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III Examples based on case-law of findings made by N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board

2021 | ACTIVITY REPORT

                         of such statements by applying a fine amounting to          Such expressions led to general statements, to insults
                         5,000 lei.                                                  and also to the creation of an intimidating and hos-
                                                                                     tile framework, based on the ethnic group affiliation
                          Decision No. 802 of 03 November 2021                       criterion. In this case, the courts found that the use
                                                                                     of terms such as “Gypsy” and “ugly Gypsy” represents
                         The statements made during a televised press con-           an act of discrimination.
                         ference by introducing a person mainly through
                         the perspective of the ethnic group that the person         N.C.C.D.’s Steering Board found that acts of discrim-
                         belongs to, by using the term “Gypsy” as a form of          ination were committed pursuant to Art. 2 para. 1
                         incitement or challenge and by inducing the idea of         and Art. 15 of the Anti-discrimination Law and or-
                         superiority compared to that person represent an            dered an administrative sanction against the author
                         act of discrimination.                                      of such statements by applying a fine amounting to

5,000 lei.

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