Roma Evictions and Demolition Of Roma Houses: A Sustainable Solution for Roma Integration or a Problem of Roma Discrimination in Bulgaria?

Roma Evictions and Demolition of Roma Houses: A Sustainable Solution for Roma Integration or a Problem of Roma Discrimination in Bulgaria?

Analysis of the legislation regulating the demolition of illegal housing and its implementation in Bulgaria to identify its compliance with the EU legislation on protection from discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin 

The report presents the results of research about the legislative framework and administrative practices for demolition of illegal housing in Bulgaria, with a particular focus on segregated Roma neighbourhoods. The aim is to examine the government’s compliance with the adopted national and international norms and principles concerning the protection from discrimination. The research was commissioned by the Open Society European Policy Institute in Brussels and conducted by experts from the Equal Opportunities Initiative Association and Access to Information Programme from January to May 2016.
The methodology involved research into the legal aspects of illegal constructions, and the international and European legal instruments for protection of discrimination adopted by Bulgaria. Furthermore, it looked into the practices of the demolition of illegal housing by screening the Public registry of the Directorate for National Construction Control (DNCC), launching a survey targeting all municipalities in Bulgaria to uncover all illegal housing and demolition orders as well as using fieldwork and case studies. 
 
Authors: Daniela Mihailova and Alexander Kachamov, Equal Opportunities Initiative Association
 
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Author: 
Daniela Mihailova and Alexander Kachamov, Equal Opportunities Initiative Association
Year of publication: 
2 017
Publisher: 
Open Society European Policy Institute
Organisation: 
Open Society Foundations
Subject: 
Discrimination
EU Housing Rights
Evictions
Squats and slums
Country: 

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