European and international institutional connection of the National Council for Combating Discrimination
European and international institutional connection of the National Council for Combating Discrimination

Author(s): Cristian Jura
Subject(s): International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: National Council for Combating Discrimination; Council of Europe; ECRI; discrimination; European Convention for Human Rights; European Union;
Summary/Abstract: The primary purpose of this research study is to introduce and examine the European and international network of the National Council for Combating Discrimination, one of the national institutions in a permanent connection with most of the international organizations, namely United Nations, Council of Europe, OSCE, European Union and others. The National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) was established inAugust 2002, following the adoption of the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 and Government Decision no. 1194/2001 regarding the organization and operation of CNCD. These documents are in fact the transposition into the national legislation of certain European directives. At European level, there are institutions similar to CNCD in all the Member States of the EU, yet CNCD is singular thanks to the fact that it can ascertain discrimination on 14 different criteria and can impose sanctions. No other institution of this nature covers such a large scope. CNCD is an autonomous state authority, under Parliament control, which carries out its activity in the field of prevention, combating and sanctioning of all the discrimination forms. The main method to compile this study is the content analysis, simple or comparative, dealt with in a manner specific to research in the sector of socio-human sciences, law and history, respectively. Several statistical aspects will be underlined where they are a natural completion to the quality analysis. An essential role is played by personal experience of almost 20 years in the public international law. This research study will help with a better understanding of the role and place that CNCD occupies in the society and a model of international connection of a national institution.

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