Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia (2018) Annual report on the degree of provision, respect, advancement and protection of human rights and freedoms 2017, Skopje, Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia.

Country

North Macedonia

Title

Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia (2018) Annual report on the degree of provision, respect, advancement and protection of human rights and freedoms 2017, Skopje, Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia.

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Year

2017

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

North Macedonia, Ombudsman Office (Народен Правобранител/Avokati i Popullit)

Main Thematic Focus

Discrimination Hate speech

Target Population

General population

Key findings

In its 2017 Annual Report, the Ombudsman reports that they received 70 discrimination applications. Three complaints were on hate speech, but it is not clear from the Report whether there were any anti-Muslim elements present. Most of these were harassment at the work place (25% of the cases) and on the grounds of ethnicity (10%).

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

quantitative (statistics on incidents)
qualitative (expert assessments)

Sample details and representativeness

N/A

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