Chachipe

Chachipe

Chachipe

Luxembourgian Roma rights and advocacy non-governmental organization

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]

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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

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    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.
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    "Organisation detalis". UN Volunteers. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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    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.
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    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.
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    "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.
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    Hammarberg, Thomas (February 2012). "Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe" (PDF). Council of Europe. p. 29. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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    Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 1862. p. 222. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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    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.
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