Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
Briefing: Economic and financial exclusion Gypsies and Travellers experience in England
A briefing covering the economic and financial exclusion Gypsies and Travellers experience in England.
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Written evidence for the 2023 Pre-Sessional Working Group Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
A submission of evidence on upholding the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Communications Guide for New Local Authority and other Socially Rented Traveller Sites
This short communications guide is for local authorities, Registered Providers and other Traveller Site Providers in England to use when thinking about developing a permanent or transit site/ temporary stopping place for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show people.
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National Policy Advisory Panel: Places we’re proud of
This short guide shares some key lessons and strong examples to prompt more housing associations and local authorities to get involved in providing good quality sites for Gypsies and Travellers.
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Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2022
This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2022 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of the right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
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Briefing: Accommodation issues facing Gypsies and Travellers in England
A briefing covering accommodation issues facing Gypsies and Travellers in England
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A Short Guide to the Policing Act 2022
This is a short guide for Gypsies and Travellers in understanding the new powers relating to roadside camps in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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Shadow Report to the Universal Periodic Review Working Group and UN Member States: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
This document reports on the progress or deterioration of the enjoyment of human rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people, structured by areas of life in which discrimination and barriers are routinely encountered, for the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review.
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Alternative Report to the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Focus Report on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
This report focuses on the Council of Europe Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Recommendations and related Articles under the 4th cycle of scrutiny.
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Roma and Travellers: Council of Europe Thematic Factsheet
The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported by States in European Court’s judgments, concerning: access to justice, right to respect for private and family life, including issues related to forced sterilisation of Roma women,
protection from hate crime and housing rights, protection of property and right to education.
Friends, Families and Travellers Annual Report 2021
This report gives an overview of some of the achievements that FFT have had over the 2021 period in supporting Gypsies, Roma and Travellers by providing practical advice and legal support and ensuring the protection of their right to pursue a nomadic way of life.
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Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Public Bill Committee: on Part 4 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Friends, Families and Travellers submission to the Public Bill Committee for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC). This submission outlines why Part 4 of the PCSC Bill should be removed.
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The Criminalisation of Trespass – Community Law Partnership Legal Briefing
On 17th March 2021, Community Law Partnership released a legal briefing on Government proposals to criminalise trespass in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The briefing provides context to unauthorised encampments in England and the likely impact of the legislation for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers.
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Friends Families and Travellers submission to the Runnymede Trust Civil Society Monitoring Report 2021: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
The following submission draws on the previous 2016 CERD Committee recommendations on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in relation to; education, accommodation, race hate and steps taken to address discrimination in these areas.
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Last on the list: An overview of unmet need for pitches on Traveller sites in England
Research on numbers of permanent and transit pitches available, and waiting list length on sites.
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