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Closing event of the JP EU-CoE “Roma Women Access to Justice – JUSTROM3”
The closing event of the Joint European Union and Council of Europe Programme “Roma Women’s Access to Justice - JUSTROM” took place in hybrid format in Strasbourg on 23-24 February 2022. On its first working day, the primary aim of the event was to discuss the role of equality bodies and national...
Videos for the International Women’s Day
Marking International Women’s Day, the Roma and Traveller Team of the Council of Europe publishes four videos showcasing women's empowerment resulting from the implementation of the Joint EU-CoE Programme: "Roma Women’s Access to Justice" – JUSTROM. While this is a day to celebrate women’s...
JUSTROM3 Webinar on Roma mainstreaming in community development
On 21 January 2022, the “Roma mainstreaming in community development” webinar took place, within the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3. The event was attended by representatives of municipalities from Portugal, of municipalities from countries where the joint programmes JUSTROM3 and...
Webinar on Good Practices on Improving Relations Between Police Representatives and the Roma Communities
On 14 January 2022, the “Good Practices on Improving Relations Between Police Representatives and the Roma Communities” webinar took place, within the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3. The webinar enabled participants to get knowledge of ways to introduce community policing at...
Call for tenders for JUSTROM3 consultancy services to conduct a research on the barriers to Roma women’s access to justice in Romania – Deadline 26 October 2021
Within the framework of the Council of Europe/European Union Joint Programme “Roma Women’s Access to Justice” (JUSTROM3), the Council of Europe is organising a call for tenders for Providers for the provision of consultancy services to conduct a research on the barriers to Roma women’s access to...
JUSTROM3 continues its series of cascading trainings in Greece
In June-July 2021 the team of JUSTROM3 in Greece has successfully completed, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Symbiosis, four training sessions on the case-law of the European Court for Human Rights related to Roma - anti-discrimination, antigypsyism, statelessness, racist...
Roma women community leaders meet the Bulgarian equality bodies
As part of the JUSTROM3 component of empowering Roma women, the Roma women community leaders from Bulgaria met the office of the Ombudsman and the Commission for Protection against Discrimination. The meetings, taking place in June and July 2021, were an opportunity for the Roma women to receive...
Call for tenders for JUSTROM3 consultancy services to conduct a research on the barriers to Roma women’s access to justice – Deadline - 26 August 2021
Within the framework of the Council of Europe/European Union Joint Programme “Roma Women’s Access to Justice” (JUSTROM3), the Council of Europe is organising a call for tenders for Providers for the provision of consultancy services to conduct a research on the barriers to Roma women’s access to...
Training of police officers on preventing and combating discrimination against Roma
In June-July 2021, the team of JUSTROM in Greece has successfully completed four training courses for police officers on preventing and combating discrimination against Roma. The four training events, two days each, were attended by a total of 80 police officers of different ranks from the region...
Series of Trainings of Trainers organised by JUSTROM Italy
JUSTROM Italy held a series of three online trainings intended to provide prospective trainers and collaborators with an overview of JUSTROM project’s accumulated experience and practices and Council of Europe standards for the protection and enforcement of human rights. More specifically, the...
Protecting vulnerable groups in crisis situations: more effective structures and procedures needed
Strasbourg, 05.05.2021 – The Committee of Ministers today adopted Guidelines for the 47 member states to help them in upholding equality and protecting against discrimination and hate during the Covid-19 pandemic and similar crises in the future. The Committee of Ministers stresses the importance...
Training of Trainers on the Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Bulgaria
Yesterday, 26 April 2021, the Bulgarian legal experts from the JUSTROM pool of trainers have been trained on the topic the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights Rights in Bulgaria. The keynote speaker of the event was the European Court of Human Rigths Judge Yonko Grozev. He...
JUSTROM3 Mentoring Sessions in Romania
Over a period spanning from August 2020 to March 2021, JUSTROM3 Romania has organised a series of mentoring sessions targeting Roma women who are active at grassroots level. Mentoring sessions have been carried out in Iași (Romania) and in Bucharest (Romania). The Roma women successfully...
Activities engaging Roma women in Bulgaria
In March 2021 the JUSTROM3 team in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) implemented an awareness raising meeting and two outreach meetings with Roma women from the local community in Stolipinovo. The awareness raising meeting was held on March 19 2021, gathering 15 participants. Firstly, the theoretical part of...
Third ELSA Italy-JUSTROM 3 Webinar: An overview on non-discrimination and Roma, with focus on inter alia legal status and statelessness
On Friday 19 March 2021 the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3, with UNHCR Rome Office, and the European Law Students Association Italia (ELSA Italy) held the third webinar of the series organized on the occasion of this year’s Moot Court Competition (XVIII edition), which will focus...
Second ELSA Italy-JUSTROM Webinar: An Overview on Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Girls, and Access to Justice
On Friday 12 March 2021, the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3, with UNHCR Rome Office, and the European Law Students Association Italia (ELSA Italia) held the second webinar of the series organized on the occasion of this year’s Moot Court Competition (XVIII edition), which will...
First ELSA Italy - JUSTROM Webinar: An Overview on Violence Against Women and Girls and Access to Justice
On Friday 5 March 2021, the European Law Students Association Italia (ELSA Italia), in partnership with the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3 and UNHCR, hosted the first of a series of webinars organized on the occasion of this year’s Moot Court Competition (XVIII edition), which will...
ELSA Italy Moot Court Competition XVIII edition focuses on the topic of Roma women
In the period February – May 2021, the European Law Students Association Italy, in partnership with the joint EU/Council of Europe programme JUSTROM3, organises a Moot Court Competition. Based on a fictional case, the teams enrolled in the competition will represent one of the parties and will...
Upcoming outreach activities in 9 JUSTROM3 locations to be organised by Roma women leaders
Facilitators working within the joint EU/Council of Europe JUSTROM3 programme have identified a number of 37 Roma women to be trained and mentored to become community leaders and take initiative to represent their communities. The Roma women were trained on topics such as basic principles of...
JUSTROM3 organizes mentoring sessions for Roma women in Greece
From April 2020 to February 2021, the JUSTROM Greece team has organized a series of mentoring sessions for Roma women. The mentoring events have been developed in two different formats, both online and face to face sessions. A total of 15 women have participated in the sessions, belonging to...