Standardul good governance şi mecanismul instituţionalizat de protecţie împotriva discriminării
The good governance standard and the institutionalized mechanism of protection against discrimination

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the activity of the National Council for Combating Discrimination, as the main instrument of protection against discrimination, from a good governance perspective. It analyzes: its institutional justification, the opportunity and legitimacy of creating CNCD, its purpose beyond individual remedies, its effectiveness, its institutional design, its functional and budgetary autonomy, its independence, responsibility, transparency, its extended competence, its activity. Data from the yearly activity Reports of the Council show a gradual increase in efficiency in regard to number of petitions, trust in the institution and its prominence. Some deficiencies are also identified, in implementing European directives regarding nondiscrimination, in the persistence of some discriminatory behaviors and attitudes, especially against Roma, HIV positive, and LGBT individuals, the persistence of anti-Semitic, racist and nationalistic acts, the inequality between men and women, the neglect of persons with disabilities. The study states that a collective effort is needed in order to foment a culture of non-discrimination.

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