Category Archives: Human Rights Issues
Acquired Rights The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties safeguards acquired rights to a significant extent. It had been claimed in the run-up to the Brexit referendum that it would safeguard the EU rights of UK ...
Charter of Fundamental Rights The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is part of the EU Treaties. It took effect in 2009 in the Lisbon Treaty. It has been somewhat controversial. It protects a broader range of human ...
Background The European Union legal order has protected fundamental rights for many years. The Charter on Human Rights was incorporated into the Lisbon Treaty and took effect in December 2009. The Treaty on European ...
EU and ECHR The European Convention on Human Rights is not part of the European Union Treaties. However, from the earlier stages, the European Court of Justice and its successors recognised that the European ...
The Council of Europe The Council of Europe was a precursor of the European Union. It now includes the Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav states, Republic of Macedonia , Ukraine, Bosnia, Georgia, Serbia. The ...
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Gender equality in the labour market The objective of this Directive is to consolidate several directives on gender equality by simplifying, modernising and improving EU legislation in the area of equal treatment for ...
Protection at international level of the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities SUMMARY OF: Decision 2010/48/EC on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...
Protocol against the trafficking of people Decision 2006/618/EC on the EU’s conclusion of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Children, supplementing the United ...
Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law The purpose of this Framework Decision is to ensure that certain serious manifestations of racism and ...
The European Union and Children’s Rights EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child – COM(2011) 60 final It presents an agenda to strengthen and protect children’s rights as set out in the principles of ...
Equal treatment of temporary agency workers European legislation improves the protection of temporary agency workers by ensuring equal treatment concerning the basic working and employment conditions. It establishes ...
Equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin Directive 2000/43/EC — implementing equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin It aims to combat discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic ...
Accessibility of products and services Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services It aims to harmonise accessibility* requirements for certain products* and services so the ...
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