Experts and students from Law Faculty to help seek solutions to social exclusion of 












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            * Experts and students from Law Faculty to help seek solutions to social exclusion of the 
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            Following a number of anti-Roma marches at the end of summer, associate professor Kristina

            "http://www.prf.cuni.cz/detail-cloveka/114/"] from the Department of Labour and Social Sec
            CU Faculty of Law [ URL "http://www.prf.cuni.cz/en/"] lost patience. Together with her col
            faculty, she started to prepare a series of discussions entitled Social Exclusion of Roma 

            Against It, at which she wishes to, together with invited guests and students, discuss the
            in society and ways of alleviating it.
            “The situation in the Czech Republic is quite bad. We are considering ways to fight the ex

            Roma from society. Following the series of anti-Roma demonstrations this summer, I met wit
            colleagues from the faculty and we said to ourselves: who else but the Faculty of Law to s

            to the issue at hand, and who else but we should start a debate about the issue with our s
            lawyers, solicitors and judges of the future,” added associate professor Koldinská.
            Together with her colleagues, she then started preparing a series of public discussions in

            a platform for people involved in the issue. These activities should not, however, end wit
            debates on academic ground. “The situation is starting to become truly tense. Some events 
            of the 1930s, except the marches are now directed not against the Jewish populace, but the

            cannot, therefore, sit and wring our hands. Apart from the discussions, we therefore also 
            a study project, and hope that students themselves can also express an opinion and become 
            want the project to truly help towards something, and will therefore try to agree on speci

            institutions engaged in trying to resolve this depressing situation. It is interesting to 
            from the point of view of law and possible changes to legislation. Of course, while change
            won’t change the mood in society, they could definitely influence it,” noted associate pro

            Discussions are to focus on, amongst other things, the history of the Roma living on the t
            Europe and, in relation to this, legislative measures relegating Roma to the periphery of 
            at various times in the past. Discussions are also to address social/legislative aspects o

            as education, healthcare issues, employment rates and social accommodation.
            “At the current time, one real problem is the issue of social accommodation, that is, the 
            between public authorities and the operators of the notorious hostels. A loophole in legis

            to large sums from the state budget being spent on social accommodation that simply does n
            function as it should. Nowhere in legal regulations will you find a description of exactly
            accommodation should look like and which standards it should meet. Some hostel owners then

            put people into unfurnished flats without any kind of amenities or security, while receivi
            of crowns from state funds every month for such provision. The situation of families livin
            hostels is therefore maintained, rather than improved. Something has to change,” noted ass

            Koldinská, adding that there are a number of other urgent issues regarding the social excl
            that could be addressed in the course of debates and, primarily, the study.
            The first discussions took place at the beginning of December, when a discussion was held 

            and social worker, activist and pedagogue Kumar Vishwanathan. Further discussions at the C
            are also planned for the summer semester.