Indicator history

Several anti-discrimination organisations regularly register a significant number of cases of (perceived) ethnic discrimination in the area of public administration and – though to a much lower degree – misbehaviour of police officers (see, for an overview, Peucker 2010: 30-41).
In its fourth report on Germany, ECRI (2009: 50) expressed concerns about misbehaviour of individual police officers towards members of certain ethnic minority groups. For example, ECRI draws attention to ‘the treatment of Black victims of racist violence as “second-class” victims when they turn to the police for help’. ECRI (2009: 40) also referred to representatives of the German Sinti and Roma community who complained about ‘a generally unfavourable climate of opinion towards them, both amongst the media as well as amongst the police.’
Despite this evidence of incidents of discriminatory behaviour, state representatives do not appear to be systematically engaged in ethnic discrimination.

Source:

• Peucker Mario (2010), Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Germany - Update Report 2010.
• European Commission on Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (2009), Fourth Country Report on Germany – fourth monitoring cycle.