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The latest news review of
the Community Action Programme to combat discrimination is now available
‘Equal rights in practice’ is the bi-annual news review
of the Community Action Programme to combat discrimination (2001 – 2006),
supported by the Anti-discrimination and relations with civil society Unit,
Employment and Social Affairs DG. Issue
2 is now available in English, French and German. To read or download the online
PDF version please click here: (PDF). It
is also available in hard copy. In
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from the  Anti-discrimination
Unit.
This issue outlines the state-of-play
across the EU in relation to the transposition of the Article 13 Directives, and
explores two other key areas of Action Programme support: data collection and
the work of European-level umbrella NGOs. News
of upcoming events, publications and the campaign “For Diversity, Against
Discrimination” are regular features of the news review.
This issue’s special focus is on the Roma in an enlarged European Union
in anticipation of the forthcoming report commissioned by the EC.
Content
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Editorial by Barbara Nolan
Head of Unit
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EU Programme &
Policy Developments:
- Implementing EU anti-discrimination law: state-of-play
- Data to promote equality
- European-level NGOs: key partners for enforcing the EU Directives
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Events &
Publications
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Campaign Round-up
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Special Focus: Roma
in an enlarged European Union
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Publications review
CRITICAL REVIEW OF ACADEMIC LITERATURE RELATING TO THE EU DIRECTIVES TO
COMBAT DISCRIMINATION (PDF)
The inclusion of
Article 13 in the Treaty of Amsterdam extended the powers of the EU in the field
of combating discrimination and gave rise to two new Directives setting out to
implement the principles of non discrimination across the EU: Directive 2000/43/EC
implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic
origin and Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal
treatment in employment and occupation. The innovative approach of the
Directives has attracted considerable attention from both policy-makers and the
academic world, and there is a growing body of academic literature referring to
the Directives. This report provides an analytical overview of this body of
literature, primarily in 15 Member States of the EU. It presents the key
tendencies in thinking around the Directives and highlights the main conclusions
presented in these studies.
Only available in
English.
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