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Pavee Point Welcomes Traveller Ethnicity move Immediate Release 06 October 2011 Filed from Geneva, CH Pavee Point has welcomed an indication given at Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights hearing this morning in Geneva that consideration is being given by the Irish government to the recognition of Travellers as a minority ethnic group. The indication, […] Pavee Point is shocked and appalled by recent allegations of slavery against Travellers in the United Kingdom. Pavee Point is dedicated to the promotion of the Human Rights of all people — Pavee Point unequivocally condemns slavery, exploitation of vulnerable people and forced labour in all their forms, wherever, by whomever perpetrated and whenever they […] Pavee Point wishes to state its solidarity with the Travellers facing enforced eviction from the Dale Farm site in Cray’s Hill, Essex. The Dale Farm Dispute is primarily a planning dispute, allowed to drag on for a decade. This is deplorable, but the eviction of vulnerable people and children from their home of a decade is deeply worrying. Basildon […] NEWS RELEASE Pavee Point deplores school ruling Monday 25 July 2011 Released 3:00pm (Note that this is an amended release, updating facts and removing information for editors) Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre deplores the decision of Clonmel Circuit Court which overturned the determination of the Equality Tribunal that the Christian Brothers School in Clonmel had unnecessarily discriminated […] Released to Media on 31 May 2011 ‘Older Travellers Need to get Bolder to Keep Active and Alive’ An event to celebrate older Travellers’ contributions to the Traveller community and wider society today heard that life for older Travellers in Ireland has changed significantly. They have gone from travelling and living in tents […] Released to Media on 21 March 2011 To mark the International (UN) Day Against Racism (March 21st) the civil rights leader the Revd. Jesse Jackson launched the DVD ‘Pavee Parents Post Primary Concerns’ which is a resource for Traveller parents, students, teachers and policy makers. On this International Day Against Racism we need to acknowledge that discrimination […] Media Release Friday 11 March 2011 Note: the CERD observations referred to in this press release are available in full here: CERD Recommendations and Observations Ireland Pavee Point welcomes the recommendations of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) which were issued in Geneva today. “The UN CERD Committee is clearly concerned […] |
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