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VI Discrimination-related issues in Romania reflected in international reports

2021 | ACTIVITY REPORT

                           of effectiveness and political independence of            • The discrimination against Roma continued
                           the institution.                                            to represent an issue. It was reported that the

• • Discrimination in employment was based on the Roma were denied access or services in some

                           following criteria: gender, disability and HIV.             public spaces. Also, the Roma had low access to
                           Also, there were cases of Roma and migrant                  governmental services, were confronted with
                           workers discrimination. N.C.C.D. investigated               lack of jobs, high rates of school exhaust and
                           cases of employment-based discrimination                    improper health services.
                           both in the public, as well as in the private             • The Hungarian ethnics continued to report
                           sector. When the COVID-19 pandemic was                      discrimination mainly related to the use of
                           triggered, mass media reported a number of                  Hungarian language. The Hungarian ethnics
                           cases when the members of the medical staff                 reported that the Government failed to apply
                           were discriminated against by the neighbours                the law that stipulates that the ethnic minor-
                           and denied access in local stores. As a result              ity groups have the right to interact with the
                           of media reports, there was a wave of public                local authorities by using their mother tongue
                           support for the medical staff in question.                  in those municipalities where their minority

• • According to the law, women and men enjoy equal group represents at least 20% of the population.

                           rights. The women suffered from discrimination            • Even if the law forbids discrimination of persons
                           in areas such as marriage, divorce, child custo-            with physical, sensory, intellectual and mental
                           dy, employment, loans, payment, ownership or                impairments, this is still a problem. Persons with
                           management of businesses or assets, education,              disabilities were not able to gain access to education,
                           judicial proceedings and housing, access to                 health services, public buildings and transport on
                           pension and retirement. There were cases of                 a par with other persons. The streets, the public         81
                           employment-based discrimination reported.                   buildings and the mass transit system remained