Una causa contro gli sgomberi

La politica degli sgomberi dei campi rom, è uno dei tratti caratterizzanti dell'amministrazione comunale di Milano. La logica che la ispira, è quella del "governo della paura", visto che le persone residenti nei campi attorno alla metropoli lombarda sono poco più di duemila, come rilevato dallo stesso "censimento" eseguito - con metodi assai discutibili - dalle autorità locali. La politica degli sgomberi è finita anche in tribunale, in particolare con un ricorso che vede impegnata la Open Society Justice Initiative. Di seguito la nota informativa (in inglese) della Open Society e un articolo uscito sul Corriere della sera, incuriosito -pare di capire - dal ruolo professionale assunto nella vicenda dal costituzionalista Valerio Onida, candidato alle primarie cittadine per il Pd, che alla sostanza del ricorso.

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MILAN, ITALY, September 17, 2010-Today's hearing on the case of Omerovic
and Others v. Italy, filed in cooperation with the Open Society Justice
Initiative, marks the first time testimony has been presented in court
to challenge Italy's Nomad Emergency Decree for unfairly targeting Roma
communities.

Today's witness described how the emergency decree was implemented,
focusing on the Roma census. The judge will allow time for the
submission of additional material and has scheduled a follow-up hearing
for November 9.

"Conducting a census that singles out Roma-including children-for
fingerprinting, photography, and harassment is a racist policy that has
no place in modern Europe," said James A. Goldston, executive director
of the Open Society Justice Initiative. "The Italian courts need to
confront such cases of obvious abuse."

The Civil Tribunal of Milan could refer the case to the European Court
of Justice in Luxembourg, where France may soon be challenged for its
treatment of Roma as well. If the case is not referred and local
remedies are ultimately exhausted, the Justice Initiative plans to take
the case to the European Court of Human Rights.

The case is named for Mujo Omerovic-a Holocaust survivor-and his wife,
Nevresa, who brought legal action in Milan in 2008 following a forced
census of their community. The couple has since passed away, leaving
nine other claimants to take the case forward. Their camp, Triboniano,
is an authorized settlement where 600 Roma have lived for decades.

Implementation of the 2008 Nomad Emergency Decree and the 2009 Security
Package has resulted in the persecution of Roma and Sinti populations
throughout Italy. Between June and October 2008, Italian police and
soldiers forcibly entered 167 Roma settlements to gather personal
information about the inhabitants, creating a database with information
only on Roma. After the census, restrictions were placed on access to
Roma camps, and forced evictions began.

After two full years of "emergency," there have been no measures to
relocate, protect, or provide basic services to the evicted communities
as had been promised in the original decree. Instead, families have been
forced from their homes and children have been prevented from continuing
school. While some inhabitants of the Roma camps come from third or
other EU countries, at least half of the Roma affected by these policies
are Italian citizens whose families have lived in Italy for generations.

Allegati

• Corriere della sera - 18 settembre 2010 (135 Kb - Formato pdf)
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