Considerații privind abordarea discriminărilor în dreptul român, în trecut și în prezent
Remarks on the Tackling of the Discriminations in Romanian Law, in the Past and in the Present

Summary/Abstract: Timidly begun in the first part of the 20th century, the removing of the discriminations had continued to some extent under the communist regime, which maintained a general hostile attitude towards the human rights paradigm. After December 1989 the phenomenon of discrimination was tackled through the connection to the standards of the international law and the adoption of new legal instruments. In the context of the start of the accession negotiations to the European Union, the general act in the field was adopted, the Government Ordinance no. 137/2000. The non-discrimination law was amended several times, without much care for coherence between the provisions from different Acts. The National Council for Combating Discrimination has an important role in the application of the non-discrimination law, but it is under the pressure of the lack of the human and material resources. The persistence of some discriminatory attitudes and behaviours with serious consequences shows that for long term solutions the legal edifices are not enough, and the education is essential.

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