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Number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by Equality Body/Agency/Court

Code:
S5
Key Area:
Discrimination Statistics
Strand(s):
Statistics
19/01/2012 - 19:55
Short Answer

In 2010 ethnic discrimination was not found in any of the three cases dealt with by the Advocate of the Principle of Equality. In one case ethnic discrimination was established by Social Inspectorate.
 

Qualitative Info

In 2010 ethnic discrimination was not found in any of the three cases dealt with by the Advocate of the Principle of Equality. 

 

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia does not keep specific data on cases dealt with by the courts due to discrimination, meaning that these statistics are not available. From the data base of the Supreme Court it does not derive that in 2010 the courts found ethnic discrimination in any of the cases.

 

In 2010 ethnic discrimination was found in one case decided by the Social Inspectorate at the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. The case concerned a Roma couple who inquired about a possibility to acquire municipal financial assistance at the Centre for Social Work. When they inquired about this possibility, the social worker at the Centre responded that this financial assistance is not for Roma. A volunteer of a local association verified by phone whether Roma may apply for this assistance and she also received a negative response: the social worker confirmed that Roma may not apply for this financial assistance.  The social inspectorate found that such treatment constitutes discrimination, as there is no provision in the law that would allow a denial of a certain right on the basis of race or ethnicity. Municipal assistance is available for all people who meet the conditions, regardless of their ethnicity. In the procedure it was established that if the couple applied for this assistance it would have been granted to them, as they met all the conditions. The Social Inspectorate issued two decisions, one addressed at the social worker who committed an act of discrimination (she was ordered to pay a fine) and one addressed to the Director of the Centre for Social Work. In the latter decision systemic measures were ordered, such as the duty to provide information in writing for people to check the conditions for obtaining various types of social assistance; the duty to organize a meeting where the conditions for accessing social assistance would be discussed; the duty of the director to inform the employees about the unlawfulness of discrimination; the duty of the social worker to provide a written apology to the couple; the duty of the director to report to the Social Inspectorate about the measures ordered.

 

Source:

Annual report of the Advocate of the Principle of Equality 2010, available at: http://www.zagovornik.net/si/informacije/letna-porocila/lp-2010/index.html.  

Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs; Social Inspectorate, decision no. 06185-148/2010 of 30 September 2010.  
 

Numbers of cases 1
Exemplary cases
Groups affected/interested Roma & Travelers
Type (R/D) Anti-roma/zinghanophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Health and social protection
External Url http://www.zagovornik.net/si/informacije/letna-porocila/lp-2010/index.html
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