Objective
The seminar will provide participants with an overview of the
two European directives prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of
race or ethnic origin in a number of areas, as well as on disability,
age, sexual orientation or religion/belief in employment and occupation.
Key topics
- Overview of the EU legislation on equal
treatment and its relationship with the EU Charter, the European
Convention, and United Nations human rights treaties
- Definition of key concepts (direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment)
- Burden of proof and access to evidence
- Remedies and sanctions
- Different protected grounds, with special attention to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Who should attend?
Legal
practitioners (for example, from trade unions or employers’
associations, NGOs, labour inspectorates, equality bodies, etc.) in the
EU, Iceland or Liechtenstein.