knowledge on the topic and took stock of existing research in the field while exploring existing obstacles, needs, and gaps. The conference also pointed to several ways in which the IHRA could take its work in the field forward, including by completing its forthcoming Recommendations on Teaching and Learning about the Genocide of the Roma, and by doing so in close dialogue and collaboration with Roma representatives. The IHRA Chair took the opportunity to encourage Member Countries to translate the working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination.
The IHRA said a fond farewell to Dr. Wichert ten Have, who has served as Advisor to the IHRA since 2017. His contribution to the IHRA has been invaluable and he was thanked for his kind, helpful, and dedicated approach to the IHRA’s work. The IHRA then appointed Dr. Robert Williams as the IHRA’s new Advisor. In this role, Dr. Williams will provide advice to the IHRA Chair, Secretary General, and expert Working Group members on key content issues and will help the IHRA move forward in its efforts to counter distortion and safeguard the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
Special events included a private viewing in Gothenburg City Library for IHRA delegates of the exhibition “Legacy of Silence” on the genocide of the Roma by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and receptions held both at “Börsen,” the banquet hall of Gothenburg City Council, and at the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg.