The Commissioner for Protection of Equality has determined that the Belgrade City Administration had discriminated against the Roma living in container settlements, said NGO Praxis.

The City Administration has stipulated that if the Roma residing in container settlements “do not adopt rules of good manners towards the representatives of the institutions of the City of Belgrade”, and “do not show an interest in the efforts of the City to socialize the individuals and their families”, or if they “have guests in the containers”, they might be again forcibly evicted from the accommodation provided to them.

At the same time, the Commissioner has made a recommendation to the City Administration to amend the discriminatory provisions of the contract on the use of mobile housing units and house rules obliging for the Roma in container settlements.

Praxis filed a complaint in the name of the Coalition against Discrimination to the Commissioner for Protection of Equality for the fact that a legal regime established in container settlements, in which the City Administration places Roma after being evicted from some informal settlements, does not apply to any other population groups.

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