Stopp Diskrimineringen

Stopp Diskrimineringen (literally "Stop Discrimination") is a Norwegian civil-rights foundation (stiftelse) established in 2002 by and for people with disabilities. Its stated purpose is to combat all forms of discrimination, including harassment, bullying and hate crime, and to secure effective legal protection against discrimination. The foundation describes people with disabilities as Norway's largest minority, estimated at at least 20 percent of the population, and stresses that this group spans psychosocial, physical and cognitive impairments, including intellectual disability and neurodiversity. The organisation specialises in anti-discrimination legislation for people with disabilities, the civil and political human rights of disabled people, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), with a particular focus on how Norway implements these rights in national law. Its work covers discrimination and hate-crime legislation, violence and abuse, and state intervention in citizens' lives such as guardianship and coercion legislation. It also documents the omission of disability and the disability perspective from policy, research and debate on equality, discrimination, diversity, representation, democracy and freedom of expression. Stopp Diskrimineringen provides introductions and courses on discrimination law, hate crime and the CRPD, covering topics such as employment discrimination, discrimination in nightlife, universal design, discriminatory language, media portrayals of disabled people, disempowerment, use of coercion, discrimination in the justice system, bullying, harassment and hate speech. It offers advice and guidance on discrimination legislation, assists individuals and organisations in complaints to the Norwegian Discrimination Tribunal (Diskrimineringsnemnda), and takes up complaints of a principled nature itself. It has also been a driving force behind criminal-law protection against hate crime against people with disabilities, which was incorporated into Norway's new Penal Code as late as 2013, and it maps and documents hate crime in Norway and reports it to international bodies. The foundation maintains a large online archive of 20 years of work, information and practical tools on its website, stopdisk.no. It is a non-commercial civil-society organisation rather than a business, and its "brand" is its name and public identity as a rights-advocacy foundation.

Stopp Diskrimineringen was established in 2002 as a civil-rights foundation (borgerrettighetsstiftelse) by and for people with disabilities. From its founding, its purpose has been to combat all forms of discrimination, including harassment, bullying and hate crime, and to work for effective legal protection against discrimination in Norway. Over the following two decades the foundation specialised in anti-discrimination legislation for people with disabilities, the civil and political human rights of disabled people, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), with a particular focus on how Norway fulfils these rights in national law. Its areas of engagement have included discrimination and hate-crime legislation, violence and abuse, and state intervention in citizens' lives such as guardianship and coercion legislation. A significant milestone came in 2013, when criminal-law protection against hate crime against people with disabilities was incorporated into Norway's new Penal Code. The foundation had been a driving force behind this protection. It also maps and documents hate crime in Norway and reports this to international bodies. Alongside its advocacy, the foundation developed an educational role, offering introductions and courses on discrimination and hate crime, media portrayals of disabled people, and the CRPD. Topics covered include employment discrimination, discrimination in nightlife, universal design, discriminatory language, disempowerment, use of coercion, discrimination in the justice system, bullying, harassment and hate speech. It provides advice and guidance on discrimination legislation, assists people in complaints to the Discrimination Tribunal (Diskrimineringsnemnda), and takes up complaints of a principled nature itself. By its twentieth anniversary the foundation had built a large online archive of 20 years of work, information and useful tools on its website, stopdisk.no. It continues to work for cross-party support so that people with disabilities have the same degree of protection against discrimination, bullying, hate crime and abuse as other citizens, and to seek cooperation with others fighting discrimination.

• 2013

  Criminal-law protection against hate crime against people with disabilities is incorporated into Norway's new Penal Code, following the foundation's advocacy.

• 2002

  Stopp Diskrimineringen is established as a civil-rights foundation by and for people with disabilities.

A civil-rights foundation and advocacy organisation, not a commercial business; positions itself as a specialist voice on anti-discrimination law and CRPD compliance in Norway.

Product categories. Anti-discrimination legal advice · Courses and introductions on discrimination law, hate crime and CRPD · Complaint assistance to the Discrimination Tribunal · Documentation and reporting on hate crime · Online archive of 20 years of work

1. 1Stopp Diskrimineringen | Borgerrettighetsstiftelse mot diskrimineringstopdisk.no
2. 2Stopp Diskrimineringenno.wikipedia.org
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