The National Council for Combating Discrimination (Romanian: Consiliul Național pentru Combaterea Discriminării, or CNCD) is an agency of the Romanian government, established in 2001 and responsible for applying Romanian and European Union anti-discrimination laws and managing the National Anti-Discrimination Plan. The legal status of the CNCD was established by the anti-discrimination law of 2000 (Law 137/2000) and subsequently amended in 2006. According to the law, the Council reports to the parliament and is politically independent.[1] It has often ruled against government institutions at various levels (particularly local councils).
The CNCD is based in Bucharest, its offices being located in Valter Mărăcineanu Square. It is headed by Csaba Asztalos (himself an ethnic Hungarian) and employs 49 other members of staff.[2]
- ^ (in Romanian) Romanian anti-discrimination law (2006 revision of Law 137/2000), Parliament of Romania
- ^ (in Romanian) Personal CNCD ("CNCD Staff List")