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Public debate on draft strategy for improving Roma position
Belgrade,
31 October 2008
Minister for Human and Minority Rights Svetozar Ciplic announced that the public debate on the draft national strategy for improving the position of the Roma will begin next week, while debate on the law on acknowledging legal subjectivity will begin in November.
Author:
Tanjug
At a press conference marking the Ministry’s first 100 days in office, Ciplic said that the law is important for the “legally invisible” social groups, and especially for the Roma.
According to him, thanks to this law the Roma and similar “legally invisible” social groups will have access to health care, pensions and similar benefits.
The Minister announced that mobile health centres will soon arrive to unsanitary Roma settlements in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Nis.
The goal is to provide to the Roma the same elementary health care which all other citizens have in regular health centres, stressed Ciplic and recalled that around 300,000 people live in 600 Roma settlements in Serbia.
He announced that the bill against discrimination will soon be drafted, adding that the working version of the bill on national councils has been forwarded to all national councils in Serbia.
Ciplic stated that the best way to protect journalists and cameramen when working in the field is to amend the criminal code and declare attacks on media representatives as special criminal acts and attacks on official persons.
Thus we will manage to reduce the frequency of such attacks, said Ciplic.
He added that the formation of the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has had a positive effect in the international community because it showed that Serbia is seriously intent on dealing with these issues.
According to him, thanks to this law the Roma and similar “legally invisible” social groups will have access to health care, pensions and similar benefits.
The Minister announced that mobile health centres will soon arrive to unsanitary Roma settlements in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Nis.
The goal is to provide to the Roma the same elementary health care which all other citizens have in regular health centres, stressed Ciplic and recalled that around 300,000 people live in 600 Roma settlements in Serbia.
He announced that the bill against discrimination will soon be drafted, adding that the working version of the bill on national councils has been forwarded to all national councils in Serbia.
Ciplic stated that the best way to protect journalists and cameramen when working in the field is to amend the criminal code and declare attacks on media representatives as special criminal acts and attacks on official persons.
Thus we will manage to reduce the frequency of such attacks, said Ciplic.
He added that the formation of the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has had a positive effect in the international community because it showed that Serbia is seriously intent on dealing with these issues.
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