Identitate in divesitate-Identity through diversity

Coordonator- Denisa Pantea

Identity through diversity refers about the complex diversity of people with different political and ethnic groups in the same geographic area.

In Romania there is a multitude of ethnicities because the country was under foreign occupation many times over the centuries. At the census in October 2011, recording ethnicity was based on statements free of enumerated persons, respecting thus the fundamental right of every individual to declare freely and without any coercion ethnicity. Provisional census results show that, of the total resident population, 16,870 thousand (88.6%) said they were Romanian.

Hungarian population census was 1238 thousand people, representing 6.5% of the population of the country and the number of those who declared themselves Roma was 619 000 people (3.2%). Among other ethnic groups had a number of people over 20 thousand ethnic groups are the following: Ukrainians (51,700 persons), German (36,900), Turkish (28,200), Russia - Lipovan (23 , 9000) and Tatars (20,500 people).

The number of people for whom ethnicity was not recorded (did not want to declare or were not present) was 59 200 persons, representing 0.3% of the population of the country. In territorial distribution of population by ethnicity shows that the share of the population is ethnic Romanian majority in Bucharest (96.6%) and 39 counties (with a share ranging from 98.5% in Botosani and 52.6,% to Mures) and in 26 of them Romanians share is over 90%.

Hungarian population has a majority in Harghita (84.8%) and Covasna (73.6%) also recorded high percentages in the following counties: Mures (37.8%), Satu Mare (34.5%) , Bihar (25.2%) and Salaj (23.2%).

Roma people represent 3.2% of the total resident population, are relatively evenly distributed in the territory, with weights ranging between 1.1% and 8.8% in Botosani County Mures. Roma meet in a relatively greater than 6.0% of the population and Calarasi (8.1%), Salaj (6.9%) and Bihar (6.1%).

Most Ukrainians are found in Maramures (31,200 persons), Timis (6.0 thousand), Suceava (5700 people) and Caras-Severin (2600 persons), representing 88.0 % of total.

Nearly three quarters of ethnic German (73.0%) is found in the counties of Timis (8500 people), Satu Mare (5.0 thousand), Sibiu (4100 people), Brasov

(3300 people), Caras-Severin and Arad (each with 3.0 thousand).

About 90% of Turkish ethnicity were recorded in the counties of Constanta (21.0 thousand) and Tulcea (1900 people) and in Bucharest (2400 people).

A proportion of 87.7% of Russians-Lipovan residing in Tulcea (10.9 thousand), Constanta (3500 people), Iasi (2800 people), Braila (1900 people ), Suceava (1700 people).

Constanta is concentrated mostly of ethnic Tatar, respectively 96.4% of those who said they belong to this ethnic group (19,700 people).

Fight against all forms of discrimination is one of my most important tasks that you need to and democratic sociatate a asume.Romania committed to uncompromising way to build a truly democratic society, a society where rights are respected and fundamental freedoms.

When we speak of human rights can not omit equality between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin. This category includes all ethnicities who live and are citizens of a country. Hungarians, Germans, Roma, Ukrainians, Turks, Tartars, Albanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Russian Lipovan, Slovaks, Czechs, Macedonians, Ruthenians, they are Romanian citizens and future citizens of the Union Europe. Statutil granted national minorities was and is closely watched political criteria being one of the EU integration condition.

In political terms, national minorities are declared represented in Parliament, participate in government and are consulted by the Government. Under Article 59 (2) of the Constitution of choice Houses of Parliament, this right is established automatically representation which states: "organizations of national minorities, which fail to obtain the number of votes for representation in Parliament, have the right to one deputy seat in election law. "This right was recognized and guaranteed by law and 70/1991 on local elections, which states in Article 2 that Romanian citizens, regardless of nationality, race, language, religion, sex, political belief or profession equally exercise their electoral rights .

Legislation in Romania about diversity

Ordinance no. 137 of 31 August 2000 on preventing and sanctioning

All Forms of Discrimination

Government Decision no. 1194/2001 on the organization and functioning

National Council for Combating Discrimination

Law no. 202 of 19 April 2002 on equal treatment and opportunities for

between women and men

Decision no. 484 of 23 May 2007 approving the Statute Agency

National Equal Opportunities for Women and Men

Law no. 448/2006 of 06/12/2006 on the protection and promotion

Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ordinance No. 14 of 30 January 2003 on the? inþarea, organization and

functioning of the National Authority for Disabled Persons

Government Emergency Ordinance no. 78 of October 7, 2004

for the entrance of the National Agency for Roma

Emergency Ordinance 89 of June 21, 2001 for amendment? tion and

completion of dispositions of the Criminal Code relating to crimes of life

sexual

Public institutions in Romania who promote diversity

National Council for Combating Discrimination

www.cncd.org.ro

National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men

www.anes.ro

National Agency for Persons with Disabilities

www.anph.ro

National Agency for Roma

www.anr.gov.ro

Department for Interethnic Relations

http://www.dri.gov.ro/