The Comment discusses the responsibility of States Parties' to ensure protection and enforcement of rights and freedoms guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for all people in their territory, regardless of citizenship....
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Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Disability, Age, Citizenship, Remedies and Enforcement, Gender Identity, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Other Status
Document date: 26 May 2004
The Comment deals with late and unsubmitted reports from States Parties, and discusses various options for dealing with this problem, including the request that relevant States Parties submit reports by a new deadline and allowing the Committee to discuss the...
Document type: International Instruments
Document date: 18 Sep 2002
The Comment discusses the responsibility of States Parties to ensure every citizen's rights to participate in public affairs, have access to public services, vote and be elected with no discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Other Status
Document date: 12 Jul 1996
The Comment concerns the rights of minorities, who are not to be denied the right to enjoy their culture, practice their religion, or speak their own language. The Committee differentiates between the right to self-determination and the rights guaranteed in...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Other Status
Document date: 08 Apr 1994
The Comment discusses the responsibility of States Parties to ensure every citizen's rights to participate in public affairs, have access to public services, vote and be elected with no discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Citizenship, Other Status, Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Religion, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 12 Jul 1996
The Comment discusses freedom of movement, which it considers to be a basic human right. It also requires States Parties to immediately remove any restrictions that impede this right. The Comment makes clear that the right of a woman to move freely and choose...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 02 Nov 1999
The Comment updates the previous Comment on Article 3 (see CCPR General Comment 4: Equality between the sexes), under which States Parties are obligated to ensure enjoyment of rights without any discrimination and harmonize national legislation with the...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 08 Apr 2009
The Comment discusses the procedure by which States Parties may express reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Reservations made by States Parties that are discriminatory will not be accepted. States cannot reserve the right...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Religion, Other Status, Age, Citizenship, Disability, Gender Identity, Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 04 Nov 1994
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: Religion, Age, Disability, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 27 Nov 2000
This publication documents the statements adopted by the OSCE countries in relation to gender equality. The statements cover a wide range of subjects, including equal access to employment, eliminating violence against women, taking action against trafficking,...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 13 Apr 2003
This is a report of an OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension meeting on violence against women that was held in Vienna in 2002. The meeting was convened to discuss violence that women experience in domestic spaces and at the hands of public authorities, such as...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 18 Mar 2002
This report addresses discrimination against women in employment and examines the links between gender discrimination, different kinds of employment (for instance, informal employment and precarious types of informal employment) and poverty. The document also...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 30 Nov 1999
The Comment addresses the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion as guaranteed by Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This right is protected equally without any priorities. Notably, the Comment construes...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Religion
Document date: 30 Jun 1993
This recommendation calls on member states to adopt legislation and policies to combat discrimination against Muslims in employment, education, access to citizenship and worship. It specifically recommends that "curricula in schools and higher education...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Religion
Document date: 16 Mar 2000
Under Article 4 of this directive, employers are expected to carry out an assessment of the nature, degree and duration of exposure to agents, processes or working conditions in activities where there is a risk of exposure to them. The European Commission is...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 19 Oct 1992
This declaration requires states to protect the existence and identities of minorities. It also calls upon states to encourage the promotion of national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identities. Under Article 2(1) of this declaration, minorities...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Other Status
Document date: 18 Dec 1992
This directive covers self-employed workers, including farmers and members of the liberal professions and their spouses who participate in the activities of the enterprise, by performing similar tasks or ancillary tasks. The Directive has several provisions to...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 11 Dec 1986
Article 1 of this directive provides that the principle of "principle of equal pay" in Article 119 of the EC Treaty means "for the same work or for work to which equal value is attributed, the elimination of all discrimination on grounds of sex...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 10 Feb 1975
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
Article 1 of this directive provides that EU Directive 97/80/EC on shifting the burden of proof in sex discrimination cases "shall apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 13 Jul 1998
This directive prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex, particularly with reference to marital or family status in employment, including access to employment, promotion, vocational training and working conditions. The Directive does not apply to...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 09 Feb 1976
This directive prohibits direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and instructions to discriminate in the access to goods and services. Article 3(1) provides that the Directive is applicable to "persons who provide goods and...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 13 Dec 2004
This directive amends Council Directive 76/207/EEC, introducing definitions for direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment, all of which are prohibited. It also specifies that instructions to discriminate amount to discrimination under...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 23 Sep 2002
The Directive applies to statutory social security schemes (set out in Article 1). Article 4 prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination, in particular with reference to family or marital status with respect to the scope of the schemes and the conditions...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 19 Nov 1978
This convention lays down the rights of people belonging to national minority groups, including freedom of expression, association, religion, and linguistic and cultural rights. Article 4 guarantees persons belonging to national minorities the right to equality...
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Other Status
Document date: 01 Feb 1995
Under Article 2 of this convention, member states are required to "ensure the application to all workers of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value."
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 05 May 2009
Under Article 3, the persons to whom this directive includes "members of the working population including self-employed persons, persons whose activity is interrupted by illness, maternity, accident or involuntary unemployment and persons seeking...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 24 Jul 1986
Article 1(1) defines discrimination to include "(a) any distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Citizenship, Other Status
Document date: 01 Jan 1970
Article 2(1) provides that this convention applies to all employed women, even those engaged in "atypical forms of dependent work." The Convention has specific provisions on health protection (Article 3), maternity leave (Article 4), leave due to...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 15 Jun 2000
Under Article 4 of this directive, employers are expected to carry out an assessment of the nature, degree and duration of exposure to agents, processes or working conditions in activities where there is a risk of exposure to them. The European Commission is...
Country: European Union
Document type: Regional Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 19 Oct 1992
