Poland - 2012
Is racial discrimination defined in national law?
- Code:
- RED1
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Partially. |
| Qualitative Info |
There is no definition of racial discrimination as such. Polish law (the Labour Code and the Act on the Implementation of Certain Provisions of the EU on Equal Treatment) forbids discrimination on the ground of, e.g. race and includes the definition of different forms of discrimination (direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and harassment). Besides, Polish legislative codes include a series of articles that directly or indirectly penalize acts with racist undertones or those related to someone’s racial, national or ethnic origin. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
| External Url | http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20102541700; http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19740240141 |
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