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The European Union as Protector and Promoter of Equality

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  1. Thomas Giegerich

    1. Europa-Institut, Faculty of Law, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

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  • Deals with the understanding of the EU as a project with an important antidiscrimination goal

  • Analyses the principle of equality as a fundamental value of the EU

  • Offers a collection of essays examining the topic from various intra- and extra-European angles

Part of the book series: European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World (EUNGW, volume 1)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  4. The EU as Protector of Equality: General Part of EU Antidiscrimination Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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  5. Selected Special Issues of Antidiscrimination Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
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About this book

This book considers the European Union as a project with a major antidiscrimination goal, which is important to remember at a time of increasing resentment against particularly exposed groups, especially migrants, refugees, members of ethnic or religious minorities and LGBTI persons. While equality and non-discrimination have long been core principles of the international community as a whole, as is made obvious by the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they have shaped European integration in a particular way. The concepts of diversity, pluralism and equality have always been inherent in that process, the EU being virtually founded on the values of equality and non-discrimination. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU contains the most modern and extensive catalogue of prohibited grounds of discrimination, supplementing the catalogue enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. EU law has given new impulses to antidiscrimination law both within Europe and beyond. The contributions to this book focus on how effective and credible the EU has been in combatting discrimination inside and outside Europe. The authors present different (mostly legal) aspects of that topic and examine them from various intra- and extra-European angles.
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Keywords

  • Equality
  • Antidiscrimination Law
  • European Union
  • Human Rights Law
  • EU Law
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Discrimination
  • Diversity
  • Disability
  • Age
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Europa-Institut, Faculty of Law, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Thomas Giegerich

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About the editor

Thomas Giegerich is Director of the Europa-Institut, Professor of European Law, Public International Law and Public Law at Saarland University/Germany as well as holder of the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration, Antidiscrimination, Human Rights and Diversity. His main fields of research are European Law (EU Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Antidiscrimination Law) and Public International Law, particularly International Human Rights Law.
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