The mission of the Committee is to promote gender equality and combat discrimination on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, health/disability, age, or sexual orientation at all levels of operation and in all processes and activities of academic life. The Committee contributes to preventing and addressing all forms of discrimination and to preventing and addressing sexism, sexual harassment, and all forms of harassing behavior at the institution.

The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee has the following responsibilities:

(a) develops action plans to promote and ensure substantive equality and anti-discrimination in the educational, research, and administrative processes of the institution and prepares an annual report, which shall be submitted to the Senate and the Governing Board,

(b) recommends to the competent bodies measures to promote equality and combat discrimination, to deal with sexual harassment and all forms of harassment,

(c) monitors and evaluates the progress of the implementation of the above measures and their results and recommends their amendment, revision, or completion,

d) provides information and training to members of the academic community on issues related to gender equality, LGBTI people, and the fight against discrimination, sexual harassment, and any kind of harassing behavior,

(e) promotes the development of curricula and the holding of seminars and lectures focusing on the study of gender, LGBTI people, the fight against discrimination and the fight against sexual harassment and all forms of harassment,

(f) promotes the preparation of studies and research on issues related to its field of competence,

(g) records reports and complaints of incidents of discrimination and sexual and gender-based harassment or harassment and forwards them to the competent bodies,

(h) assist victims of discrimination, sexual harassment, and harassment when they report discrimination or harassment.

The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee may be supported in its work by a Unit of the Foundation for the implementation of action plans as specifically defined in the Statute and the Internal Regulations of the Foundation.

The Internal Operating Regulation of the Committee shall regulate in particular the issues of promoting gender equality, combating discrimination, and supporting victims of discrimination and sexual harassment by the Commission.