Tackling discrimination and promoting equality

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European Union Legislation and documents

 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions-“Promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society”, Brussels, 5.9.2007, COM(2007) 498 final 

Discrimination in the European Union Special Eurobarometer 317- Published in November 2009. Complete Report - Summary - Factsheets

Discrimination in the European Union Special Eurobarometer 263 - Published in January 2007.

 Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), European Union, 2006/54/EC, Official Journal of the European Union, L 204/23 of 26.7.2006.

 Decision No 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing the ‘Youth in Action’ programme for the period 2007 to 2013.

 Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007) — towards a just society, N. 771/2006/EC of 17 May 2006.

 Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all - A framework strategy COM(2005) 224 final Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

 Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union- Green Paper, European Commission, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, May 2004, 30 pp.

 Council Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, 2004/113/EC, European Union, Official Journal of the European Union, L 373/37 of 21.12.2004.

 Council of the European Union, 28 May 2004, 9405/04 Subject: Declaration of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on Racism and Intolerance in relation to Young People.

 Council directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, European Union. 2000/43/EC, Official Journal of the European Union l L 180 of 05.06.2000.

 Council Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, European Union, 2000/78/EC, Official Journal of the European Union, L 303/16 of 2.12.2000.

 Council Decision of 27 November 2000 establishing a Community action programme to combat discrimination (2001 to 2006) (2000/750/EC), 2.12.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 303/23.

Council of Europe Legislation

 ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°11 on combating racism and racial discrimination in policing, adopted by ECRI on 29 June 2007 -CRI (2007)6.

 ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°10 on combating racism and racial discrimination in and through school education. adopted by ECRI on 15 December 2006 - CRI (2004) 37.

 ECRI general policy recommendation N°9 on the fight against anti-Semitism, adopted by ECRI on 25 June 2004.

 Resolution on the statute of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance Res(2002)8 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 13 June 2002.

 Resolution on women’s individual voting rights: a democratic requirement Res 134(2002)1 adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe on 6 June 2002.

 European Social Charter, adopted in 1961 and revised in 1996.

 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Strasbourg, 1.II.1995.

 Recommendation Rec(85)2 on legal protection against sex discrimination adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 5 February 1985.

 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), Rome, 4.XI.1950.

Partnership documents

Resituating culture : reflections on diversity, racism, gender and identity in the context of youth, Bryony Hoskins
Research seminar 10-15 June 2003, European Youth Centre Budapest

" Resituating culture" , Gavan Titley (Ed.)

This publication is of particular import for youth workers, trainers and researchers active at local, national and European levels, and for any readers interested in contemporary debates on culture. (Research seminar: REPORT)
Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2004 ; ISBN 92-871-5396-5
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