratiques et les droits de l’homme (BIDDH) Point de contact pour les questions roms et sintis
Mr. Douglas WAKE
ODIHR Deputy Director
Mr. Andrzej MIRGA
Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues
Apologised/excusé
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) / Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)
Mrs. Selen AY
Senior Protection Associate
UNHCR Office in Ankara, Turkey
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/ Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’Enfance (UNICEF)
Mrs Beate DASTEL
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
UNICEF Office in Kosovo
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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS
European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF) / Forum européen des Roms et des Gens du voyage (FERV) / Evropako Forumo e Romengo thaj e Phirutnengo (EFRP)
Mr Gheorghe RADUCANU
ERTF Executive Committee Member
European Roma Information Office (ERIO)/ Bureau d’information européen sur les Roms
Apologised/excusé
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)/ Centre européen pour les droits des Roms (CEDR)
Apologised/excusé
Project on Ethnic Relations (PER)/ Projet sur les Relations ethniques
Apologised/excusé
Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Mr. Bernard RORKE
Director of International Advocacy and Research
Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat / Secrétariat de la Décennie pour l’intégration des Roms
Mrs. Tunde BUZETZKY
Head of the Roma Decade Secretariat
Mr. Adem ADEMI
Programme Coordinator
Mr. Marek SZILVASI
Intern
Forum of European Roma Young People (FERYP)/ Forum des jeunes Roms européens
Apologised/excusé
Roma Education Fund (REF) / Fonds pour l’éducation des Roms
Mr. Costel BERCUS
Chairman of the Board of REF
Amnesty International / Amnestie internationale
Mrs Barbora CERNUSAKOVA
Researcher, EU Team, Europe and Central Asia Programme
Mrs Rita PATRICIO
Executive Officer, Council of Europe
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INTERPRETERS/INTERPRETES
English / French:
Christine TRAPP-GILL
Brian RIGGS
English / Romani:
Sejdo JASAROV
Diana SIMA
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SECRETARIAT
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues / Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire Général pour les questions relatives aux Roms
Mr Jeroen SCHOKKENBROEK
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues
Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues / Equipe d'appui du Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire Général pour les questions relatives aux Roms
Mr Sixto MOLINA
Head of the Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma issues
Mr. Michaël GUET
Secretary of the CAHROM
Mrs. Ljiljana STOJISAVLJEVIC
Assistant to the Secretary of the CAHROM
Appendix 3
AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA ISSUES
(CAHROM)
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Draft Declaration
on increasing anti-Gypsyism and racist violence against Roma in Europe
as adopted by the CAHROM at its 2nd meeting in Istanbul
for adoption by the Committee of Ministers
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Declaration on increasing anti-Gypsyism and racist violence against Roma[4] in Europe
Appendix 4
AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA ISSUES
(CAHROM)
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PROPOSAL OF THE BUREAU
on CAHROM’s future working methods,
under items 4 i. and 4 ii. of its Terms of Reference
adopted by the CAHROM
at its 2nd meeting (Istanbul, Turkey, 22-25 November 2011)
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Background
Rationale
Proposals
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[1] All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
[2] See footnote 1.
[3] See footnote 1.
[4] The term “Roma” used at the Council of Europe refers to Roma, Sinti, Kale and related groups in Europe, including Travellers and the Eastern groups (Dom and Lom), and covers the wide diversity of the groups concerned, including persons who identify themselves as “Gypsies”.
[5] See the full text of ECRI’s General Policy Recommendation no. 13 at: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/activities/GPR/EN/Recommendation_N13/default_en.asp
[6] See paragraph 6 of document CAHROM (2011)14 Meeting report of the 1st CAHROM meeting (Strasbourg, 29-30 March 2011).
[7] Ibid.
[8] At the time of the Bureau meeting (7 September 2011), twenty-two CAHROM members had sent replies.
[9] The relevant paragraphs of item 4 of the Terms of Reference read as follows:
i. |
study, analyse and evaluate the implementation of policies (national programmes and/or action plans) and identify good practices of member states concerning Roma, with a view to promoting implementation of relevant Council of Europe standards and contributing to the European database on policies/good practices for the integration of Roma to be set up by the Council of Europe; |
ii. |
exchange information, views and experience on member states’ policies, good practices and measures relating to Roma at national, regional and local level, and in the context of relevant instruments of the Council of Europe, in order to assist member states in the development and implementation of the “Strasbourg initiatives” and effective policies for Roma integration, with due regard to the relevant standards and instruments of the Council of Europe and bearing in mind the specific situation in each member state; |
[10] For instance, the Strasbourg Declaration adopted on 20 October 2010, the report of the Group of Eminent Persons, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendations, in particular Rec.(2008)5 on policies for Roma and/or Travellers in Europe, the OSCE Action Plan on Roma and Sinti, the Communication of the European Commission on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the EU Council Decision adopted on 27 June 2011 during the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council, as well as the objectives of the Decade for Roma Inclusion (2005-2015).
[11] See paragraph 4.v of the Terms of Reference which reads as follows:
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keep under review the situation of Roma in member states in the light of relevant legal instruments of the Council of Europe, without pursuing activities relating to monitoring; |
[12] The Bureau notes that the CAHROM will be able, as from 2012, to hold a three-day plenary meeting in Strasbourg and a four-day plenary meeting outside of Strasbourg hosted by a member state, including a one-day field visit.
[13] Last paragraph of item 4 of the Terms of Reference.