Hungary - 2012
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 |
Qualitative Info |
Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities holds that Article 4 The principle of equal treatment shall be observed by a) the Hungarian State, b) local and minority governments and all bodies thereof, c) organisations exercising powers as authorities, d) armed forces and policing bodies, e) public foundations, public bodies, f) organisations performing public services, g) institutions of elementary and higher education (hereinafter collectively: educational institutions), 3 h) persons and institutions providing social care and child protection services, and child welfare service, i) museums, libraries, elementary educational institutions, j) voluntary mutual insurance funds, private pension funds, k) entities providing health care, l) parties, and m) budgetary organs that do not belong to points a)-l) in the course of establishing their relationships, in their relationships, in the course of their procedures and measures (hereinafter collectively: relationship). Article 5 In addition to the entities listed in Article 4, the following persons shall observe the principle of equal treatment in respect of the relevant relationship: a) those who make a proposal to persons not previously selected to enter into contract or invite such persons for tender, b) those who provide services or sell goods at their premises open to customers, c) self-employed persons, legal entities and organisations without a legal entity receiving state aid, in respect of their relationships established in the course of their utilisation of such a state aid, from the time when the state aid is utilised until the competent authorities can audit the utilisation of the state aid in accordance with the applicable regulations; and d) employers in respect of employment relationships and persons entitled to give instructions in respect of other relationships aimed at employment and relationships directly related thereto |
Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability |
Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism |
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Employment - labour market, Education, Sport |
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