Comunidad rom: Desarrollo del derecho a la salud, justicia y propiedad con aplicación del enfoque diferencial

Abstract

The ROM community enjoys many particularities and identity elements that merit recognition as an ethnic and cultural group by the Colombian State; however, despite the fact that articles 7 and 70 of the Constitution state that the State recognizes and protects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Colombian Nation and the equality and dignity of all cultures coexisting in the country, and that article 13 provides that the conditions for real and effective equality must be promoted by taking measures in favour of discriminated or marginalized groups, the Roma community has been unknown and undermined by the lack of visibility it has had to endure, as regards the recognition of rights with a differential approach, the Colombian State has taken a limited stance, resulting in the marginalization of a cultural minority, as opposed to other equally recognized minorities, such as the indigenous population and Afro Colombian, palenquera and Raizal.