National Council for Combating Discrimination

The National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) is the state autonomous authority in the field of antidiscrimination, with legal personality established in 2001 by GD 1194/2001 which carries out its activity based on GO 137/2000 on preventing and sanctioning all forms of discrimination. The National Council for Combating Discrimination performs tasks in the following domains:

·        prevention of discrimination deeds through information and awareness campaigns regarding human rights, discrimination effects, the principle of equality, training courses, information, projects and programmes at local, regional and national level, conducting research, reports etc.;

·        the mediation of discrimination acts for the parties involved in the case of discrimination, in the presence of the National Council for Combating Discrimination representatives;

·        the investigation, ascertainment and sanction of discrimination acts;

·        the monitoring of discrimination cases as a result of the ascertainment of discrimination cases by NCCD, through subsequent supervision of the involved parts;

·        granting specialized assistance to the victims of discrimination. The NCCD juridical advisers explain the legislation to those interested through assisted guidance regarding the activity of filing a petition and additional information that results from this.