Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination

Organisation name in original language

Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација на Република Македонија

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

North Macedonia

Website URL

https://kszd.mk

Type(s) of body

Equality Body (EB)

Address

Dame Gruev 1, 1000 Skopje

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Performing promotional activities
  • Other

Specific mandates

  • Equality body with a mandate on equal treatment

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Memoranda of understanding with the national ombudsman
  • Cooperation with the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth
  • Part of the Interparty Parliamentary Group on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Internal Affairs
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Cabinet of the President of North Macedonia
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Network for Protection against Discrimination
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia
  • Memoranda of understanding with various civil-society organisations

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Member of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet)

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