Romania - 2012
Complaints regarding ethnic discrimination received by Equality Body/Agency/Court
- Code:
- S4
- Key Area:
- Discrimination Statistics
- Strand(s):
- Statistics
Short Answer |
37 cases in the first semester of 2011 - Equality Body - National Council for Combating Discrimination |
Qualitative Info |
Only the NCCD (the equality body - National Council for Combating Discrimination) reports on the number of complaints regarding discrimination. Judicial statistics do not have indicators regarding the number of cases of discrimination. In 2010, the NCCD reported a significant decrease in the number of complaints of discrimination on the ground of ethnicity 55 (2010), compared with 62 (2009), and 62 (2008).
Source: National Council for Combating Discrimination, Address from 2011 on file with the Center for Legal Resources. ]National Council for Combating Discrimination, Annual Report 2010, p.22, http://www.cncd.org.ro/files/file/RAPORT%202010_web1.pdf (21.12.2011) |
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Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
Type (R/D) | Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Nationalism |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
External Url | http://www.cncd.org.ro/files/file/RAPORT%202010_web1.pdf |
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Short Answer |
In 2012, 61 complaints regarding ethnicity, 49 regarding nationality and 43 regarding language (in certain cases this can act as a proxy for nationality in Romania) reported by the Equality Body - National Council for Combating Discrimination |
Qualitative Info |
Only the NCCD (the equality body - National Council for Combating Discrimination) reports on the number of complaints regarding discrimination. Judicial statistics do not have indicators regarding the number of cases of discrimination. According to the NCCD, in 2012 a number of 61complaints regarding ethnicity, 49 regarding nationality and 43 regarding language (in certain cases this can act as a proxy for nationality in Romania) were filed with the institution. Regarding the areas of discrimination, the majority of the complaints were related to personal dignity (42-ethnicity, 28-nationality, 9-language). [1] Source:
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Numbers of cases | 110 |
Exemplary cases | |
Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, National minorities |
Type (R/D) | Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Nationalism |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
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