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Legal representation of the interests of the National Council for Combatting Discrimination

sensu the principle of non-discrimination, brought   ex officio, “framework opinions”, meant to pres-         including written evidence and witness state-
before all courts which have subject-matter and      ent the national and European discrimination             ments administered before the court), “expert
territorial jurisdiction, across the country.        legislation, and the technical and specific legal        reports - specialist legal opinions”, essentially
                                                     mechanism to construe and enforce such legis-            activities amounting for “legal advice” in the
In such circumstances, the expert advi-              lation or, as applicable, upon express request by        field of equal rights and non-discrimination..
sory body (NCCD), through the specialist             the court (and insofar as they are provided with
staff of the Legal Directorate, may issue,           access to all facts and legal aspects involved,

Statistical Results:

In 2020, NCCD was summoned by the court as                 “other claims” (employment conflicts, an-          the legal actions initiated on civil liability
an advisory body - “specialist expert” to provide          nulment of administrative acts, agreement          in non-discrimination matters
“specialist opinions” (contribution to proceed-            termination, refusal to solve a complaint,
ings as “legal advice”) for a total number (both           claims - other than salary/financial rights        An analysis of the data retrieved from NCCD
cases brought to court in 2020 and during the              - etc.).                                           statistical statistics indicates that, in 2020, this
previous year, where proceedings continued in                                                                 autonomous public institutions with administra-
2020) of approx. 1533 new cases (double than the     The solutions ruled in 2020 by courts vested to          tive duties, pinions, in its capacity as “expert/
previous year), involving civil liability (damages   adjudicate in civil cases on non-discrimination          monitor of discrimination cases”, formulated and
paid to the victim) following the violation of the   matters (cases brought to court in 2020 and              administered specialist opinions in approximate-
principle of non-discrimination.                     during the previous year, where proceedings              ly 1533 court cases (filed directly with courts
                                                     continued in 2020) where NCCD participated               across the country) claiming damages for victims
Statistical distribution of cases brought before     as “specialist expert” go as follows:                    of discrimination, together with civil liability in

the court where decisions were ruled in 2020,                                                                 non-discrimination matters.
by subject:                                             • approx. 653 cases admitted;

• • approx. 941 cases dismissed; This was the active and positive contribution of the
• • approx. 972 cases on “financial rights”; National Council for Combatting Discrimination
• • approx. 686 actions included in the category Conclusions on the statistical results of in 2020, pursuant to its institutional mission and

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