Author: Radu Stilcea

Across Europe, Roma communities continue to experience the long-term effects of exclusion, dispossession, and racialisation — legacies of centuries of antigypsyism that remain largely unacknowledged within formal justice systems. While European and national frameworks have advanced policies for inclusion, they often fall short of recognising antigypsyism as a historical injustice that requires transformative and reparatory […]

Over the past three years, new policies have been tabled to pave the way towards meaningful Roma inclusion and to address the many instances of historical injustice faced by these communities. This new analysis shows that beyond big plans and lofty ambitions, the process of achieving systemic justice seems to be threatened by constant interruptions, […]

Antigypsyism – both institutional and interpersonal, past and present – is the foundation of the persistent structural exclusion of Roma and Sinti in Italy. Persistent non-recognition of Roma and Sinti as a minority reflects a long-standing institutional pattern of exclusion from citizenship. This ‘ban and delegitimize’ approach was further reinforced and exacerbated under the fascist […]