Chachipe

Chachipe
Founded2009
TypeNon-profit
NGO
LocationEurope (registered in Luxembourg)
ServicesRoma rights
FieldsMedia attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research, lobbying
Key people
Karin Waringo and Murat Haliti
Websitehttp://romarights.wordpress.com/

Chachipe a. s. b. l. (earlier Romano Them): 30  is a Luxembourg based Roma rights and advocacy non-governmental organisation.: 33  It was established in 2009. Karin Waringo is the president of Chachipe. Chachipe has demanded that Roma refugees to EU countries from the former Yugoslavia should not be denied a right to asylum based on the "safe country of origin" doctrine, as they face discrimination in their home countries. 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.

Etymology

Chachipe is a Roma word meaning truth, and pronounced tsatsipé it is derived from Sanskrit sat meaning truth and chipé meaning tongue, literally true tongue.