Economic, social & cultural rights

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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Human

Rights

Civil and Political Rights

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Universal Declarati

on of Human Rights

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7.8 mln

336.00 Roma

Southern Europe

violence

poverty

unemployment

poor health

discrimination

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Current

problems

No unemployme

nt

benefits

Refusal/unwillingne

ss

for visits

Struggle in

social field

Less

educated

Lack of

access

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Commissioner Human Rights

National

projects

The Decade of Roma

Inclusion

2005-2015Roma

Summit 2008

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66.6 mln

Southeast

Asia

68.000 – 300.000 Hmong’s

Miao ethnicit

y White, Black,

Striped, Green/Blu

e Monika Rihma

Deportation since 2003 to Lao PDR

1960s: CIA train/recruit Hmongs in

Laos for Vietnam War

Thailand government

: illegal immigrants

Ineligible to

Thai citizenship

Refugee camp no inhabitable

conditions Current

problems

2003: US 14.000

refugees

UN statements

on deportation

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Violations are the same

Core issue: not dominant ethnicity Both seen as habitual criminals Regional problem

Intergovernmental organizations

Similarities

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• Right to adequate standards of living

• Right to social and medical assistance

• Right to adequate nutrition• Right to choice of employment• Right to respect and

protection of the family

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Conclusion

Not only problem of

less developed countries

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