FHP-RO-026 FUND: Roma – incident reports, various cases of assaults on Roma, their right to residence and discrimination against, eviction of Roma, their right to life and discrimination against, deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Germany, CAT (Convention Against Torture)
PERIOD: 1995-2003.
PRIMARY SOURCES: The Office of the First Municipal Prosecutor in Belgrade, Valjevo District Prosecutor’s Office, Vranje Municipal Court, District Court in Vranje, Military Court in Belgrade, District Court in Jagodina, Office of the Municipal Public Prosecutor in Novi Sad, Primary Court in Danilovgrad, Ministry of Interior of the Federal Republic of Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Consulate- General in Germany
VOLUME AND MEDIUM: 2 archival boxes
CONTENT: Roma – incident reports, various cases of assaults on Roma, their right to residence and discrimination against, eviction of Roma, their right to life and discrimination against, deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, newspaper articles, CAT (Convention Against Torture :Initial Reports of the Republic of Yugoslavia Government on the application of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, for period 1991-1996), national minorities: Anti-Discrimination Draft Law – European Roma Rights Centre, International Convention for Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, UN Report of the Committee against Torture, Anti-Discrimination Constitutional Law, various laws and regulations against racial discrimination.
ORGANIZATION SYSTEM: Chronologically, by date
Additions to the Fund are expected
LANGUAGE: Serbian
LIST OF CONTENTS:
Box no. 1
Roma right to life – Valjevo; Roma right to residence and discrimination against – Alijević brothers; evicted Roma – Tošin Bunar in Belgrade; eviction from Čukaričkapadina, Mile Memišević Case, Grmeč settlement – the Lagum Case; Roma in Vojvodina – letters of citizens of Sombor; Deportation of Roma from the Federal Republic of Germany; Rom Association; Jovica Dimitrov Case; Danila Dimitrijević Case; Đorđe Kalinović Case; Mile Memišević Case.
Box no.2
Roma Case in Danilovgrad; investigation records; witness examination records; lawsuits; newspaper articles; examination of the accused records; accompanying documents; letters of the attorney addressed to the HLC; various documents of non-governmental organizations for protection of rights of Roma; CAT (Convention Against Torture) – with reference to national minorities: model of anti-discrimination legislation; Law on National Minorities; International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; European Roma Rights Centre; draft of Anti-Discrimination Law; Anti-Discrimination Constitutional Law; Initial Report of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on the application of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for period 1991-1996.