Romania - 2011
Have public servants been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence/hate crime?
- Code:
- RED32
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
YES. The phenomenon as such was moreover signalled, rather than individual cases of perpetrators. |
| Qualitative Info |
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raised concerns with regard to "the existence of cases where excessive use of force, ill treatment and abuse of power were inflicted by police and public order forces towards people beloging to minorities, in particular Roma." The same concerns were raised in the US State Department's 2010 Human Rights Report on Romania.
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding Observations to Romania, para.15, CERD/C/ROU/CO/16-19, available at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/ENACARegion/Pages/ROIndex.aspx (accessed on 14.02.2012). US State Department, 2010 Human Rights Report. Romania, Section 1, available at http://romania.usembassy.gov/2010_rhr_en.html (accessed on 14.02.2012). |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Roma & Travelers |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-roma/zinghanophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
| External Url | http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/ENACARegion/Pages/ROIndex.aspx |
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