THE EQUALITY BODIES IN EU MEMBER STATES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE EQUIVALENT BODY IN TURKEY
The European Union has demonstrated well-established commitment to combat discrimination, which may occur based on different grounds. While the Union has regarded the fight against discrimination as one of its fundamental missions since its establishment, it was especially since the end of 1990s, wh...
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Fırat University
2019
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| Sumario: | The European Union has demonstrated well-established commitment to combat discrimination, which may occur based on different grounds. While the Union has regarded the fight against discrimination as one of its fundamental missions since its establishment, it was especially since the end of 1990s, when it has been intensely involved in taking initiative for providing a more comprehensive protection against discrimination based on various grounds. As of the years in question, the Union has been making a great effort to prevent the citizens of the Union being discriminated against the grounds such as; racial and ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and sex. By means of many binding legal texts, for instance, the Union has obliged the member states to take protective measures to prevent discrimination and promote equality. Pursuant to those texts, which primarily include the "Equality Directives", one of the measures taken by the member states in question is to establish "equality bodies", the functions of which are to supply the victims exposed to discrimination with assistance in the fight against discrimination, to conduct survey relating discrimination and to raise the awareness of in |
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