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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
25/11/2011 - 18:18
Short Answer

No.

Qualitative Info

The objective scope of Polish law – the Act on the Implementation of Certain Provisions of the EU on Equal Treatment – is too narrow in comparison to the EU Directives. The Act is applied in the field of, e.g. social security. The Directive 2000/43/EC specifies that it shall be applied in relation to social protection, including social security or social advantages. However, the notion of “social security” is not identical with much wider notions used in the Directive. The Act grants the protection against discrimination to different groups (possessing characteristics protected by law) in a different scope, which de facto means unjustified differentiation of their legal status.

Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-discrimination
External Url http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19740240141; http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20102541700
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