Finland - 2012
Is there a direct participation of anti-racist, anti-discrimination and victim group organisations in consultation and development, promotion, implementation of anti-racist and anti-discrimination law and/or policies?
- Code:
- RED42
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Policies & Organisations
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes, organisations representing minorities and migrants are involved in these processes mainly through their position in different government appointed advisory bords or as members of a project steering group. |
| Qualitative Info |
The practice regarding law drafting is that there is at least one public consultation round before the final draft law. This allows NGOs to provide their views on the proposed law. In addition, the working group preparing the draft law oftentimes invites representatives of NGOs for expert hearings. Furthermore, regarding anti-racist and anti-discrimination policies, migrant and minority NGOs are typically represented in the steering groups for those policies.
Minority and migrant NGOs are also represented in government appointed advisory boards, which, in turn, have role in consultation, development, implementation of anti-racist and anti-discrimination law and/or policies.
The most significant advisory boards are: Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (ETNO), Advisory Board for Minority Issues (VÄNE), Advisory Board for Roma Affairs (RONK), Advisory Board for International Human Rights Issues (IONK). |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
| External Url | www.intermin.fi/intermin/home.nsf/pages/A6DAD54E3A9379A2C22573B50030FDAA?opendocument / www.ofm.fi/intermin/vvt/home.nsf/pages/5C8E65B085FA04BAC22573A20031AA43?opendocument / www.stm.fi/stm/neuvottelukunnat/ronk/etusivu |
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