Austria - 2012
Is there a legal definition / sanctioning of ethnic profiling?
- Code:
- RED46
- Key Area:
- Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
No. |
| Qualitative Info |
There is no legal definition of ethnic profiling. However, the Directive for Interventions by Members of the Public Security Services (Richtlinien-Verordnung) stipulates in the chapter "Respect of Human Dignity" that in the performance of their duties members of the public security services have to refrain from doing anything which gives the impression of partiality or constitutes a discrimation on grounds of gender, race or colour of skin, national or ethnic origin, religion, political view or sexual orientation. Source: |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Inter-ethnic, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
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