Eliminating discrimination


  • Combatting discrimination
  • Defending equal rights
  • Reducing discrimination
  • Fighting against discrimination
  • Doing anti-discrimination work
  • Promoting non-discrimination

Description

Defending the rights of people to equal treatment under the law. Following up the implementation of equal rights legislation and directing the attention of relevant authorities to the gaps between the laws and their application.

Context

The rise in xenophobia and new forms of racial and ethnic discrimination, including "ethnic cleansing", and in reported attacks on migrant workers, immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees are matters of serious concern.

Implementation

UNESCO's programme includes the following: preventing discrimination based on racial, national and ethnic origin, religion or belief, or any other grounds, and discrimination against minorities.

According to UNITED for Intercultural Action, anti-discrimination work is, quite simply, the work that organizations undertake for and with the people that suffer discrimination. It is also the work that is done before the actual discrimination takes place, especially community work. The three most important principles in anti-discrimination work are: (1) Respect the wishes of victims and their families. You should not assume that you know what is best for them. You can tell people what their options and choices are but let them tell you what they think should be done; (2) Know what is going on. You should be informed of both possibilities and dangers of all people. Going into an unknown situation can be dangerous, be safe, be informed; and (3) Cooperation on all levels. You can be more effective when you work with local, national and international contacts. They can help you with their experiences, help you put pressure on authorities, etc.

The Treaty of Amsterdam (1977) restates the principle of non-discrimination in stronger terms, adding two new provisions to the EC Treaty. The aim of this principle is to ensure equality of treatment for individuals irrespective of nationality, sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Article 12 of the EC Treaty (former Article 6) outlaws any discrimination on the grounds of nationality. Under the Treaty of Amsterdam a new Article 13 has been written into the EC Treaty to reinforce the guarantee of non-discrimination laid down in the Treaties and extend it to the other cases cited above.

Claim

  1. Human rights education and the creation of a climate of tolerance and understanding between different communities should play a significant role in combatting discrimination. In this context, the different cultures, which constitute a common heritage of all, have an important role to play. Cultural multiplicity must be perceived as a means of enriching human values and strengthening human rights standards and not as an opposition to the universality of these rights. Sensitivity training in the early school years and the broader based community action programmes are important tools to achieve this objective.

    Consideration should also be given to setting up community relations commissions not only in areas where tensions have actually emerged but also as a general mechanism in all communities. Such commissions could reinforce existing inter-group understanding and identify at an early stage the seeds of future tension so as to act preventatively. The participation of vulnerable groups in the elaboration of national and local plans of action is also crucial as a tangible recognition of their dignity and of the principle of equality.

  2. One of the worst consequences of being a victim of discrimination is the feeling isolation. It seems that no one cares.

Narrower

  1. Reducing temporal discrimination
  2. Reducing tax discrimination against non-residents of a country
  3. Reducing tax discrimination against investment in a foreign country
  4. Reducing social discrimination
  5. Reducing sexually discriminating job terminology
  6. Reducing sexual discrimination in contraceptive methods
  7. Reducing religious discrimination
  8. Reducing property and occupational discrimination in politics
  9. Reducing professional discrimination
  10. Reducing price discrimination
  11. Reducing positive discrimination
  12. Reducing policy discrimination against country areas
  13. Reducing passive discrimination
  14. Reducing lifestyle discrimination
  15. Reducing legalized discrimination
  16. Reducing intellectual discrimination
  17. Reducing inequality before the law
  18. Reducing ideological discrimination in politics
  19. Reducing genetic discrimination
  20. Reducing gender discrimination
  21. Reducing flag discrimination in shipping
  22. Reducing financial security requirements
  23. Reducing ethnic discrimination
  24. Reducing economic discrimination
  25. Reducing discriminatory use of medical resources to heal the privileged
  26. Reducing discriminatory use of language
  27. Reducing discrimination under the generalized system of preferences
  28. Reducing discrimination on the grounds of language
  29. Reducing discrimination in social services
  30. Reducing discrimination in public services
  31. Reducing discrimination in politics
  32. Reducing discrimination in housing
  33. Reducing discrimination in education
  34. Reducing discrimination in access to eternal life
  35. Reducing discrimination against youth
  36. Reducing discrimination against unattractive animals
  37. Reducing discrimination against ugly people
  38. Reducing discrimination against trade unions
  39. Reducing discrimination against tissue donors
  40. Reducing discrimination against the ill
  41. Reducing discrimination against the disabled
  42. Reducing discrimination against prostitutes
  43. Reducing discrimination against non-members of professional bodies
  44. Reducing discrimination against minorities
  45. Reducing discrimination against men
  46. Reducing discrimination against left-handedness
  47. Reducing discrimination against indigenous populations
  48. Reducing discrimination against immigrants and aliens
  49. Reducing discrimination against illegitimate children
  50. Reducing discrimination against foreigners
  51. Reducing discrimination against foreign companies
  52. Reducing discrimination against eugenics
  53. Reducing discrimination against elders
  54. Reducing denial of equal property rights
  55. Reducing cultural discrimination
  56. Reducing class discrimination
  57. Eliminating discrimination against women
  58. Delivering quality health services to ethnically diverse populations
  59. Combating discrimination in employment


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