National Office Against Racial Discrimination

National Office Against Racial Discrimination

Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali
UNAR logo
Formation	9 July 2003
Legal status	Government Organisation
Purpose	Anti-racial discrimination Peacekeeping
Headquarters	Galleria Alberto Sordi, Largo Chigi
Location	Rome, Italy
Website	www.unar.it/portale/

The National Office Against Racial Discrimination (Italian: Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali), also known by the acronym UNAR, is an Italian state body with the function of promoting equal treatment and the removal of discrimination based on race or ethnic origin. Active since 2003, it is established at the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. It operates in an autonomous and impartial manner and also deals with the different impact that discrimination can have on women and men, as well as the existence of forms of racism of a cultural and religious nature. It was established by the second Berlusconi government with the legislative decree 9 July 2003, No. 215, transposing community directive No. 2000/43 EC.^[1]