Evrópunefnd gegn kynþáttafordómum og umburðarleysi

In its third report on Iceland, ECRI recommended that Iceland ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Social Charter (Revised). It also recommended that Iceland take steps to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, the European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Regrettably, Iceland has not yet ratified any of these Conventions and legal instruments.

Although the number of non-citizens and persons of immigrant origin residing in Icelandis small by European standards, recent years have seen a significant increase in foreigners moving to the country. Iceland’s population is largely monocultural and homogeneous and although overt manifestations of discrimination towards those who are perceived as different are not common, ‘hidden’ discrimination is rife.