Italian experiences in combating hate crimes and hate speech in light of recent violence by and against Roma

Pavone, Ilja Richard

doi:10.1556/ajur.51.2010.3.2

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“…Also Romanians in Italy that have not experienced that aggressions personally, know the images and know the stories about it and know the destructive potential that is inherent in the softer types of exclusion they are confronted with in their workplaces and in their everyday life. And therefore also they are personally affected by these aggressions (Pavone, 2010;Uccellini, 2010).…”

Section: The Case Of Romanian Migrants In Italy and Spainmentioning

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European Disintegration: Tendencies of Renationalization within the European Union and its Impact on the Common Labor Market and EU Consumer Markets

Köllen¹

2012

The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Commun

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Section: The Case Of Romanian Migrants In Italy and Spainmentioning

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European Disintegration: Tendencies of Renationalization within the European Union and its Impact on the Common Labor Market and EU Consumer Markets

Köllen¹

2012

The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Commun

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“…The ordinances appointed the prefects of Rome, Milan and Naples as "delegated commissioners" empowered to "realize all the interventions needed to overcome the state of emergency" declared in the Prime Minister's decree. 18 Furthermore, in 2008 the Ministry of Interior signed security pacts with local authorities. They include references to security issues related to the presence of irregular migrants and nomads and issued related to illegal settlements and they give tot the prefects various powers, including the power to establish working groups.…”

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The Italian legislation on Roma and Sinti and its compliance with European and international standards

Pavone¹

2011

Acta Juridica Hungarica

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“…At a time of heightened economic difficulties and political uncertainties, these groups have become the subjects of a 'dramatic rise' in certain forms of violence and harassment, or 'hate crime' as it is more widely known. Whether directed against ethnic minority communities, lesbian and gay groups, persons with disabilities or those from Jewish or Roma backgrounds, hate crime is becoming a serious issue for scholars, practitioners and policymakers within the EU (McClintock, 2005;Turner et al, 2009;Pavone, 2010). At the same time however, evidence suggests that different, and often limited, understandings across the EU of the nature of hate crime, are leaving certain minority groups unprotected from harassment and violence (Council of Europe, 2011).…”

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Divided by a common concept? Assessing the implications of different conceptualizations of hate crime in the European Union

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2012

European Journal of Criminology

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In recent years the European Union has witnessed rising levels of hate crime. However, while there have been a number of legislative and other policy initiatives introduced across the EU to combat such offences, these have developed in a piecemeal and sometimes half-hearted fashion. This article outlines the difficulties evident in theorising hate crime and how these problems have been reflected in the divergent ways that hate crime legislation has developed across the EU. It argues that a human rights-based approach to combating hate crime, endorsed by many EU institutions, has failed to tackle the problem effectively and has resulted in the uneven protection of hate crime victim groups. By utilising an individual rather than group-based human rights approach, the damaging nature and effect of such 'targeted victimisation' upon all hate crime victims can be better understood and addressed. IntroductionIn recent years concern has been growing with regard to the risk of violent victimisation faced by marginalised and disadvantaged social groups within the European Union (EU). At a time of heightened economic difficulties and political uncertainties, these groups have become the subjects of a 'dramatic rise' in certain forms of violence and harassment, or 'hate crime' as it is more widely known. Whether directed against ethnic minority communities, lesbian and gay groups, persons with disabilities or those from Jewish or Roma backgrounds, hate crime is becoming a serious issue for scholars, practitioners and policymakers within the EU (McClintock, 2005;Turner et al., 2009;Pavone, 2010). At the same time however, evidence suggests that different, and often limited, understandings across the EU of the nature of hate crime, are leaving certain minority groups unprotected from harassment and violence (Council of Europe, 2011).Moreover, it is very difficult to establish the precise levels of hate crime across the EU due to the absence of a shared transnational understanding of what it actually is. Indeed, the development of 'hate crime' as a workable concept in the European Union has been surprisingly lacklustre. By way of contrast, in the United States use of the term 'hate crime' to describe violence targeted against minority communities can be traced back to the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, when it was felt 2 that there was utility in pooling together the commonalities in the experience of prejudiced victimisation suffered by different minority groups (Levin, 2009). By doing this, these groups could draw strength from their shared victimisation and challenge dominant stereotypes that fuelled much of the harassment they endured.In many parts of the EU, though, the concept of hate crime has struggled to gain a similarly strong foothold. In the United Kingdom, for instance, it has only really entered the policy and academic arenas during the last decade or so, after two major milestones at the end of the twentieth century -the publication of the Macpherson Report (which examined the police investigation...

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Italian experiences in combating hate crimes and hate speech in light of recent violence by and against Roma

Cited by 3 publications

References 1 publication

European Disintegration: Tendencies of Renationalization within the European Union and its Impact on the Common Labor Market and EU Consumer Markets

European Disintegration: Tendencies of Renationalization within the European Union and its Impact on the Common Labor Market and EU Consumer Markets

The Italian legislation on Roma and Sinti and its compliance with European and international standards

Divided by a common concept? Assessing the implications of different conceptualizations of hate crime in the European Union

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