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Ø Adapt the eligibility criteria for FRA tenders in order to empower and capacitate
Romani NGOs to participate on equal footing as implementing organisations or
members of coalitions.
The Council of Europe should:
Ø Follow-up on Resolution ResChS(2006)4 Collective complaint No. 27/2004 by the
European Roma Rights Centre against Italy, in which Italy was found in violation of
the Revised European Social Charter with regard to the housing rights of Roma;
Ø e Parliamentary Assembly and its Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and
Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
should initiate a monitoring procedure on Italy under Resolution 1115 (1997) of the
Parliamentary Assembly;
Ø e Human Rights Commissioner should work with Italian authorities to reinforce
respect for human rights in recent law and policy developments in Italy, with a specific
focus on Italy’s compliance with its obligations regarding non-discrimination and
combating racism; and
Ø Engage in consultation with the Italian national authorities towards the development of national
and local Roma integration strategies with a focus on prevention of discrimination.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe should:
Ø e High Commissioner for National Minorities should engage in urgent diplomacy with
Italian authorities to reduce ethnically-motivated violence targeting Roma in Italy;
Ø e Contact Point for Roma and Sinti should organise a high-level fact finding mission
to document the situation of Romani communities in Italy, to be submitted to the
Permanent Council and other relevant structures of OSCE, as well as the Council of
Europe’s Committee of Ministers; and
Ø e Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights should design a plan for
targeted assistance to Italian authorities in implementing their commitments on tolerance
and non-discrimination and promote action at national level to combat racism.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination should:
Ø Initiate its early warning or urgent measure procedure to prevent the situation in Italy
from escalating and to prevent or limit the scale or number of serious violations.