Italy - 2012
Discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic origin and/or religion is prohibited in all the areas provided for by the EU Directives?
- Code:
- RED6
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
If one puts together the Immigration Act and the recent Decrees, the grounds of discrimination prohibited by statute law (beyond the equal treatment provisions contained in the Constitution) coincide with those covered by the Directives, with the relevant addendum of discrimination on ground of nationality. A statutory principle of equal treatment was indeed already in force in the Italian legal system before the enactment of the Decrees transposing the Directives, due to the antidiscrimination provisions contained in the 1998 Immigration Act19 which provides in its article 43 a definition of direct and indirect discrimination which is in general in line with that of the Directives, applicable to the grounds of race and colour, ethnic origin, “religious beliefs and practices” (le convinzioni e le pratiche religiose), and nationality (national origin). Source: Report on Measures to Combat Discrimination, Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC Country Report - Italy by Alessandro Simoni - http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/media/2007-IT-Country%20Report%20Final.pdf |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Integration - social cohesion |
| External Url | http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/media/2007-IT-Country%20Report%20Final.pdf |
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