Sweden - 2011
Discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic origin and/or religion is prohibited in all the areas provided for by the EU Directives?
- Code:
- RED6
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
Short Answer |
Yes. |
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Qualitative Info |
Directive 2000/43/EC is now implemented mainly by the new Discrimination Act. The Discrimination Act (2008:567) contains prohibitions of discrimination that apply to:
Source: The Discrimination Act (2008:567), http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/11/81/87/f6e1a2b8.pdf (accessed 2012-03-10).
Per Norberg, Report on measures to combat discrimination, Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC, Country Report 2010, Sweden, http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/media/2010-SE-Country%20Report%20LN_final.pdf (p. 11) (Accessed 2012-03-10).
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Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities | |
Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Intra-ethnic, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia | |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination | |
External Url | http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/media/2010-SE-Country%20Report%20LN_final.pdf | |
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