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2022

ACTIVITY

REPORT

CONTENT

FOREWORD                   Taking into account the essential role that the press plays in a democratic society,

ANALYSIS OF

including through the presentation of topics of public interest in politics which may

                                                                                                                        III. Examples from the case law of N.C.C.D. in 2022 concerning discrimination in areas protected by law
PETITIONS RECEIVED         include a degree of exaggeration or provocation, N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board found the
BY N.C.C.D. IN 2022        existence of denigrating and humiliating language against women, including offensive
                           images generated by a local conflict.

ANALYSIS OF CASE

PROCESSING BASED

ON THE DECISIONS           Freedom of expression entails responsibilities, including the obligation to avoid ex-
ISSUED BY N.C.C.D.’S       pressions which gratuitously offend others, which interfere with their rights and which
STEERING BOARD             do not contribute to a form of public debate capable of advancing human relations.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES FROM THE

CASE LAW OF N.C.C.D.

             N.C.C.D.      N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board found the existence of the acts of discrimination pursuant to
IN 2022 CONCERNING         the provisions of Art. 2 para. 1 and Art. 15 of the anti-discrimination law and imposed an

DISCRIMINATION

DISCRIMINATION IN AREAS

                   AREAS   administrative fine against the online media service provider amounting to 10,000 lei.

PROTECTED BY LAW

ACTIVITY OF THE CASE

INVESTIGATION OFFICE       DECISION D

ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN BY

The making of a video promoting alcoholic beverages featuring a man and a woman

THE LEGAL DIRECTORATE

                           in which an intimate act with sexual connotations is staged and the woman is slapped
THE ISSUE OF               on the forehead and labelled a “fool” constitutes an act of discrimination.

DISCRIMINATION IN

ROMANIA REFLECTED

N.C.C.D. found that the message presented in the video promotes prejudice against

IN INTERNATIONAL

REPORTS

women in the society, which are likely to induce negative attitudes towards women based on unacceptable gestures, going beyond the sphere of freedom of expression.

NATIONAL COUNCIL

FOR COMBATING

N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board found the existence of the acts of discrimination pursuant to

DISCRIMINATION

IN MASS-MEDIA

the provisions of Art. 2 para. 1 and Art. 15 of the anti-discrimination law and imposed an administrative fine against the respondent party amounting to 10,000 lei.

FINANCIAL

AND PERSONNEL

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