Finland - 2012
Are there mechanisms in place to collect data on racial discrimination in line with data protection legislation as an effective means of, monitoring and reviewing policies and practices to combat racial discrimination and promote racial equality?
- Code:
- RED8
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
Yes, there are mechanisms in place to collect data on racial discrimination. |
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| Qualitative Info |
The core mechanisms of data collection are the incidents and cases of racial discrimination reported to the Office of the Ombudsman for Minorities and to the National Discrimination Tribunal of Finland. The data is published in their respective annual reports. In addition, data on racial discrimination is collected by the police and published in the annual reports on hate crime.
The Occupational Safety and Health Authorities do not collect data on reported incidents and cases of discrimination.
The Discrimination Monitoring Group, set-up by the Ministry of the Interior, is responsible for 1) implementation and coordination of the national discrimination monitoring system; 2) determining, defining and commissioning discrimination research annually; 3) collecting data on the situation of migrants and minorities with regards to discrimination and maintaining a website for dissemination of data; 4) improving data collection and research on discrimination in cooperation with research institutes and various organisations; and 5) informing and training different actors on discrimination issues, providing guidance for development of discrimination monitoring.
The group consists of representatives of various official agencies, research institutes, NGOs and equality, gender equality and self-governing bodies. |
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| 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, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, 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.yhdenvertaisuus.fi/welcome_to_equality_fi/ | ||
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