National Council for Combatting Discrimination, Raport de activitate 2018 (Activity Report - 2018), Bucharest.
Country
Romania
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Discrimination
Target Population
General population
Key findings
The report presents the activity of CNCD during 2018. It concludes that hate speech in Romania is especially targeted at Roma, Hungarians, Jews, members of the LGBTIQ community, Muslims and refugees. The report also refers to a survey according to which over 60% of Romanians consider Muslims to be potentially dangerous, and 52% believe that immigrants should be stopped at the borders of Europe. The data collected by CNCD also show serious prejudice at the level of the general public towards everything that is not typical Orthodox, heterosexual and nationalist Romanian, which indicates an extremely fertile ground for a serious outlet of hate speech and denial of classical liberal values.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Report
Sample details and representativeness
The Report summarizes the activity of CNCD in terms of petitions, sanctions applied to cases where discrimination, harassment of hate speech was noted, as well as examples from the institution’s decision. It additionally provides an overview of CNCD’s representation in the media and in regional or EU reports.