Finland - 2012
Is racial discrimination defined in national law?
- Code:
- RED1
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes.
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| Qualitative Info |
The Constitution of Finland contains a specific general provision against discrimination, defining it as differential treatment of someone without an acceptable reason on a prohibited ground of discrimination. The Constitution provides: "Everyone is equal before the law. No one shall, without an acceptable reason, be treated differently from other persons on the ground of sex, age, origin, language, religion, conviction, opinion, health, disability or other reason that concerns his or her person."
The provision is in conformity with art. 1.1 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
| External Url | http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf |
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