Ethnic and racial profiling in criminal cases (as part of non-discrimination)

Kosevaliska, Olga (2023) Ethnic and racial profiling in criminal cases (as part of non-discrimination). In: Sustainability and Law - optional course, Miskolc, Hungary. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Racial [ethnic] profiling represents a specific form of racial discrimination that has been defined as “the use by the police, with no objective and reasonable justification, of grounds such as race, color, languages, religion, nationality or national or ethnic origin in control, surveillance or investigation activities”. In the case of Lingurar v.Romania the European Court of Human Rights, for the first time explicitly used the term “ethnic profiling” when referring to profiling based on stereotyping in criminal cases. There is no doubt that ethnic profiling is stereotyping. We often see practice where individuals are targeted or treated differently by law enforcement – police, public prosecution and even the national courts, solely based on their perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, or religious background, rather than on reasonable suspicion or evidence of criminal activity. For example, suspecting criminal activity of property crime as “behavior specific to Roma”, or violent crime and terrorism in line that “Muslims are generally terrorist” etc. This lecture will address ethnic profiling by law enforcement and thus the violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of European Convention on Human Rights.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Olga Kosevaliska
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2023 11:39
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2023 11:39
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32997

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