Cyprus - 2012
Does statelessness serve as a ground for discrimination in access to public goods and services and/or deprivation of economic and social rights?
- Code:
- RED5
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
Cyprus has ratified the Protocol relating to certain cases of Statelessness (ratified by Law 64/77). Other than that, statelessness is not a protected ground in any of the laws transposing the anti-discrimination Council Directives. No such case has been examined either by the Courts or by the Equality Body.
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| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Employment - labour market, Housing, Health and social protection, Education |
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