Cyprus - 2012
Are there mechanisms in place to collect data on racial discrimination in line with data protection legislation as an effective means of, monitoring and reviewing policies and practices to combat racial discrimination and promote racial equality?
- Code:
- RED8
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
No. Very few recording mechanisms which work poorly. Its data is usually unavailable in the public sphere. |
| Qualitative Info |
The police runs a mechanism for recording racist crime. However, the relevant office is understaffed and underresourced and the data it records (only available upon request and subject to permission by the Chief of Police) is a gross underestimation of the problem and has been repeatedly criticised by the Equality Body. In 2010 the Ministry of Education put into place a mechanism for recording school violence including racist violence. Also a semi-public school (the English School) has set up a mechanism for recording incidents of bullying, including racist bullying. |
| Groups affected/interested | Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Education |
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