This is the Declaration of Principles on Equality which appears in a special section in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
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Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 09 Jan 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the legal commentary "The Declaration of Principles on Equality: A Contribution to International Human Rights" written by Dimitrina Petrova which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Review, Volume Two
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This legal mapping paper has been produced as part of an Equal Rights Trust (ERT) project to document the detention or restriction of stateless persons. It explores and critiques the legal protection available to stateless persons whose liberty has been unduly...
Document type: Policy Documents
Topic: Citizenship, Other Status
Document date: 04 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This paper has been produced as part of an Equal Rights Trust (ERT) project to document the detention or restriction of stateless persons. Its purpose is to explore how a lack of effective nationality can impact on the right to be free from arbitrary detention...
Document type: Policy Documents
Topic: Citizenship, Multiple Discrimination, Other Status
Document date: 04 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the ERT letter sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, appealing for him to endorse the Declaration of Principles on Equality on the World Day of Social Justice.
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Development and Equal Rights
Document date: 20 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
In this observation the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) welcomes the report and goes on to identifies several subjects of concern, a number of which related to the principle of non-discrimination.
Country: Ecuador
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 07 Jun 2004
This is the Concluding Observations on the Fourth Periodic Report of Denmark published on 14 Decmeber 2004.
Country: Denmark
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex, Age
Document date: 14 Dec 2004
This is the concluding observation of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to the report of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this concluding observation the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) identifies...
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 23 May 2000
This is the concluding observations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on the initial periodic report of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It was published on 21 May 2001.
Country: China
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Age, Disability
Document date: 21 May 2001
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice decision of the Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England) v. Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Age, Exceptions and Justification
Document date: 05 Mar 2009
This is the UN UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic report of Algeria. It was published on 30 November 2001.
Country: Algeria
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Other Status
Document date: 30 Nov 2001
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations for the third periodic report of Australia. It was published on 11 September 2000.
Country: Australia
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex
Document date: 11 Sep 2000
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations for the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Canada. It was published on 22 May 2006.
Country: Canada
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex
Document date: 22 May 2006
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the third periodic report of Chile.
Country: Chile
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 26 Nov 2004
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the initial periodic report of Egypt. Published on 23 March 2000.
Country: Egypt
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 23 Mar 2000
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observation on the initial periodic report of Greece.
Country: Greece
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Citizenship, Religion
Document date: 07 Jun 2004
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic report of Guatemala.
Country: Guatemala
Document type: International Instruments
Document date: 12 Dec 2003
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic report of Ireland.
Country: Ireland
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Disability
Document date: 05 Jun 2002
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic Report of Japan.
Country: Japan
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Exceptions and Justification, Race and Ethnicity, Other Status, Sex, Disability
Document date: 24 Sep 2001
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Mexico
Country: Mexico
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex, Harassment, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 09 Jun 2006
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic report of Venezuela.
Country: Venezuela
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Development and Equal Rights, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 21 May 2001
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the initial periodic report of Zambia.
Country: Zambia
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Age, Sex, Exceptions and Justification, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 23 Jun 2005
Source: United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Article E in Part V provides for a general non-discrimination clause. Article 20 prohibits discrimination between men and women in employment and calls on states to give recognition to this prohibition and take steps to promote the right to equal opportunity...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Disability, Age
Document date: 03 May 1996
This protocol includes provisions that address the needs of specific groups of people. Article 1 requires state parties to recognize the principle of equal treatment and equal opportunities in the field of employment without discrimination on the ground of sex...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex, Age
Document date: 05 May 1988
These principles are organized around the following themes: (1) independence, (2) participation, (3) self-fulfillment, (4) dignity and (5) care. These principles reflect the need for striking a balance between integrating older people into society while...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Age, Sex, Disability, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 16 Dec 1991
This document outlines the basic principles and freedoms of the European Union. Chapter III, Equality, is particularly relevant. Article 21(1) provides that "any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Disability, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Other Status
Document date: 07 Dec 2000
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 is a report of the European Commission written by Professor O. De Schutter. The report "offers an overview of the protection from discrimination under the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights and the 1961 European Social Charter as well as the...
Country: European Union
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Citizenship, Religion, Other Status, Disability, Age, Sexual Orientation, Sex
Document date: 01 Feb 2005
This protocol amends provisions of the European Social Charter relating to monitoring state compliance with the Charter.
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex, Race and Ethnicity, Citizenship, Religion, Disability
Document date: 21 Oct 1991
