The aim of this Convention is to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers. Article 1 of the Convention provides that subject to the exceptions provided for therein, the Convention shall be applicable to all migrant workers and their family members...
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Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Citizenship, Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex
Document date: 18 Dec 1990
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 26 Mar 2007
Source: International Commission of Jurists
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Equality and Socio-Economic Rights
Document date: 08 May 2007
Source: UNESCO
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 20 Dec 1993
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 30 Nov 1999
Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Disability, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Socio-Economic Status
Document date: 15 Sep 1994
Source: League of Arab States
"The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent.
Oversight and...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Socio-Economic Status, Equality and Socio-Economic Rights
Document date: 27 Jun 1981
Source: African Union
Articles 1 - 18 cover substantive rights, including the right to life, the right not to be tortured and right to freedom of expression. In addition, there are also protocols to the Convention that guarantee other substantive rights, such as the right to...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Citizenship, Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex
Document date: 01 Nov 1998
Source: Council of Europe
This directive prohibits employment discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Article 2 prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination and defines harassment as amounting to discrimination. Articles 4-6...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Age, Disability, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Victimisation, Positive Action, Reasonable Accommodation
Document date: 27 Nov 2000
Source: Council of the European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Victimisation, Positive Action, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 29 Jun 2000
Source: Council of the European Union
The Equal Rights Trust's written comments to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Makuc and Others v. Slovenia (Application No. 26828/06)
Country: Slovenia
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Citizenship, Multiple Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination
Document date: 15 Oct 2007
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is an Association for Women’s Rights in Development article by Rochelle Jones containing a commentary on the disproportionate suffering of women from the spread of small arms and light weapons and an interview with Oxfam’s Chris Armstrong discussing their...
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sex
Document date: 28 Apr 2006
Source: Association for Women’s Rights in Development
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 08 Nov 2007
Source: Equal Rights Trust
ERT case summary of the European Court of Human Rights decision in E.B. v. France (Application No. 43546/02).
Country: France
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sexual Orientation, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 22 Jan 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The final report of the Equalities Review, the body established to carry out an investigation into the causes of persistent discrimination and inequality in British society. The report sets out steps which can be taken in order to better tackle persisting...
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Policy Documents
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 27 Feb 2007
Source: The Equalities Review
The Equal Rights Trust's country overview on Syria
Country: Syria
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Prohibited Conduct
Document date: 18 Feb 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Trust's country overview on Egypt, describing the most significant patterns of discrimination in the country, and the Egyptian laws and policies related to non-discrimination and equality.
This report was last updated on 06 January...
Country: Egypt
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Prohibited Conduct
Document date: 06 Jan 2011
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Trust's country overview on the United Kingdom.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Prohibited Conduct
Document date: 15 Nov 2007
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Trust's country overview on Saudi Arabia.
Country: Saudi Arabia
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Prohibited Conduct
Document date: 20 May 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The text of the Non-Discrimination Act, enacted by Finland. It has been in force since 1 February 2004. This version contains the amendments made by Act No 50/2006.
Country: Finland
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Age, Disability, Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Victimisation, Exceptions and Justification, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 01 Feb 2004
Source: Parliament of Finland
The text of the French Penal Code (Code Pénale). This version was last updated on the 12 October 2005.
Country: France
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Age, Citizenship, Disability, Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex
Document date: 12 Oct 2005
Source: Parliament of France
The text of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act 2002 (Att dwar l-Impiegi u r-Relazzjonijiet Industrijali), enacted by Malta. The Act was initially adopted on 02 December 2002; it entered into force on the 27 December 2002. This version contains the...
Country: Malta
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sex, Harassment, Victimisation
Document date: 02 Dec 2002
Source: Parliament of Malta
The full text of the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act 2000 (Att dwar Opportunitajiet Indaqs għal Persuni b'Diżabilità) enacted by Malta. It was adopted on 10 February 2000 and has been in force since 1 October 2000.
Country: Malta
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Disability, Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination, Exceptions and Justification, Reasonable Accommodation, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 10 Feb 2000
Source: Parliament of Malta
The text of the Equal Treatment in Employment Regulations enacted by Malta. It has been in force since 5 November 2004. This version contains the amendments made by Legal Notices 53 and 338 of 2007.
Country: Malta
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Age, Disability, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Direct Discrimination, Indirect Discrimination, Positive Action, Reasonable Accommodation, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 05 Nov 2004
Source: Parliament of Malta
The text of the Law on Equal Treatment (Lygiø Galimyblø Ástatymas), enacted by the Republic of Lithuania. It was adopted on 18 November 2003 and has been in force since 01 January 2005.
Country: Lithuania
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Age, Disability, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Prohibited Conduct, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Positive Action
Document date: 18 Nov 2003
Source: Parliament of Lithuania
The text of the Equality Act Regulations 2006 on Sexual Orientation, adopted in Northern Ireland. It was adopted on 8 November 2006 and has been in force since 1 January 2007.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sexual Orientation, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Victimisation
Document date: 08 Nov 2006
Source: Office of the First Minister of Northern Ireland
On 8 November 2007 The Equal Rights Trust call on Janez Janša, the Slovenian Prime Minister, to recall the Draft Constitutional Law, presented to the Parliament on 30 October, which is intended to resolve the status of the “erased” – people unlawfully removed...
Country: Slovenia
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 08 Nov 2007
Source: Equal Rights Trust
ERT Case Summary: Sabine Mayr v. Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG.
Country: Austria
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sex, Direct Discrimination
Document date: 26 Feb 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
ERT case summary: Stoica v. Romania (Application no. 42722/02)
Country: Romania
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 04 Mar 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Review, Volume One (2008) containing:
Dimitrina Petrova, A Right to Equality Integral to Universal Human Rights: Editor’s Welcome to The Equal Rights Review
Jarlath Clifford, Locating Equality: from Historical Philosophical...
Country: Colombia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Multiple Discrimination, Equality and Socio-Economic Rights
Document date: 28 Mar 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
