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2023

ACTIVITY

REPORT

FOREWORD

ANALYSIS OF PETITIONS

DECISION B                                                                                                                                             RECEIVED BY N.C.C.D. IN 2023

ANALYSIS OF CASES PROCESSED

An advertising campaign for funeral products and services centred on the hyper-sexu-                                                                         BY N.C.C.D. IN 2023

alisation of women, where these appear scantily covered by a sheet, ribbon or dressed                                                           ANALYSIS OF CASE PROCESSING

BASED ON THE DECISIONS ISSUED

in underwear, while one of the images suggests a sexual act between two models lying                                                             BY N.C.C.D.’S STEERING BOARD

in a coffin, has led to a complaint from a non-governmental organisation.                                                                        EXAMPLES FROM THE CASE LAW

OF N.C.C.D.’S STEERING

The N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board considered that the exploitation of women’s image for                                                                         BOARD DECISIONS

financial gains in the context of this advertising campaign was likely to undermine                                                                          ACTIVITY OF THE CASE

INVESTIGATION OFFICE

dignity and to create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive

ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN BY

atmosphere against women. Thus, the respondents’ actions represent an act of discrim-                                                                     THE LEGAL DIRECTORATE

ination, since they have created a distinction based on gender which has the effect of                                                                THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION

restricting the exercise, on equal terms, of dignity for women.                                                                                          IN ROMANIA REFLECTED IN

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

  The N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board sanctioned both the funeral parlour and the trading                                                         NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMBATING

DISCRIMINATION IN MASS-MEDIA

company which carried out the publicity campaign with an administrative fine of

FINANCIAL

  20,000 RON each, pursuant to Article 2 para. 1 in conjunction with Art. 15 of G.O.                                                                        AND PERSONNEL DATA

no. 137/2000.

DECISION C

A patient refused to be seen by an Arab doctor, insulting him in front of other patients and medical staff. The petitioner states that when the respondent became (verbally) aggressive and agitated, he stopped attending his consultation, stopped touching him and tried to calm him down. However, the complainant insulted him: “f*** you, you are an Arab, go to your country”. The N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board assessed the patient’s behaviour as an incitement to racial hatred and that as detrimental to the dignity of the petitioner, therefore sanc- tioning the respondent with a warning under Articles 15 and 20 of G.O.137/2000.

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