This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Human Rights decision in the case of Petrovic v Austria (Application no. 20458/92).
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Country: Austria
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Sex
Document date: 27 Mar 1998
This is a case summary of the High Court of Australia's decision in the case of Qantas Airways Ltd v Christie.
Country: Australia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Age
Document date: 19 Mar 1998
This recommendation calls on governments to undertake national surveys on how people belonging to marginalised communities perceive discrimination in their lives so as to gain an understanding of the problems of racism and intolerance from the perspective of...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 06 Mar 1998
This recommendation calls on member states to effectively deal with racism against the Romani minority through legislative and policy measures. These include measures directed towards combating the prejudices of public service and media personnel. The...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Positive Action
Document date: 06 Mar 1998
The objective of this treaty is to promote multilingualism and thereby greater unity and social cohesion in states that are party to the treaty. Article 7(2) of the Convention requires state parties "to eliminate...any unjustified distinction, exclusion,...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Document date: 01 Mar 1998
This is the ERT case summary of The European Court of Human Rights decision of Botta v Italy (Application no. 21439/93).
Country: Italy
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Disability, Positive Action
Document date: 24 Feb 1998
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of City Council of Pretoria v Walker 1998 (3) BCLR 257 (CC).
Country: South Africa
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 17 Feb 1998
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from the Southampton Employmnent Tribuanl of the United Kingdom, of Lisa Jacqueline Grant v South-West Trains Ltd, Case C-249/96 [1998] ECR I-621.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination, Sex, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 17 Feb 1998
This in an ERT case summary of the New Zealand Court of Appeal's decision in the case of Quilter v. Attorney General.
Country: New Zealand
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 17 Dec 1997
This is the PILI sase summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of The Canea Catholic Church v. Greece (Application no. 25528/94).
Country: Greece
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Religion
Document date: 16 Dec 1997
Council Directive 97/75/EC of 15 December 1997 amending and extending, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC.
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 15 Dec 1997
This directive applies to civil or administrative procedures on sex discrimination, brought under the situations covered by Article 119 of the Treaty and by Directives 75/117/EEC, 76/207/EEC and in respect of sex discrimination cases brought pursuant to...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 15 Dec 1997
Council Directive 97/75/EC of 15 December 1997 amending and extending, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 15 Dec 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian federal Court decision in the case of Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) v. Human Rights Tribunal (Roger Doyon, Andrée Marier and Jean-Noël Carpentier) and Employment and Immigration Commission, Department Of...
Country: Canada
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Indirect Discrimination, Sex
Document date: 11 Dec 1997
This paper examines the options open to the EU in preparing new legislation in this field. Drawing on the experience of sexual equality legislation at both the European and national level, the paper examines both the strengths and weaknesses of the existing...
Country: European Union
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Other Status, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 01 Dec 1997
This is the full text, in French only, of the Labor Code, enacted by Senegal. It was adopted on and has been in force since 1 December 1997.
Country: Senegal
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Religion, Age, Citizenship
Document date: 01 Dec 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of Larbi-Odam and others v MEC for Education (North-West Province) and another 1996 (12) BCLR 1612 (B).
Country: South Africa
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Citizenship, Other Status
Document date: 26 Nov 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from Germany, decision of Marschall v Land Nordrhein- Westfalen, Case C-409/95 [1997] ECR I-6363.
Country: Germany
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Sex, Positive Action
Document date: 11 Nov 1997
This is a case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in the case of Union Inter-Africaine des Droits de l’Homme, FIDH and others v. Angola. Communication No. 159/96 (1997).
Country: Angola
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 11 Nov 1997
Article 2 of the EC Treaty provides that promotion of equality between men and women is a task of the European Community. Under Article 3(2), the Community should aim to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women. EU legislation on equal...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Religion, Sex, Race and Ethnicity, Disability, Age, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 10 Nov 1997
This is a case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in the case of Recontre Africane pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme v. Zambia.
Country: Zambia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 24 Oct 1997
This is the full text of the Treaty of Amsterdam, signed by European Member States on 2 October 1997. It has been in force since 1 May 1999.
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Religion, Disability, Age
Document date: 02 Oct 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the Indian Supreme Court decision of Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan and others (1997) 6 SCC 241, AIR 1997 SC 3011, (1998) BHRC 261, (1997) 3 LRC 361, (1997) 2 CHRLD 202.
Country: India
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sex, Harassment, Victimisation
Document date: 13 Aug 1997
This is the ERT case summary for the Jurisdiction: High Court of Australia decision of IW v The City of Perth and others (1997 HCA 30).
Country: Australia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Other Status, Development and Equal Rights
Document date: 31 Jul 1997
This convention lays down a framework for the activities of private employment agencies. Article 1 defines the type of legal or natural person who would fall within the definition of "private employment agency". Under Article 5, state parties to the...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Disability, Age
Document date: 19 Jun 1997
This recommendation calls on states to establish specialised bodies to combat racism and related forms of prejudice. The appendix to the Recommendation has sections on the terms of reference, functions and style of operation of these bodies.
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 13 Jun 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the UN Human Rights Committee, Twenty-ninth session, decision of S. W. M. Brooks v Netherlands, Communication No. 172/1984: Netherlands. 09/04/87. CCPR/C/29/D/172/1984.
Country: The Netherlands
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Disability, Sex, Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 09 Apr 1997
This is the ERT case summary of the Nigerian Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, decision of Mojekwu v Mojekwu [1997] 7 NWLR 283.
Country: Nigeria
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Sex, Other Status
Document date: 07 Apr 1997
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of the Law (Lei) No. 9,455/97, enacted by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 7 April 1997 and has been in force since this date.
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion
Document date: 07 Apr 1997
This is the full text of the Electoral Code, enacted through Ordinance No 97-07 by Algeria. The Code was enacted on 6 March 1997, and the Code has been in effect since then.
Country: Algeria
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Other Status, Sex
Document date: 06 Mar 1997
