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EU Equality Law: Three Recent Developments
Author(s) -
Howard Erica
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2011.00578.x
Subject(s) - legislation , scope (computer science) , sexual orientation , treaty , economic justice , law , political science , european court of justice , european union , european union law , law and economics , sociology , economics , international trade , gender studies , computer science , programming language
This article analyses three recent developments within the EU that have an impact on EU equality legislation: the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Proposal to extend the material scope of the provisions against discrimination on the ground of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation beyond the area of employment, and the case law of the European Court of Justice regarding the EU Equality Directives of 2000. It will assess whether these three developments have led to improved protection against discrimination for people in the EU.