The two equality directives of 2000: False-twins

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Presentation

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22 pages

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.doc

Published date :

01/16/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

European union

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Summary :

The two equality directives of 2000: False-twins.
Two directives filling the gaps in the EC equality law.
1. The sources of EC equality law: Gender and national equality.
2. A 'weak' Community law on racism before the adoption of the racial equality directive.
3. Discrimination in employment before the framework directive focused on gender equality law.
Two directives almost identical in respect to their legal basis and their main elements and their spirit.
1. Article 13: A common legal basis for a more horizontal and general approach.
2. Two directives with the same broad definition of discrimination.
3. The same innovating and efficient remedies and enforcement mechanisms.
The differences between the two directives.
1. More grounds of discrimination.
2. Justified exceptions in the framework directive.
3. Some exceptions: Less justifiable and source of loss of efficiency.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

2007, the "European Year of Equal Opportunities for All" in the European Union ended a few months ago, stressing on the question of the current anti-discrimination law in the Union. This initiative of the Commission took place in a general movement of the European Union toward a better fight against discrimination which really began with the adoption of the two directives of 2000. With its creation the Commission wanted to put an accent on the anti-discrimination policy of the Union and to make it more effective and inform people about it. The first step toward the creation was taken in 2005 when the first observations on the implementation of the directives adopted in 2000 could be made. These two directives, more precisely, their common legal basis, Article 13 EC created is, in my mind, the source of the real increase of anti-discrimination law in the European Union, it showed a real will of intensifying the fight against discrimination.