Преступления на почве ненависти к рома
Государства-участники ОБСЕ признали опасность этнической ненависти в отношении рома и синти еще в 1990 году. Антиромская риторика, в том числе риторика о "цыганской преступности", может усугубляться средствами массовой информации и политическими деятелями. Расширение ЕС с одновременной маргинализацией рома побудило многих людей и семьи к миграции для поиска лучших условий и возможностей в других местах, часто сталкиваясь с негативным приемом в странах или регионах прибытия. В ежегодных отчетах БДИПЧ о преступлениях на почве ненависти содержится ряд преступлений на почве ненависти против рома. В этих отчетах фигурируют нападения, нанесение материального ущерба и убийства, в том числе с применением взрывчатых веществ, огнестрельного оружия или коктейлей Молотова. Среди инцидентов, о которых было сообщено БДИПЧ, вызывающих особую обеспокоенность, были поджоги домов рома или групповые нападения с применением насилия на целые общины или поселения.
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International Reports
Венгрия
ODIHR conducted a field assessment visit to Hungary in response to a series of violent attacks against Roma. The visiting delegation also included representatives of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, the OSCE’s Strategic Police Matters Unit and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination. The field assessment delegation’s report stressed the importance of hate crime data collection and proper investigation. It highlighted the need to raise awareness among law-enforcement and criminal-justice bodies.
Молдова
In November 2009, the UN Committee against Torture expressed concern about reports of violence and hatred towards minorities in Moldova, especially Roma.
Словакия
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) expressed concern about the increase in racially-motivated physical and verbal attacks over the past few years against members of ethnic minorities, including Roma. It also expressed concern about anti-Semitism.
Турция
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about allegations of persisting hostile attitudes on the part of the general public towards Roma, including attacks and threats.
Хорватия
The European Court of Human Rights issued a ruling in the case of Beganović v. Croatia. The applicant was a young man of Roma origin, who had been physically assaulted by a group of young men. He complained that both the attack and the lack of proper investigation into the incident were related to his Roma origin. While the Court found no evidence that the attack on the applicant had been racially motivated, the case nonetheless reaffirms states’ duties under the European Convention of Human Rights to actively investigate and prosecute potentially racist crimes when there is a reasonable appearance of bias motivation.