2012
Are there any problems concerning the implementation of national legislation prohibiting discrimination?
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Austria
Yes. There are several problems with the implementation of the Equal Treatment legislation and access to justice in discrimination cases in Austria.
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Bulgaria
No.
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Cyprus
Yes, there are problems in the process of revising discriminatory laws, in the lack of resources of the equality body, in the lack of awareness measures to inform the public and the judicial circles of the anti-discrimination legislation and in general with the fact that the anti-discrimination legislation is not being implemented.
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Denmark
Yes.
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Finland
Yes.
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France
Yes
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Germany
Yes, partly.
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Greece
Yes
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Hungary
No comprehensive information is available.
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Ireland
Indeed, several; the Equality Authority takes only test cases, migrants may choose not to participate in a case if it can jeopardise an application (residency, social housing, etc.) Additionally “Civil legal aid is seriously underfunded, operates an impossibly low means test threshold, confines itself almost exclusively to family law cases and is legally barred from taking test cases.” (Mel Cousins 2011)
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Italy
Yes.
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Poland
Yes.
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Portugal
Yes, there are problems that have been reported by the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field in its 2009 - Country Report on Portugal and by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in its 3rd report on Portugal dated from 2006.
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Romania
YES
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Slovenia
Yes. The main problem is the lack of powers of the equality body (the Advocate of the Principle of Equality) to implement the provisions of the Act Implementing the Principle of Equal Treatment and the lack of clear definition of the role of the inspectorates.
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Spain
Yes.
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Sweden
Yes.