Intanto ecco qua il testo ufficiale del capitolo del Report dell'ILO
(l'agenzia del lavoro dell'ONU) dedicato all'Italia, che tanto sta
sulle scatole a Frattini, Sacconi e agli altri cortigiani di Re Sòla.

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i giornali, copiandosi gli uni dalgi altri, alzi copiando le agenzie
di stampa, hanno riportato nei loro microstralci. Ma i giornalisti
italiani non sono capaci di leggere gli originali dei documenti di cui
scrivono, anziché servire minestra riscaldata?

International Labour Conference, 98th Session, 2009

Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions
and Recommendations

Italy
Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143)
(ratification: 1981)

Non-discrimination and protection of basic human rights of all migrant
workers. The Committee notes the Government’s report in which it
reaffirms its commitment to fully protect and respect the rights and
dignity of migrants on Italian soil. It notes in particular
Legislative Decree No. 215, 2003, concerning equal treatment
regardless of race and ethnicity intended to transpose European
Community Directive No. 2000/43, in accordance with the 2001 European
Community Act (Act. No. 39 of 1 March 2002), and the creation of the
Office for the Promotion of Equality of Treatment and the Elimination
of Discrimination based on Race and Ethnic Origin (UNAR) in November
2004. The UNAR is charged with promoting equality of treatment to
eliminate all forms of discrimination on the basis of race or ethnic
origin, to provide legal assistance to persons considering themselves
to be victims of such discrimination, and to raise public awareness in
relation to racial integration. In addition, the Government has
established the Department of Rights and Equal Opportunities within
the Office of the President of the Council of Minsters which has
far-reaching competence in the area of the promotion of human rights
and the prevention and removal of any form of discrimination.
Despite the existence of human rights and anti-discrimination
legislation and the creation of administrative and advisory bodies,
the Committee notes the apparent high incidence of discrimination and
violations of basic human rights of the immigrant population in the
country. It notes from the findings of the Advisory Committee on the
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ACFC)
that racism and xenophobia affecting immigrants, asylum seekers and
refugees – including Roma – persists in the country creating a
negative climate concerning these persons. The ACFC also refers to the
sometimes harsh conditions of detention of irregular immigrants,
pending their expulsion to their country of origin
(ACFC/INF/OP/II2005003, 25 October 2005). The Committee further notes
the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination (CERD/C/ITA/CO/15, March 2008) expressing
concern at reports of serious violations of the human rights of
undocumented migrant workers, in particular those from Africa, Eastern
Europe and Asia, including ill treatment, low wages received with
considerable delay, long working hours and situations of bonded labour
in which part of the wages are being withheld by employers as payment
for accommodation in overcrowded lodgings without electricity or
running water. The CERD also refers to the ongoing racist and
xenophobic discourse targeting essentially non-EU immigrants,
instances of hate speech targeting foreign nationals and Roma, as well
as reports of ill-treatment of the Roma, especially those of Romanian
origin, by the policy force in the course of raids in Roma camps,
notably following the enactment of the presidential decree in November
2007, Law Decree No. 181/07 regarding the expulsion of foreigners.
In the same context, the Committee notes that the UN Special
Rapporteur on racism, the UN Independent Expert on minority issues,
and the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, issued
a statement on 15 July 2008 in which they expressed their serious
concern about recent actions, declarations and proposed measures
targeting the Roma community and migrants in Italy, in particular the
proposal to fingerprint all Roma individuals in order to identify
those undocumented persons living in Italy. They also condemned the
aggressive and discriminatory rhetoric used by political leaders
explicitly associating the Roma to criminality, thus creating an
overall environment of hostility, antagonism and stigmatization among
the general public.
The Committee is deeply concerned by these reports on violations of
basic human rights, especially of undocumented migrants coming from
Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, and of an apparently increasing
climate of intolerance, violence and discrimination against the
immigrant population, especially the Roma of Romanian origin. As these
matters have an impact on the basic level of protection of the human
and labour rights and the living and working conditions of the
immigrant population in Italy, the Committee considers that they raise
serious issues of non-application of the Convention. The Committee
recalls the Government’s obligation under Article 1 of the Convention
to respect the basic human rights of all migrant workers, irrespective
of their migrant status. Moreover, under Article 9(1), the Government
has the obligation to ensure that migrant workers, even those
illegally employed, are not deprived of their rights in respect of the
work actually performed as regards remuneration, social security and
other benefits. The Committee also recalls the Government’s obligation
under Articles 10 and 12 of the Convention to take measures that
guarantee equality of treatment, with regard to working conditions,
for all migrant workers lawfully in the country, as well as measures
to inform and educate the general public aimed at improving awareness
of discrimination in order to change attitudes and behaviour. These
should not only cover non-discrimination policies in general but
should ensure that the national population accepts migrant workers and
their families as fully fledged members of society (General Survey of
1999 on migrant workers, paragraph 426).

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The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to act
effectively to address the apparent climate of intolerance, violence
and discrimination of the immigrant population in Italy, including the
Roma, and to ensure the effective protection in law and in practice of
the basic human rights of all migrant workers, independent of their
status.
It hopes that the necessary measures will be taken to help the victims
to assert their rights and to ensure that the provisions of the
legislation concerning discrimination are better understood and
observed, and breach of them more effectively penalized. The Committee
hopes that the next report will contain full information on activities
undertaken in this area, including activities by the Office for the
Promotion of Equality of Treatment and the Elimination of Migrant
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Discrimination based on Race and Ethnic Origin and the Department of
Rights and Equal Opportunities. The Committee also refers the
Government to its comments under the Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).
The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly
to the Government.
[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in
2009.]