Расовата дискриминация - перспектива на проблемите на принципа за равно третиранe в Европа и България
Racial Discrimination - Perspective of the Principle of Equal Treatment in Europe and Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: Concerning the 10 years of Bulgaria's membership to the EU, the article presents shortly the EU process of development of the principle of equal treatment with the adoption of the Race Equality Directive, the transposition of which became obligatory requirements to the EU member states and to the accession countries. It also touches upon the perceptions of Central and Eastern European states before their accession, concerning racism and racial discrimination and the further development of the Bulgarian anti-discrimination legislation with the transpositon of the EU Race Directive. The article provides some of the many definitions on racism, discrimination, racial discrimination and definitions about direct, indirect discrimination as statde in the Race Directive. The author express its concerns on the prevalence of racial and ethnic discrimination as a social deviation and the need civil society and responsible authorities to join forces in the fight against all forms of discrimination.

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