Founded 2009 Services Roma rights | Type Non-profit
NGO Key people Karin Waringo, | |
Location Europe, (registered in Luxembourg) Fields Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research, lobbying | ||
Chachipe a. s. b. l. (earlier Romano Them) is a Luxembourg based Roma rights and advocacy non-governmental organisation. 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 shouldn't 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.