A/HRC/10/11/Add.3 page 3 Annex REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES MISSION TO GREECE (8-16 September 2008) CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1-3 4 II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTIONS .............................................................................. 4-9 4 RELIGION, LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ...................................................................................... 10 - 49 6 A. The Religious Minority: Muslims in Western Thrace ............ 11 - 28 6 B. Minority religions .................................................................... 29 - 39 10 C. Ethnic identity in the region of Florina ................................... 40 - 49 12 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE ROMA ............................... 50 - 72 15 A. Housing and employment ........................................................ 53 - 59 15 B. Education ................................................................................. 60 - 64 17 C. Denial of justice ....................................................................... 65 - 66 18 D. Integrated action plan regarding Roma under the Ministries of the Interior and Education .................................. 67 - 72 18 V. EXCEPTIONAL ISSUES FACING MINORITY WOMEN .......... 73 - 75 19 VI. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF MINORITIES ....................... 76 - 79 20 VII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................... 80 - 104 21 III. IV.

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