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Activity report Contents Contents 12 Types of sanctions issued by the NCCD 2 Contents Steering Board in 2020 according to each 36 Activity of the Case File 3 Foreword relevant field Investigation Department 13 Distribution of outcomes in 2020 4 Statistical data on petitions received according to each discrimination criterion 43 Legal representation of the and processed during 2020 15 Distribution of outcomes in 2020 interests of the National Council according to each relevant field for Combatting Discrimination 5 Distribution of petitions received in 2002- 17 Status of outcomes in 2020 in terms of 2020, according to criteria discrimination-related findings according 50 Prevention of acts of discrimination 6 I. Relevant data on petitions received in to criteria and relevant fields 2020 18 Amount of fines and the total number of 52 Projects implemented 6 Distribution of petitions received by NCCD fines issued by the NCCD Steering Board in with foreign funds in 2002-2020 2020 7 Processing activities undertaken in 2020 19 Total amount of administrative fines 54 The issue of discrimination issued by the NCCD Steering Board in 2020 8 Distribution of petitions received by NCCD according to discrimination criteria in Romania as reflected by in 2020 according to their area of origin 20 Total number of administrative fines 9 Distribution of petitions received in 2020 international reports issued by the NCCD Steering Board in 2020 9 Area of origin for petitions received in 2020 according to relevant fields 61 Activities associated with 10 II. Processed cases pending in front of 21 Ex-officio actions taken in 2020 institutional representation NCCD in 2020 10 Type of outcomes for the Decisions issued 22 Examples based on case- 65 National Council for Combatting by the NCCD Steering Board in 2020 law on findings made by the Discrimination in print media 11 Types of sanctions issued by the NCCD NCCD Steering Board Steering Board in 2020 according to each 74 Financial and personal data discrimination criterion Clic pe secțiunea dorită pentru acces direct ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 2 Foreword Foreword In 2020, Romania celebrated 20 years since the adoption of a special are to be identified based on criteria such as disability, gender, legislation on prevention and fighting all forms of discrimina- age, ethnic and national origin, respectively language. tion. Throughout these years, legislation against discrimination managed to overcome the status of a formal condition for the The Council undertook an intense activity in terms of developing integration of Romania in NATO and in the EU, thus becoming and submission of points of view for the courts to be used in an effective area for protection of human rights. those cases where potential acts of discrimination were tried. After 20 years, Romania is currently acknowledged as hav- The administrative litigation activity has been highly dynamic ing implemented a competitive legislation on prevention and during this year, as well, with a series of interesting and relevant sanctioning all forms of discrimination, a legislation that is cases to be included in the specialised case-law. interpreted and applied according to international standards, enshrined through the international treaties and conventions 2020 was a year dominated by the challenges posed due to the that Romania is a party to, as well as through the case-law of COVID-19 pandemics, and this was also true for the NCCD ac- international courts. tivity, which had to adapt to the newly created conditions, from the organizational point of view, as well as from the point of view of the An important role was played in the development in this area new discrimination cases that the pandemic crisis has generated. by NCCD, together with the judiciary, non-governmental or- ganizations and Romanian citizens. One may notice that, during the past year, we were the witnesses of increased tensions within the Romanian society, thus the Data included in the current activity report demonstrate that hate speech and discriminatory speech were intensified, on the prevention and sanctioning all forms of discrimination repre- background of discontent created due to the restrictions and sents an ongoing process that renders new and difficult issues living conditions generated by the pandemic situation. every