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Rights denied : the Roma of Hungary.

Title
Rights denied : the Roma of Hungary.
Author
Guglielmo, Rachel.
Publication
New York : Human Rights Watch, c1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Waters, Timothy.
  • Human Rights Watch/Helsinki (Organization : U.S.)
  • Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Description
viii, 148 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Recommendations -- Background: the Roma of Hungary before the advent of communism -- Violence and police response -- Community violence and police response -- Police violence against Roma -- Identification checking -- Lack of legal mechanisms to punish police abuse -- Attacks on Roma by the citizens' guards -- The skinhead movement and political parties -- Failure to prosecute hate crimes- paragraph 156 of the Hungarian criminal code -- Discrimination in education -- Discrimination in the workplace -- Discrimination in housing -- Denial of access to public establishments and government services -- The legal situation of Roma- failure to enforce the laws on minority autonomy -- Failure to implement the Minorities Law.
Series Statement
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
Alternative Title
Roma of Hungary
Subject
  • Romanies > Civil rights > Hungary
  • Discrimination > Hungary
  • Romanies > Legal status, laws, etc. > Hungary
  • Romanies > Hungary
  • Hungary > Ethnic relations
Note
  • Written by Rachel Guglielmo and Timothy Waters.
  • "Human Rights Watch/Helsinki."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Summary -- Recommendations -- Background: the Roma of Hungary before the advent of communism -- Violence and police response -- Community violence and police response -- Police violence against Roma -- Identification checking -- Lack of legal mechanisms to punish police abuse -- Attacks on Roma by the citizens' guards -- The skinhead movement and political parties -- Failure to prosecute hate crimes- paragraph 156 of the Hungarian criminal code -- Discrimination in education -- Discrimination in the workplace -- Discrimination in housing -- Denial of access to public establishments and government services -- The legal situation of Roma- failure to enforce the laws on minority autonomy -- Failure to implement the Minorities Law.
ISBN
1564321681
LCCN
^^^96076384^
OCLC
  • 35157849
  • SCSB-10006794
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library