| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Location |
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| Services | Roma rights |
| Fields | Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research, lobbying |
Key people | Karin Waringo |
| Website | http://romarights.wordpress.com/ |
Chachipe a. s. b. l. (earlier Romano Them) [1]: 30 is a Luxembourg based [2] Roma rights and advocacy non-governmental organisation. [1]: 33 [3] It was established in 2009. [2] Karin Waringo is the president of Chachipe. [4] Chachipe has demanded that Roma refugees to EU countries from the former Yugoslavia shouldn't be denied a right to asylum based on the "safe country of origin" doctrine, as they face discrimination in their home countries. [5] Chachipe contributed to the preparation of Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe a report commissioned and published by the Commissioner of Human Rights, Council of Europe. [6]
Etymology
Chachipe is a Roma word meaning truth, and pronounced tsatsipé [7] it is derived from Sanskrit sat meaning truth and chipé meaning tongue, literally true tongue. [8]
References
- ^ a b Wanda Troszczynska-van Genderen (2009). Kosovo: Poisoned by Lead : a Health and Human Rights Crisis in Mitrovica's Roma Camps. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-498-6. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Organisation detalis". UN Volunteers. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Sonja C. Grover (2010). The European Court of Human Rights As a Pathway to Impunity for International Crimes. Springer. p. 201. ISBN 978-3-642-10799-3. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Waringo, Karin (2011-06-20). "Visa proposals fuel Roma tensions". Public Service Europe. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Veranstaltung mit frau Dr. Phil. Karin Waringo vom Romaverband Chachipe E. V., Luxembourg". Amnesty International, Konstanz division (in German). 2012-12-15. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Hammarberg, Thomas (February 2012). "Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe" (PDF). Council of Europe. p. 29. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 1862. p. 222. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ George Henry Borrow (1841). The Zincali; or, An account of the gypsies of Spain. With an original collection of their songs and poetry, and a dictionary of their language. John Murray. p. 29. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