time. We recommend that this report should be used as a data source Thus, there were complaints recorded aimed at discriminatory for an objective analysis, with the purpose of improving the actions in areas such as employment, access to services, access activity of this institution. to education and protection of the right to human dignity. In terms of discrimination criteria, one may find that complaints Csaba Asztalos Ferenc, President ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 3 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 4 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 1200 900 600 300 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-contagious chronic disease Sexual orientation HIV infection Language Beliefs Religion Disadvantaged group Age Gender Nationality Disability Ethnic background Others Race Social category Distribution of petitions received in 2002-2020, according to criteria ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 5 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 I. Relevant data on petitions received in 2020 CRITERIA 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL Non-contagious chronic disease 0 0 6 2 3 2 4 2 0 1 6 9 9 5 8 10 6 8 8 89 Sexual orientation 1 5 6 9 6 7 6 6 4 8 3 13 9 3 8 17 13 13 11 148 HIV Infection 0 1 15 10 5 3 7 1 3 1 5 4 3 4 4 8 4 6 7 91 Language 0 2 1 2 2 7 11 13 16 10 43 38 27 27 25 12 17 20 26 299 Political 4 12 23 19 8 10 14 13 4 2 15 14 13 4 20 6 22 15 24 242 Religion 2 9 9 11 8 12 15 6 6 5 5 11 18 14 7 12 11 17 138 316 Disadvantaged group 2 0 10 6 4 26 22 9 7 14 10 13 25 26 5 2 9 6 13 209 Age 6 11 14 17 10 10 24 10 9 16 5 18 21 22 31 31 29 35 38 357 Gender 3 14 13 9 11 22 32 9 18 15 21 31 46 28 29 19 43 29 30 422 Nationality 1 12 21 39 20 39 54 28 42 33 49 61 49 36 30 64 56 80 83 797 Disability 3 31 18 21 20 70 55 49 38 42 45 42 57 56 83 74 81 87 90 962 Ethnicity 34 66 45 85 69 82 62 62 54 62 61 66 42 61 81 53 52 48 92 1177 Others 52 184 108 61 132 32 159 96 83 81 69 121 127 147 194 114 177 153 220 2310 Race 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 20 Social category 26 126 63 90 132 514 372 222 193 175 211 414 328 318 314 258 302 386 258 4702 TOTAL 134 473 353 382 432 836 837 528 478 465 548 858 776 752 842 682 822 904 1039 11676 Distribution of petitions received by NCCD in 2002-2020 ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 6 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 FIELDS / CRITERIA Non-contagious chronic disease Sexual orientation HIV/SIDA Language Political Religion Disadvantaged group Age Gender Nationality Disability Ethnicity Others categorySocial Race TOTAL Access to housing 4 4 Others 1 1 2 38 42 Access to public facilities 1 2 1 13 4 24 45 Access to education 1 1 1 2 2 2 14 15 14 17 69 Personal dignity 2 9 5 4 8 131 5 2 13 60 19 64 29 12 1 364 Access to employment and profession 5 1 1 10 2 1 16 15 7 10 4 13 212 297 Access to public services 1 21 3 4 6 5 13 41 5 102 17 218 administrative 19 3 4 5 1 7 24 3 76 12 154 banking 4 4 3 1 5 1 18 health 1 2 5 1 8 1 18 phone 1 1 transport 1 8 4 1 14 legal 1 1 1 8 2 13 stores/restaurants 0 hotels 0 TOTAL 8 11 7 26 24 138 13 38 30 83 90 92 220 258 1 1039 Processing activities undertaken in 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 7 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 North-West North-East Centre Botoșani West Satu-Mare Maramureș 6 6 Suceava South-West Oltenia 4 17 Iași Bucharest / Ilfov South Muntenia Sălaj Bistrița-Năsăud 38 5 South-East Bihor 5 Neamț 12 16 Bucharest and Ilfov Cluj 55 18 Mureș Vaslui 11 Harghita Bacău 8 Arad 22 20 15 Alba Timiș 13 359 USA 1 25 Sibiu Covasna Spain 1 Hunedoara 15 Brașov 32 Vrancea Galați Sweden 1 21 27 7 31 Hungary 2 Germany 1 Caraș-Severin Argeș Buzău 7 Vâlcea 22 10 Brăila Gorj Prahova Tulcea 10 10 11 22 35 4 Dâmbovița Ialomița 6 377 Mehedinți Olt Călărași 17 10 Dolj 20 Giurgiu Constanța 19 Teleorman 6 30 6 Distribution of petitions received by NCCD in 2020 according to their area of origin ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 8 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 Group of persons 17 Legal entity Rural area 144 98 Female 355 Male 523 Urban area 941 Distribution of petitions received in 2020 Area of origin for petitions received in 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT | 2020 9 Statistical data on petitions received and processed during 2020 II.