Act as employers
Business, Trade and Investment
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Are providing goods, services and facilities
Adopt laws and policies related to individuals’ right to work, right to property or freedom of association
Protection from forced, child labour or other exploitation
Protection from discrimination in employment
Protection in accessing goods, facilities and services
Ensure women’s right to participate in economic life
Ensure healthy working conditions and everyone’s right to social security
Take measures to facilitate individuals’ participation in economic and social life
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
- UN ICESCR, Art 11
- UN CEDAW, Art 14(2)(h)
- UN CRC, Art 27
- UN CRPD, Art 28
- Right to social security
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- CoE ECHR, Protocol 1, Art 1
- Right to work
- 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
- UN CEDAW, Art 13
- Right to fair remuneration
- 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
- 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
- UN CRC, Art 32
- Freedom from slavery and forced labour
- CoE ECHR, Art 4
- UN ICCPR, Art 8
- UN CRPD, Art 27
- CoE ECHR, Art 4
- Right to participation
- 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
- 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