List of anti-discrimination acts
This is a list of anti-discrimination acts (often called discrimination acts or anti-discrimination laws), which are laws designed to prevent discrimination.
Australia
- Anti-discrimination laws in Australia
- Age Discrimination Act 2004
- Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)
- Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
- Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Victoria)
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Canada
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982
- Canadian Employment Equity Act 1986
- Canadian Human Rights Act 1977
- Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2002
- Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 1976
- Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1971
- BC Human Rights Code 1996, first version enacted in 1979
Full versions of all Canadian statute laws for each province (each province and territory has an additional statute(s) regulating human rights and prohibiting discrimination) can be found at canlii.org.
Colombia
- Colombian anti-discrimination act 2011 (act number 1482).
European Union
- Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
- Directive 2000/43/EC on Anti-discrimination
- Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services
- Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union whose Article 21 prohibits all discrimination including on basis of disability, age and sexual orientation
France
- Edict of Nantes 1598
- 1789, Article 1 from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Hong Kong
- Disability Discrimination Ordinance
- Family Status Discrimination Ordinance
- Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
- Race Discrimination Ordinance
- Sex Discrimination Ordinance
India
- Article 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of Constitution of India
- Equal Renumeration Act, 1976 - Guarantees equal pay for equal work to men and women.
- Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Abolished the "limited owner" status of women who owned property, amended in 2004 to give daughters equal inheritance rights with sons.
- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Section 377
International
- Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925
- Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960
- Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962
- Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers, 1975
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
- Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
- Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights, 2000
- Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
- Directive 2000/43/EC on Anti-discrimination
- Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services
- Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union whose Article 21 prohibits all discrimination including on basis of disability, age and sexual orientation
- Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance, 2013
- Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, 2013
Israel
Netherlands
New Zealand
Russia
South Africa
United Kingdom
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- Equal Pay Act 1970
- Equality Act 2006
- Equality Act 2010
- Race Relations Act 1965
- Race Relations Act 1968 and Race Relations Act 1976 amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000
- Representation of the People Act 1918
- Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975, amended by the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002
- See also the Employment Equality Regulations covering sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.
Northern Ireland has a similar pattern of 'separate' equality legislation.
United States
- Age Discrimination Act of 1975
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967[6]
- Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990[7]
- Bostock v. Clayton County — a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 2020 in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity
- California Fair Employment and Housing Act[8]
- Civil Rights Act of 1866[9]
- Civil Rights Act of 1871[10]
- Civil Rights Act of 1957[11]
- Civil Rights Act of 1964[12]
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Employment Non-Discrimination Act
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Executive Order 11478[13]
- Executive Order 13166 – “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”
- Fair Employment Act of 1941
- Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 - enables qualified employees to take prolonged unpaid leave for family and health-related reasons without fear of losing their jobs. For private employers with 15 or more employers
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Homeless Bill of Rights
- Lloyd–La Follette Act (1912)
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- Massachusetts Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Initiative
- New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- No-FEAR Act
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
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References
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- "Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - ADEA - 29 U.S. Code Chapter 14". finduslaw.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08.
- "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ADA - 42 U.S. Code Chapter 126". finduslaw. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- "California Fair Employment and Housing Act - FEHA - Government Code §§12900 - 12996". finduslaw.
- "Civil Rights Act of 1866 & Civil Rights Act of 1871 - CRA - 42 U.S. Code 21 §§1981, 1981A, 1983, & 1988". finduslaw.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-12.
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- "Civil Rights Act of 1957". Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- "Civil Rights Act of 1964 - CRA - Title VII - Equal Employment Opportunities - 42 US Code Chapter 21". finduslaw.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- Executive Order Number 11478 - Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government
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