The court has decided to apply an urgent measure. The applicants are three Bosnian citizens of Roma ethnicity who were living with their families in a settlement in Ponte Riccio (Giugliano). Two of them are mothers with 10 children altogether, who are minors aged between two and 16.
The case concerned a shooting spree in 2012 by an off-duty police officer at the home of a Roma family. The two applicants in the case, a married couple, were seriously injured and three members of their family were killed.
The European Roma Rights Centre today receives Raoul Wallenberg Prize for combating racism and human rights abuse.
President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum Miranda Vuolasranta, sets out the treatment of some citizens in Council of Europe member states.
Finnish activist Miranda Vuolasranta discusses the two-day conference aimed at increasing Roma women’s participation in politics.
