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publication in Sweden of the “White Paper on abuses and violations against Roma in the 20th century”, the work done
by the Assistance Service for Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, the creation of the Council for Victims of Hate
Crimes and other topics of special relevance in the field of Equality.
Lastly, we focus on the positive developments that have taken place during the same period: social awareness cam-
paigns addressing non-discrimination, the presentation of the Action Protocol to be followed by the state police and
security forces in the event of hate crimes, specialised publications shedding light on effective and inclusive public
policies, etc., i.e. developments we believe to be of great interest for all the key stakeholders in the fight against dis-
crimination.
Despite the current hard times and with the perspective gained from ten years of publishing this Report on Discrimi-
nation and the Roma Community, we believe that important advances have been made at national and European level
such as the draft criminal code reform, the networking practices of various entities such as the Platform for Police
Management of Social Diversity and the Council for the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, unity of action
on the part of the Assistance Service for Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, the appointment of 50 prosecutors
assigned to courts in each province to prosecute hate and discrimination crimes, the protocols implemented by a
number of police forces and the work being done at European level by equality bodies and the European Union Agency
for Fundamental Rights (FRA). These are actions that imply substantial change in which networking plays a key role in
more effectively defending equality.
Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to all of the individuals and institutions who have collaborated in
compiling this Report. Firstly to the workers of the FSG who, from their different work centres, were involved in the
collection of and follow-up on the different cases and provided support to the victims of discrimination.
Secondly, to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality which once again has provided the FSG with economic
support for the actions we carry out in the promotion of equal treatment of the Roma community.
Finally, we would like to express our gratitude for the collaboration offered by Fernando Rey, Óscar Vicario, Gaspar
Llamazares, Gonzalo Robles, Pablo Iglesias, Ramón Jáuregui and all of the other entities, individuals and institutions that,
with their work day in and day out, contribute to the defence of equality. Also, a special thanks to all the victims of
ethnic discrimination who have put their trust in our Foundation for ten years now and have come to us for help in
defending their rights. For all of these reasons the FSG will continue to work forcefully to promote equality and combat
discrimination against the Roma community.
Sara Giménez Giménez
Attorney at Law
Responsible for the Area of Equality. FSG