Act as employers
Business, Trade and Investment
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Are providing goods, services and facilities
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Adopt laws and policies related to individuals’ right to work, right to property or freedom of association
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Protection from forced, child labour or other exploitation
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Protection from discrimination in employment
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Protection in accessing goods, facilities and services
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Ensure women’s right to participate in economic life
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Ensure healthy working conditions and everyone’s right to social security
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Take measures to facilitate individuals’ participation in economic and social life
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Ensure procedures to seek redress are in place where individuals allege their human rights have been violated or abused
- Right to an adequate standard of living
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- UN ICESCR, Art 11
- UN CEDAW, Art 14(2)(h)
- UN CRC, Art 27
- UN CRPD, Art 28
- Right to social security
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- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 12(1), 13, 14
- CoE European Code of Social Security
- UN ICESCR, Art 9
- UN CEDAW, Art 11(1)(e), 14(2)(c)
- UN CRC, Art 26
- Right to an effective remedy
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- CoE ECHR, Art 13
- UN CERD, Art 6
- UN ICCPR, Art 2(3)
- UN CAT, Art 14
- CoE ECHR, Art 13
- Right to freedom of association and assembly (including the right to form and join trade unions)
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- CoE ECHR, Art 11
- UN ICCPR, Art 21, 22
- UN ICESCR, Art 8
- UN CRC, Art 15
- Right to protection from discrimination in the work place
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- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 1
- UN ICERD, Art 5
- UN ICESCR, Art 6
- UN CEDAW, Art 11
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 1
- Protection of property
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- CoE ECHR, Protocol 1, Art 1
- Right to work
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- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Arts 1, 18, 19
- UN ICESCR, Art 6
- UN CEDAW, Art 11
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Arts 1, 18, 19
- Right of women to participate in economic life
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- UN CEDAW, Art 13
- Right to fair remuneration
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- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 4
- UN ICESCR, Art 7
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 4
- Right to healthy working conditions
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- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 3
- UN ICESCR, Art 7
- UN CEDAW, Art 11
- UN CRC, Art 32
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE European Social Charter 1961, Art 3
- Protection from child labour
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- UN CRC, Art 32
- Freedom from slavery and forced labour
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- CoE ECHR, Art 4
- UN ICCPR, Art 8
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE ECHR, Art 4
- Right to participation
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- UN CERD, Art 5(e)(vi)
- UN ICCPR, Art 25
- UN ICESCR, Arts 13(1), 15(1)
- UN CEDAW, Arts 7, 8, 13(c), 14(2)
- UN CRC, Arts 12, 31
- UN CRPD, Arts 3(c), 4(3), 9, 29, 30
- UN CERD, Art 5(e)(vi)
- Protocol Article 2
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- Annex 1 Equality Directives
- Recast Equal Treatment (Employment) Directive 2006/54/EC - on grounds of gender
- Race Equality Directive 2000/43/EC
- Framework Equality Directive 2000/78/EC - equal treatment in employment and occupation framework irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation
- Other Relevant EU Measures
- A list of measures identified so far is available in the Appendix to the NIHRC-ECNI Working Paper on the Scope of Protocol Article 2.
- EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Articles 5, 7, 8, 15, 16, 21, 23-26, 27-33
- Annex 1 Equality Directives