Rights denied : the Roma of Hungary

Rights denied : the Roma of Hungary /

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...

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Corporate Author: Human Rights Watch/Helsinki (Organization : U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Human Rights Watch, ©1996.
Subjects:
Romanies > Hungary.
Romanies > Civil rights > Hungary.
Ethnic relations.
Romanies.
Romanies > Civil rights.
Menschenrechtsverletzung.
Zigeuner.
Hungary > Ethnic relations.
Hungary.
Ungarn.
Table of 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.

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