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Contents
Introduction 5
Cases of discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.
Conclusions and recommendations 13
2. Cases of discrimination gathered by the FSG in 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3. Cases of discrimination in Europe 85
4. Presentation of disaggregated data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Headway made in combating discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
1.
Legislative progress and positive case law across Europe and in Spain 95
I.
The European Commission initiates an infringement procedure against the Czech
Republic and Slovakia for their school segregation policies affecting
Roma students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
II.
European judgments on anti-Gypsyism: Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary . . . . . . . 96
III.
Analysis of the implementation of the non-discrimination directives. 98
IV. Findings of the CEDAW Committee (Convention on the Elimination of All forms
of Discrimination Against Women) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
V. New police protocol to combat hate crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
VI. Assessment of the Criminal Code reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
2. Awareness-raising actions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
I.
Practical Guide: “How to deal with cases of discrimination, hate crimes
and intolerance” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
II.
“Embracing diversity: proposals for education free of homophobic and transphobic
harassment” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
III.
#YoNoSoyTrapacero (I’m not a swindler), a viral initiative calling for the use of
fairer language when referring to Roma. FSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
IV. Audiovisual material to address the topic of equal treatment. ACCEM 107
V. Networks combating hatred. FELGTB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
VI. HATENTO, observatory on hate crimes against homeless people .
RAIS Foundation 110
Annexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
I.
Legislation in force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
II. European organisations and institutions working in the field of equal treatment, non-
discrimination and the Roma community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116