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Tackling hate speech aimed at Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
Marc Willers QC explores the hate speech targeting Roma, Gypsies and Travellers and the power to prosecute perpetrators for incitement to racial hatred. On 27 January 2015 we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the day when Soviet troops liberated the … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Gypsies, Romani Gypsy, Travellers
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Judge rules that Mr Pickles unlawfully discriminated against Gypsies and Travellers
Marc Willers QC explores the recent High Court judgment in which it was found that the conduct of Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, constituted indirect discrimination against Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers. Meeting the accommodation … Continue reading
What’s wrong with the UK Government’s response to the EU call for states to adopt a framework on national Roma integration strategies?
Marc Willers and Owen Greenhall explore the Strasbourg Declaration on Roma, the EU Framework for Roma integration and the UK Government’s response, before detailing the ways in which this response lacks the substance required to effectively protect the rights of … Continue reading
High Court rules on provision of care for nomadic Gypsy/Traveller children
Marc Willers analyses the impact of a High Court ruling which gave an important judgment on the provision of care for nomadic Gypsy and Traveller children. Just before Christmas 2013 the High Court gave an important judgment in R (J) … Continue reading
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Tagged Gypsy and Traveller Law, Human Rights, Judicial review, Romani Gypsy
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The need for Gypsies and Travellers to respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights
Marc Willers explains why it is so important that Gypsies and Travellers respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights by submitting evidence before 13 January 2014. Introduction The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) issued a call for … Continue reading
The impact of the revocation of the temporary stop notice regulations on Gypsies and Travellers: the road to nowhere
Marc Willers examines why changes to temporary stop notice provisions risk forcing Gypsies and Travellers onto the roadside. Romani Gypsies and Irish Travellers have lived in the United Kingdom in their caravans in accordance with their traditional way of life … Continue reading
Posted in Gypsy and Traveller Law, Housing, Human Rights
Tagged Gypsies, Housing, Temporary stop notice, Travellers
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New Planning Policy on Site Provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople
On 25 March 2012 the government issued its new planning policy on the provision of caravan sites for Gypsies and Travellers: Planning policy for traveller sites (‘PPFTS’). The policy document replaces both Circular 1/2006 Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan … Continue reading
Posted in Gypsy and Traveller Law, Human Rights, News
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