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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Monika Rihma-10501223-
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Human
Rights
Civil and Political Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declarati
on of Human Rights
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7.8 mln
336.00 Roma
Southern Europe
violence
poverty
unemployment
poor health
discrimination
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Current
problems
No unemployme
nt
benefits
Refusal/unwillingne
ss
for visits
Struggle in
social field
Less
educated
Lack of
access
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Commissioner Human Rights
National
projects
The Decade of Roma
Inclusion
2005-2015Roma
Summit 2008
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66.6 mln
Southeast
Asia
68.000 – 300.000 Hmong’s
Miao ethnicit
y White, Black,
Striped, Green/Blu
e Monika Rihma
Deportation since 2003 to Lao PDR
1960s: CIA train/recruit Hmongs in
Laos for Vietnam War
Thailand government
: illegal immigrants
Ineligible to
Thai citizenship
Refugee camp no inhabitable
conditions Current
problems
2003: US 14.000
refugees
UN statements
on deportation
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Violations are the same
Core issue: not dominant ethnicity Both seen as habitual criminals Regional problem
Intergovernmental organizations
Similarities
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• Right to adequate standards of living
• Right to social and medical assistance
• Right to adequate nutrition• Right to choice of employment• Right to respect and
protection of the family
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Conclusion
Not only problem of
less developed countries
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